held, the Burg- und Weinfest (“Castle and Wine Festival”). Established businesses Dr. Bürklin-Wolf winery Sektkellerei Schloss Wachenheim Die Zunft Aktiengesellschaft One peculiarity is the candle manufacturer Eyrich, which has been running since 1966. It is the only company in this business in the Palatinate. Transport Through Wachenheim runs the German Wine Route, which used to be the same road as Bundesstraße 271. To relieve the traffic load, a bypass road was built in the 1990s that runs east of Wachenheim, linking Bad Dürkheim with Neustadt an der Weinstraße. The town also has a halt on the single-tracked Pfälzische Nordbahn (Neustadt–Monsheim), at which Regionalbahn trains stop according to Rhineland-Palatinate timetabling. Famous people Sons and daughters of the town Isaac Rice (1850–1915), entrepreneur and chess playermusical director in Speyer Hans Hüttig (1894–1980), Nazi SS concentration camp commandant Godfrey Morse (1846–1911), German-American lawyer Heiko Vogel (born 1975), German football manager References External links Town’s official webpage Verbandsgemeinde of Wachenheim Wachenheim Lions Club Wachenheim, Germany, Planetware Towns in Rhineland-Palatinate Palatinate Forest Bad Dürkheim (district)