From the latter half of the 16th century, there was a postal station in Wöllstein on the Dutch Post Route running from Brussels (nowadays in Belgium rather than the Netherlands) by way of Rheinhausen and Augsburg to Innsbruck, Trent and Italy. The postal station had its first documentary mention in Giovanni da l’Herba's 1563 postal travel book as Bilstain ò Vilstain, villa (that is, village).
From the latter half of the 16th century, there was a postal station in Wöllstein on the Dutch Post Route that ran from Brussels to Innsbruck via Rheinhausen and Augsburg. This station was first documented in Giovanni da l’Herba's 1563 travel book as Bilstain ò Vilstain, villa (meaning village).