[3] The town was the capital of the former Imperial State of Palatine Zweibrücken owned by the House of Wittelsbach.

It was occupied by France in 1793 and on 4 November 1797, Zweibrücken became a canton centre in department of Mont Tonnerre.

At the Peace of Lunéville in 1801, the French annexation of Zweibrücken was confirmed; on its reunion with Germany in 1814 the greater part of the territory was given to Bavaria, the remainder to Oldenburg and Kingdom of Prussia.

[3] The last prominent social event before the First World War was the inauguration of the Rosengarten (rose garden) by Princess Hildegard of Bavaria in June 1914.

On the outbreak of the Second World War the town was evacuated in 1939–1940, as it lay in the ‘Red Zone’ on the fortified Siegfried Line.

Weaving, brewing and the manufacture of machinery, chicory, cigars, malt, boots, furniture and soap were the chief industries before World War II.

Nowadays Terex cranes and bulldozers and John Deere harvesting equipment are the chief industries.

The second, smaller garden is accessible without entry fee and is located at the Fasanerie and contains Wild Rose plants.

The Zweibrücken City Library, which has existed since 1903, is housed in an adjoining building of the town hall and has a stock of around 50,000 volumes.

Today Zweibrücken Air Base has been transformed into the modern Zweibrücken Airport,[7] an international airport with flights to Palma de Mallorca, Antalya, Gran Canaria, Teneriffe, Rhodos, Heraklion and Fuerteventura (TUIfly), Istanbul (Pegasus Airlines).

This line is operated by DB Regio Mitte with currently DMU's of the Class 642 (Siemens Desiro Classic).

The public transport is operated by Stadtbus Zweibrücken GmbH, a Transdev Germany company, with currently eight bus lines (221-226, 228 and 229 on saturday from 2 p.m. and sundays).

[8] From 1996 to 1999, a temporary circuit at Zweibrucken Airport held various rounds of the Super Tourenwagen Cup and the German F3 Championship.

The track still hosts historic racing events as recently as September 3, 2020[9] Climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round.