Landau in der Pfalz is an autonomous (kreisfrei) town located in the southern Rhineland-Palatinate region of Germany. It is situated along the German Wine Route and lies to the east of the Palatinate forest.
The town serves as a university center, a long-standing cultural hub, and a local market and shopping destination. It is characterized by its surrounding landscape of vineyards and wine-growing villages within the Palatinate wine region.