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

Wallerstein
Municipality
Von Jan House
Coat of arms
Location of Wallerstein within Donau-Ries district
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Coordinates: 48°53′N 10°26′E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Schwaben
District	Donau-Ries
Government
• Mayor (2020–26)	Joseph Mayer[1]
Area
• Total	19.45 km2 (7.51 sq mi)
Elevation	441 m (1,447 ft)
Population  (2020-12-31)[2]
• Total	3,376
• Density	170/km2 (450/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	86757
Dialling codes	09081
Vehicle registration	DON
Website	www.markt-wallerstein.de

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

• 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]

See also

• Synagogues of the Swabian type (Wallerstein)

References

Further reading

• Ludwig Brutscher: Wallerstein. Markt und Residenz. Beiträge zur Orts- und Grafschaftsgeschichte. Markt Wallerstein 1996.

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)

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