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Gemeinde Mariastein

Mariastein is the smallest community in the district of Kufstein in Tyrol. Mariastein is located on a high plateau, the low mountain ridge of the Angerberg in the Lower Inn Valley in the judicial district of Kufstein.

Culture and sights

    Mariastein Castle and Pilgrimage Church: Mariastein, with its well-known pilgrimage church, is the destination of numerous pilgrims. The castle with its approximately 42 m high keep once served to secure the old Roman road when it still ran along the left bank of the Inn River. The church in the tower can be reached via 150 steps. The residential tower (42 m), which stands on a rock and dates from the 14th century, became a place of pilgrimage after a miracle of the Virgin Mary in the 18th century. The castle houses the "Fürstensaal" with a richly carved coffered ceiling, a museum with the Tyrolean Archduke's hat and the originally Gothic Chapel of Grace (rebuilt 1682-1685) with the Virgin Mary (c. 1450) and rococo altar (18th century).