{{Infobox German location |image_coa = DEU Dollnstein COA.svg |image_photo = Dollnstein -Marktzentrum mit Rathaus und Kirche.jpg |image_caption = Town hall and the Church of Saints Peter and Paul |coordinates = {{coord|48|52|N|11|4|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Dollnstein in EI.svg |state = Bayern |region = Oberbayern |district = Eichstätt |elevation = 395 |area = 40.51 |postal_code = 91795 |area_code = 08422 |licence = EI |Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 1 76 121 |website = [http://www.dollnstein.de/ www.dollnstein.de] |mayor = Wolfgang Roßkopf<ref>[https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden], Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, accessed 19 July 2021.</ref> |leader_term = 2020&ndash;26 }}

'''Dollnstein''' ({{IPA|de|ˈdɔlnʃtaɪn}}) 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. <ref>{{cite book|last = von Reitzenstein|first = Alexander|author2= Brunner, Herbert |title = Reclams Kunstführer, Band 1|publisher=Philip Reclam jun.|year = 1974|location = Stuttgart, Germany|page = 240|isbn = 978-315-008055-9}}</ref>

<gallery class="center"> Dollnstein - Burgzugang.jpg|Entrance of the historic ''Unterburg'' 2017 Dollnstein Markttor.jpg|Market view from south (2017) Blick in die Kirche von Dollnstein im Landkreis Eichstätt.jpg|View into the church Kirche von Dollnstein im Landkreis Eichstätt, Fresko im Chorraum.jpg|Fresco at the choir room </gallery> <ref> Pictures gallery as shown at de.wikipedia 2019/02/10 </ref>

== 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

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