Stein is located in the metropolitan area Nürnberg/Fürth/Erlangen in Middle Franconia, Bavaria and is a part of the district of Fürth.

In 1498, the two famous sculptors Veit Stoss and Adam Kraft were appointed as counselors for construction works on the bridge.

In the summer of 1632, King Gustav Adolf of Sweden confronted Albrecht von Wallenstein near Zirndorf in the Battle of the Alte Veste, which was part of the Thirty Years' War.

In 1761, the company A.W.Faber-Castell was founded in Stein by Kaspar Faber, a carpenter, who had moved there from Langenzenn a few years before.

Due to the local government reform in Bavaria, Stein was integrated into the district of Fürth in 1972.

[10] During the two world wars, the castle remained mostly unharmed and was used as housing for international lawyers and journalists during the Nuremberg Trials.

[citation needed] The Heimatmuseum (local museum) is located in the oldest building of the town.

The museum's exhibition consists of items on loan and donations by citizens and tries to reconstruct the history of craft, industry and family/community life.

[13] The Freiland-Aquarium and -Terrarium Stein is a smal park where local flora and fauna are presented to visitors for free entrance.

It is open on weekends and holidays from May to September and its focus lies on local reptiles, amphibians, fish, swamp and water plants.

In December 2012, the Future world & Space Center, which includes twelve water slides, was opened.

On the first evening, school children walk with lanterns from the town hall to Mecklenburger Platz, where the mayor opens the market together with St. Nicolas and the Christkind.