Wallerstein, Bavaria
Wallerstein | |
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Location of Wallerstein within Donau-Ries district ![]() | |
Coordinates: 48°53′N 10°26′E / 48.883°N 10.433°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Bavaria |
Admin. region | Schwaben |
District | Donau-Ries |
Government | |
• Mayor (2023–29) | Georg Stoller[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 19.45 km2 (7.51 sq mi) |
Elevation | 441 m (1,447 ft) |
Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 3,487 |
• Density | 180/km2 (460/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 |
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
[edit]- 1972-2002: Manfred Schürer
- since 2002: Joseph Mayer
Culture and Sights
[edit]- Castle Wallerstein
- Castle rock
- Old Jewish burial ground
- One of only three German Marian and Holy Trinity columns
Gallery
[edit]- Wallerstein, monument (die Pestsäule) and Catholic Parish Church of Saint Alban
- St. Oswald Church
Notable inhabitants
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- 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
See also
[edit]- Synagogues of the Swabian type (Wallerstein)
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
Further reading
[edit]- Ludwig Brutscher: Wallerstein. Markt und Residenz. Beiträge zur Orts- und Grafschaftsgeschichte. Markt Wallerstein 1996.
External links
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- Official website
(in German)
- "Wallerstein, Bavaria: History of the coat-of-arms" (in German). Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte.
- Amtliche Statistik (PDF; 1,3 MB)