Marquartstein is a municipality in the southeastern part of
Bavaria
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,
Germany
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and is part of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Marquartstein and
Staudach-Egerndach
Staudach-Egerndach is a municipality in the district of Traunstein in Bavaria, Germany.
Notable residents
* Therese ("Rosi") Brandl (190248), Nazi concentration camp guard executed for war crimes.
*Anna Kroher (18591943), folklore researcher ...
. It is situated in a region called
Chiemgau
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, approximately 10 km south of
Lake Chiemsee
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between
Munich
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and
Salzburg
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The town is on the site of the ...
. Most of the area is situated in the valley of the river
Tiroler Achen, which separates the village into two parts. Marquartstein is at the edge of the Alps. Its geographical location is .
Brief history
* 1075: the castle was founded
* 1803: Pflegamt (municipal jurisdiction) was united with the court in
Traunstein
Traunstein (Central Bavarian: ''Traunstoa'') is a town in the south-eastern part of Bavaria, Germany, and is the administrative center of a much larger district of the same name. The town serves as a local government, retail, health services, ...
* 1857: the castle ruin was rebuilt by
Cajetan Freiherr von Tautphoeus
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* Thomas Cajetan (1469–1534), Italian Dominican theologian, cardinal, and opponent of Martin Luther
* Saint Cajetan (Gae ...
* 1884: railway from
Ãœbersee was built
* 1890-1908 The composer
Richard Strauss
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lived in Marquartstein
* 1958 Romanian-American actress
Tala Birell was buried in the village
* 1978: Marquartstein becomes head of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Marquartstein and Staudach-Egerndach
Education
Marquartstein plays an important role in the local education. Almost all major school types are situated in the village:
* the Landschulheim Marquartstein, a
Gymnasium (highest-grade secondary school) with a boarding school
* the Achental-Realschule, a medium-level secondary school
* the Pädagogisches Zentrum Schloss Niedernfels (Pedagogic Centre Niedernfels Castle), a private catholic secondary school
References
Traunstein (district)
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