Kleinwallstadt was already settled quite early on.
Archaeological finds from
Hallstatt times bear witness to the prehistoric settlers. At a find in 1980, not only were some female skeletal remains unearthed, but also some lovely
grave goods from
Alamannic times (4th-5th century). In Kleinwallstadt, then also known as Bischofswallstadt, which was converted to
Christianity as early as the early 8th century, the Archbishop of Mainz established in 1023 a
Vogtei and a tithe court over a great expanse of the
Spessart (range). In the 12th and early 13th century, the Lords of Waldenberg were enfeoffed with the place. About 1185 they built a castle on a crag east of the community, but this had already been destroyed by the mid 13th century. (The remains of the
Altes Schloss were explored by archaeologists in 2006 and 2007). From the 16th century, the Focke von Wallstadt family were resident in the community. Their seat, the “Ingelheimer Hof” next to the town hall, and all appurtenances passed in 1587 to the Echter von Mespelbrunn family, and thereafter to the Imperial Counts (
Reichsgrafen) of Ingelheim. Under Archbishop Johann Schweikhard von Kronberg in 1611, 84 witches were put to death in Kleinwallstadt. Since the
Thirty Years' War had wrought such devastation upon Kleinwallstadt and all records and documents had been destroyed, the Archbishop of Mainz issued new guild charters in 1733 for Kleinwallstadt and the surrounding villages. It can be inferred from these that earlier on in Kleinwallstadt and the surrounding area, quite a lively commercial life had taken hold, for the charters number 17 occupations, such as cooper, brewer, carpenter, mason, potter, dyer, glazier, stocking weaver and linen weaver. On the same grounds, the market rights, which had surely been granted earlier, were newly confirmed and chartered in 1737 by the Elector of Mainz. The
Electoral Mainz Vogteiamt of Kleinwallstadt passed with the 1803
Reichsdeputationshauptschluss to the newly formed
Principality of Aschaffenburg, with which it passed in 1814 (by this time it had become a department of the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt) to Bavaria. File:Kleinwallstadt Bahnhof.JPG|Railway station File:Kleinwallstadt Rathaus.JPG|Town Hall File:Kleinwallstadt Hauptstraße im Winter.JPG|Main street
Population development Within town limits, 4,778 inhabitants were counted in 1970, 4,876 in 1987 and in 2000 5,650. == Politics ==