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
Notable inhabitants
- Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller, 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, Bavarian statesman and prince
- William Berczy, painter, colonist and architect, co-founder of Toronto
- German General Theodor Busse
- Bernhard Mettenleiter, organist and composer