or Pirmasenz, a town of Bavaria, in the circle of Palatinate, stands in a hilly and well-wooded country, 22 miles W.S.W. of Landau. It is well built, and surrounded by a wall; and contains several churches, and a palace, formerly the residence of Louis IX. of Hesse-Darmstadt. Shoes, musical instruments, straw-hats, mirrors, and other articles are manufactured here. Pop. 5600.