Mariastein, Tyrol

Place in Tyrol, Austria

Coat of arms

Location within Kufstein district

47°31′31″N 12°03′13″E / 47.52528°N 12.05361°E / 47.52528; 12.05361CountryAustriaStateTyrolDistrictKufsteinGovernment

• MayorDieter MartinzArea

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• Total2.37 km² (0.92 sq mi)Elevation

575 m (1,886 ft)Population

(2018-01-01)^[2]

• Total362 • Density150/km² (400/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

6324

Area code05332Vehicle registrationKUWebsitewww.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

^ "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
^ "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
^ Chizzali. Tyrol: Impressions of Tyrol. (Innsbruck: Alpina Printers and Publishers), p. 43