Bann is a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern

Kaiserslautern (district)

Kaiserslautern is a district in the south of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are Kusel, Saarpfalz-Kreis, Donnersbergkreis, Bad Dürkheim and Südwestpfalz. The city of Kaiserslautern is almost fully enclosed by, but not belonging to the district.-History:The district of...

, in Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate

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, western Germany

Germany

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. Located in the Steinalb valley with the Pfälzer Wald

Pfälzer Wald

The Palatinate Forest is a low-mountain region in southwestern Germany, located in Palatinate in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The forest is a designated nature park , equivalent Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty), covering 1,771 km² and its highest elevation is Mount Kalmit .Together with...

 forest bordering it to the east.

Vicinity

It is located between the "Hausberg" mountain (474m), "Kahlenberg" mountain (464m) and "Kirchberg" mountain (423m) in the "Steinalb" valley, which separates the "Sickinger Hoehe" heights and the "Pfaelzer Wald" forrest".

Coat of arms

The coat of arms is held in red and black. On the left hand side it shows a lion on a red backgroung and on the right hand side five silver balls on a black background.
The lion stands for the former belonging to the county of Homburg (Saar), while the five balls recall to the administration of the Sickingens for many centuries.

Sports

At the season of 2006/2007 the chess club

Chess club

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 SC Bann took part in the 1.Schachbundesliga (the highest reachable league of chess in Germany

Germany

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).

Famous citizens

Elmar Wolf (* 1939; † 2006 in Queidersbach

Queidersbach

Queidersbach is a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany....

 ),musician

Matthias Mayer, drummer

Drummer

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 of the Heavy Metal

Heavy metal music

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-Band "Ross the Boss" set up around former Manowar guitar-player Ross Friedman