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
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. It is situated in a region called
Chiemgau
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, approximately 10 km south of
Lake Chiemsee between
Munich
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and
Salzburg
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. 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:
Burg Marquartstein
Burg Marquartstein is an 11th-century castle in Marquartstein, Bavaria, Germany.
The 40-bedroom castle was bought by the German art dealer and collector Konrad Bernheimer in 1987, to house his family's collection of art and antiques, as he had ...
was founded
* 1803: Pflegamt (municipal jurisdiction) was united with the court in
Traunstein
Traunstein (; ) is a Town#Germany, town in the south-eastern part of Bavaria, Germany, and is the administrative center of a much larger Traunstein (district), district of the same name. The town serves as a local government, retail, health se ...
* 1857: the castle ruin was rebuilt by
Cajetan Freiherr von Tautphoeus
* 1884: railway from
Ãœbersee
Ãœbersee is a municipality and a village in the rural district of Traunstein in upper Bavaria, Germany. It lies on the south shore of lake Chiemsee.
Geography
Geographic Location
Ãœbersee is located in the Chiemgau, more precisely at the no ...
was built
* 1890-1908 The composer
Richard Strauss
Richard Georg Strauss (; ; 11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a German composer and conductor best known for his Tone poems (Strauss), tone poems and List of operas by Richard Strauss, operas. Considered a leading composer of the late Roman ...
lived in Marquartstein
* 1958 Romanian-American actress
Tala Birell
Tala Birell (born Natalie Bierle; 10 September 1907 – 17 February 1958) was a Romanian-bornThe reference book ''Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins'' identifies Birell as a Polish-Austrian actress.A feature about Bi ...
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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