Also important from a transport perspective is the equally winding state road through the valley of Elmsteiner Tal towards Neustadt an der Weinstraße.
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Whilst the most important historic link from Speyer to Metz ran from east to west and the area around Johanniskreuz was also part of the northern route of the Palatine St. James' Ways, today the main transport axis is the B 48 federal highway from Annweiler to Hochspeyer which runs from north to south.
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He gave a speech on the 40th anniversary of the death of Ludwig Windthorst entitled "Windthorst and Our Time".