Donaustauf

thumb|left|Walhalla with the village of Donaustauf (around 1850)

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German location.image_coa: Wappen Donaustauf.svg
German location.image_photo: Donaustauf.jpg
German location.image_caption: Panorama view of Donaustauf from the Walhalla temple
German location.image_plan: Donaustauf in R.svg
German location.state: Bayern
German location.region: Oberpfalz
German location.district: Regensburg
German location.Verwaltungsgemeinschaft: Donaustauf
German location.elevation: 358
German location.area: 9.72
German location.postal_code: 93093
German location.area_code: 09403
German location.licence: R
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 09 3 75 130
German location.website: www.donaustauf.de
German location.mayor: Jürgen Sommer
German location.leader_term: 2020–26
German location.party: SPD

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thumb|left|Walhalla with the village of Donaustauf (around 1850)

Donaustauf () is a market town in Bavaria, east of Regensburg at the foothills of the Bavarian Forest. The ruins of a medieval castle, presumably erected between 914 and 930, tower above the small town. Situated nearby on a hill rising from the Danube is the imposing Teutonic temple of fame, Walhalla, a costly reproduction of the Parthenon in Athens. The Walhalla was commissioned by Ludwig I, King of Bavaria, and inaugurated on 18 October 1842.

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