Wallerstein, Bavaria

Wallerstein is a municipality and former principality in the district of Donau-Ries in Bavaria in Germany.

It was first mentioned in 1238 as Steinheim. For generations ruled by the House of Oettingen-Wallerstein, in 1806 Wallerstein became part of the Kingdom of Bavaria by the process of mediatisation. The family still owns the Wallerstein Castle and its surrounding land.

Mayors

1972-2002: Manfred Schürer
since 2002: Joseph Mayer

Culture and Sights

Castle Wallerstein
Castle rock
Old Jewish burial ground
One of only three German Marian and Holy Trinity columns

Gallery

Wallerstein, monument (die Pestsäule) and Catholic Parish Church of Saint Alban
St. Oswald Church

Notable inhabitants

Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller (1579-1654), born in Wallerstein and later Rabbi of Prague, Nemirow and Krakow. He published a three-volume Mishnah commentary which is studied to this day.
Louis of Oettingen-Wallerstein (1791-1870), Bavarian statesman and prince
William Berczy (1744-1813), painter, colonist and architect, co-founder of Toronto
German General Theodor Busse^[3]
Bernhard Mettenleiter (1822-1901), organist and composer

References

^ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
^ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011).
^ "Busse, Theodor Ernst Hermann August". WW2 Gravestone. Retrieved 2021-11-19.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wallerstein.

Official website (in German)
"Wallerstein, Bavaria: History of the coat-of-arms" (in German). Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte.
Amtliche Statistik (PDF; 1,3 MB)