Wolfstein, Rhineland-Palatinate
Wolfstein was founded in 1275 on Habsburg King Rudolph I's orders, which called for a “fortified and free” town near his castle, “Woluisstein”, now known as the "Alt-Wolfstein" (“Old Wolfstein”) ruin. Rudolph forthwith granted the new town the same town rights and freedoms as the town of Speyer. As an “everlasting marketplace”, it was to be a sanctuary for commerce, trade and dealing. The first townsmen and -women came from the surrounding, much older villages.
Wolfsthal
The city is located next to the Danube river and Bratislava in Slovakia. It is part of the Industrial Quarter "Industrieviertel" in Lower Austria.
The area of the municipality covers 21.78 square kilometers. 48.31 percent the area is forested.The mayor of the village is Gerhard Schödinger (ÖVP) and chief officer is Thomas Knaus.
On 19 September 2007 Gerhard Schödinger won the Centrope Prize. His engagement for social integration from Slovaks in Wolfsthal.