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.