Mariastein, Tyrol Explained

Mariastein
Pushpin Map:Austria
Pushpin Mapsize:270
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Austria
Mapsize:260x260px
Coordinates:47.5253°N 12.0536°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Austria
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Tyrol
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Kufstein
Parts Style:para
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Dieter Martinz
Elevation M:575
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset:+1
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Registration Plate:KU
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:6324
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:05332
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,[1] 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.

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Notes and References

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