What Paris means to France Kaiserlautern means to the Pfalz: the centre of attraction and centre point of an otherwise rural province.
So what is it about Kaiserslautern? Its traditional bars, idyllic squares, and vibrant cultural scene? It’s stayed young thanks to the many students, but is steeped in history. Heroes like Barbarossa, whose Kaiserpfalz still fascinates todays visitors, or Johann Casimir, better known as "Jäger aus Kurpfalz“ (the hunter of kurpfalz) have left their mark.
And naturally there´s Fritz Walter. It is partly thanks to this legendary player that the towns club "FCK" enjoys cult status, that their home-ground Betzenberg fills the hearts of their opponents with fear, and that the entire region watches their games with bated breath.