[3] Walluf, also known as Pforte des Rheingaus ("Gateway to the Rheingau"), lies on the southern slope of the Taunus Mountains and on the north bank of the Rhine River.

Walluf borders in the north and east on the boroughs of Schierstein and Frauenstein of the district-free city of Wiesbaden and in the west on the town of Eltville.

In 1932, the remains of a characteristic Ottonian tower castle were excavated in the immediate vicinity of the so-called Johannisfeld below the ruins of the Johanniskirchen.

Near Walluf was also once found the easternmost entrance through the Rheingauer Gebück, an impenetrable 50 to 100 meter-wide "hedge" of stunted trees which formed a kind of border defense to protect against attacks from the north.

The name comes from the German word bücken, meaning "to stoop," a reference to the trees' thick, low boughs.

The village entrance, facing the Johannis fountain (Johannisbrunnen), was fortified with a great bulwark, which from its shape was known as the Backofen – "the Oven".

Only the western part of the community near the present parish church belonged from the beginning to the Rheingau, under the jurisdiction of the Archbishopric of Mainz.

Walluf lies on the East Rhine railway (Rechte Rheinstrecke) running between Koblenz and Wiesbaden.

Likewise running along the Rhine's right (east) bank is Bundesstraße 42, which merges into Autobahn 66 just past the community's eastern limits.

Several companies in various fields (such as the chemical industry, construction, nurseries, and wine estates) have their headquarters in Walluf.

The town administration also desires to expand the industrial park with additional environmentally friendly establishments.

In the industrial area "Im Grohenstück/In der Rehbach" are trucking companies, as well as establishments producing construction machinery and packaging equipment.

The most recent mayors were:[1] Along the Wallufbach between Niederwalluf and Oberwalluf, there were once numerous mills, of which only remnants remain today.

It is not known whether the castle tower still stood at this time, but the Knights of Landau already were based about 2 km away at the Hof Armada in Frauenstein.

The first structure was built by the inhabitants of the nearby castle tower, which dates to the 10th century and lies only a few meters southeast of the church.

Above the level of the first two buildings, one can see finely carved gray stones, which came from a quarry in Oppenheim and had apparently been taken from the castle tower (which had been destroyed around 1220).

The building served Niederwalluf as the parish church until the 18th century, even though, by this time, the village itself had migrated to the west, on the other side of the Wallufbach.

In the mid-18th century, the people of Niederwalluf built a new chapel, the Adelheidkapelle, in the center of the village and dedicated it also to St. John the Baptist.

In his sketch book of 1813, the Mainz painter Caspar Schneider (1755–1839) portrayed the Church of St. John's in a westward-looking view of Niederwalluf.

It had been made for a choir addition that was never completed and had been only sealed with a temporary wall of inferior construction until the church's destruction.

The sketch also shows the remains of part of the high steep roof, which had once been crowned by a small bell tower.

Buried remains of the old castle tower were rediscovered and the previously unknown architectural history of the church was reconstructed.

and FSV Oberwalluf 1951 e.V.. As of the 2008-2009 season, SG Walluf competes in the Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte (the second-highest level in the state).