Wallerstein, Bavaria

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Wallerstein is a market in the Swabian district of Donau -Ries and office of the Management Community Wallerstein.

  • 3.1 Coat of Arms 3.1.1 Coat of arms of districts
  • 5.1 monuments
  • 6.1 Economy, agriculture and forestry
  • 6.2 traffic
  • 6.3 Education
  • 7.1 Sons and daughters of the town
  • 7.2 Other persons associated with Wallerstein

Geography

Wallerstein is located in the Augsburg region near Nördlingen im Ries formed by a meteorite impact. The 65 m high Wallerstein castle rock is the focal point in the village.

There are the following districts: Birkhausen, Ehringen, Munzingen, Wallerstein.

History

As Steinheim the village was first mentioned in 1238. He and the nearby castle Wallerstein were part of the Hohenstaufen power base. Around 1250, the ownership of the castle and the town went over to the House of Oettingen. In the 15th century the noble family built the place of their residence and called him to Wallerstein. 1500 was the awarding of the market law by Emperor Maximilian I.. 1648 the castle was destroyed by the Swedes and the ruling family built below the residential tract a new residence that received its present classical form 1804. With the Act of Confederation in 1806 the place came to the Kingdom of Bavaria. In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria, was born with the congregation of 1818, the current community.

Incorporations

On January 1, 1972, the formerly independent communities Ehringen and Munzingen were incorporated. On 1 July 1972, added Birkhausen.

Population Development

Lived on the territory of the municipality

Policy

Mayor is Joseph Mayer ( Party CDU group). He was the successor of Manfred Schurer ( CSU / PWG ) in 2002.

The municipal tax revenue in 1999 amounted to the equivalent of 1.454 million euros, of which amounted to the trade tax revenues ( net) converted € 293,000.

Twin cities of Wallerstein: Partner community in France Couches

Coat of arms

Blazon: " Shared by red and gold, in a silver counter rafters. "

Coat of arms of districts

Ehringen

Munzingen

Houses of worship

  • Catholic Parish of St. Alban Wallerstein
  • Mary Help of Christians Chapel Wallerstein

Culture and sights

  • Castle Wallerstein
  • Castle Rock
  • Plague or Trinity Column, the landmark Wallerstein's in the center. Count Anton Karl von Oettingen -Wallerstein was 1722-1725 Wallerstein Plague build by the sculptor Johann Georg Bschorer from Oberndorf am Lech, following the example of Czech Plague Plague and the Wiener Graben. The rich sculptural decoration of the column shows the feet of the Holy Trinity, the Virgin Mary and the Holy. Roch, Sebastian and Anthony of Padua.
  • The Jewish cemetery in the direction of Nördlingen is reminiscent of former presence of Jewish life in the town. In the churchyard is the grave of a concentration camp prisoner was shot, probably from a death march from the spring of 1945.

Monuments

Economy and infrastructure

Economy, agriculture and forestry

It was in 1998 according to official statistics in the field of Agriculture and Forestry 19, 478 in manufacturing and in trade and transport 77 persons work at the workplace. In other areas, were employed to social security at the workplace 243 people. Social insurance contributions at residence, there were a total of 1,135. In manufacturing, there were seven, five companies in the construction industry. In addition, in 1999, there were 70 farms with an agricultural area of 2,065 ha, of which 1,843 hectares of arable land.

Traffic

The breakpoint Wallerstein is on the railway line Nördlingen Dombühl. Here you can find seasonal during the summer special tours of the Bavarian Railway Museum.

Education

In 2005 there were the following facilities:

  • Kindergartens: 100 kindergarten places with 144 children
  • Elementary school: with 21 teachers and 337 students
  • Junior High School: Mary Ward Secondary School

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Yomtov Lipmann Heller (1579-1654), Talmudist
  • Georg Strobel (1735-1792), portrait painter
  • Joseph Beer (1770-1819), clarinetist
  • Ignaz von Jaumann (1778-1862), Domdekan to Rottenburg and antiquary
  • Josef Winter Gerst (1783-1867), painter
  • Ludwig Prince of Oettingen -Wallerstein (1791-1870), Bavarian statesman and prince
  • Josef Franz von Weckert (1822-1889), Bishop of Passau
  • George Gentner (1877-1940), seed researchers
  • William Berczy (1744-1813), painter, colonist and architect, co-founder of Toronto One of the greatest sons of the ream is born in Wallerstein Johann Albrecht Ulrich Moll. He received under his name William Berczy great reputation as a painter, architect, urban planner and road builders. He led 220 German settlers of Altona on the U.S. to Canada, founded the town of Markham and is a co-founder of Toronto.

Other impacts associated with Wallerstein people

  • Ignaz von Beecke (1733-1803), composer and pianist who worked from 1759 until his death in Wallerstein.
  • Antonio Rosetti (1750-1792), composer, bassist and conductor in the Wallerstein court orchestra.
  • Joseph Reicha (1752-1795), composer and cellist who lived until 1785 in Wallerstein.
  • Anton Reicha (1770-1836), composer and music teacher, lived from 1781 to 1785 in Wallerstein.
  • Hans Hermann Adler (1891-1956), newspaper scientist and professor at the University of Heidelberg, lived the last years of his life in Wallerstein and died there.
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