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
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 Bernhard Mettenleiter (1822-1901), organist and composer
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
Amtliche Statistik (PDF; 1,3 MB)