Mariastein, Tyrol

Mariastein
Coat of arms
Location within Kufstein district
Mariastein Location within Austria
Coordinates: 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 [1]
• Total	2.37 km2 (0.92 sq mi)
Elevation	575 m (1,886 ft)
Population  (2018-01-01)[2]
• Total	362
• Density	150/km2 (400/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,^[3] it became more popular 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 250 stairs. It now houses multiple chapels and a museum.

References

External links

• Church in Marienstein (in German)

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