The hub of Pirmasens life is the spacious Schlossplatz. Together with the Hauptstrasse, which cuts across it, this now forms an unusually shaped pedestrian zone (Bismarck Monument, in Art Nouveau style). A striking feature of the square is the Ramba-Treppe, a wide curving flight of steps with beautiful cascades. On the west side of the square stands the Old Town Hall (c. 1770), now occupied by the town's principal museums (Shoe Museum, Heimatmuseum, Bürkel Gallery). Facing it, on the east side of the square, is the Catholic parish church of St Pirminius, a brick-built neo-Gothic basilica (1897-1900).
Farther north is St John's Church (Protestant), built in 1750 and rebuilt in 1953.
In the southern part of the pedestrian zone is the Luther Church (originally Late Baroque), with a curving steeple. In front of the church can be seen the Shoemaker's Fountain, with a monument to a local master shoemaker, Joss, a pioneer of mechanical shoe manufacture.
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