Mariastein, Tyrol






in Tyrol, Austria


































































Mariastein
Mariastein Tirol-1.jpg

Coat of arms of Mariastein
Coat of arms


Mariastein is located in Austria

Mariastein

Mariastein



Location within Austria

Location within Kufstein district


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Coordinates: 47°31′31″N 12°03′13″E / 47.52528°N 12.05361°E / 47.52528; 12.05361Coordinates: 47°31′31″N 12°03′13″E / 47.52528°N 12.05361°E / 47.52528; 12.05361
Country Austria
State Tyrol
District Kufstein
Government

 • Mayor
 Dieter Martinz
Area

 • Total 2.4 km2 (0.9 sq mi)
Elevation

 575 m (1,886 ft)
Population
(1 January 2016)[1]

 • Total 347
 • Density 140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone
UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)
UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
6324
Area code 05332
Vehicle registration KU
Website www.mariastein.gv.at

Mariastein is the smallest municipality in the Kufstein district in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 4 kilometers north of Wörgl and 11.5 kilometers southwest of Kufstein. Already a fifteenth century pilgrimage destination,[2] it became more so after a local statue of Mary, which had been removed to Bavaria in the late seventeenth century was said to have returned to the church in Mariastein on its own. At the center of the community is a 42-metre-tall Wohnturm, a castle built in the fourteenth century atop a rock outcropping, and which contains 150 stairs. It is now a museum.



References





  1. ^ Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahresbeginn 2002-2016 nach Gemeinden (Gebietsstand 1.1.2016) for Mariastein.


  2. ^ Chizzali. Tyrol: Impressions of Tyrol. (Innsbruck: Alpina Printers and Publishers), p. 43




External links


  • Church in Marienstein (in German)















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