Dollnstein

Municipality in Bavaria, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Dollnstein within Eichstätt district

(2020–26) Wolfgang Roßkopf^[1]Area

• Total40.55 km² (15.66 sq mi)Elevation

395 m (1,296 ft)Population

(2023-12-31)^[2]

• Total2,939 • Density72/km² (190/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

91795

Dialling codes08422Vehicle registrationEIWebsitewww.dollnstein.de

Dollnstein is a municipality in the district of Eichstätt in Bavaria in Germany. The name Dollnstein has its origins in Middle High German "Tollunstein".

History

Dollnstein was first mentioned in 1007 as a tiny village named Tollenstein. The castle of Dollnstein was built probably in the mid of the 12th century from the counts von Hirschberg.

Since the 13th century the village was a market for the exchange of goods. From 1440 onwards the village was related to Eichstätt and an administration and judicial authority was located in Dollnstein. ^[3]

Entrance of the historic Unterburg
Market view from south (2017)
View into the church
Fresco at the choir room

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Personalities

Honorary citizen

Ludwig Körner (1915-2012), Catholic priest

Sons and daughters of the city

Ludwig Ruff (1878-1934), architect
Erich Zenger (1939-2010), Ordinarius for the Old Testament at the University of Münster
Gisela Schneeberger (born 1948), cabaret artist and actress

References

^ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, accessed 19 July 2021.
^ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011).
^ von Reitzenstein, Alexander; Brunner, Herbert (1974). Reclams Kunstführer, Band 1. Stuttgart, Germany: Philip Reclam jun. p. 240. ISBN 978-315-008055-9.
^ Pictures gallery as shown at de.wikipedia 2019/02/10