!!!Mautern in der Steiermark

Mautern in der Steiermark, Styria, market town in the district of 
Leoben, alt. 712 m, pop. 2,223, area 108.51 km%%sup 2/%, 
centre of Liesing Valley situated on the foothills of Reiting 
Mountain. - Vocational school of agriculture (landwirtschaftliche 
Fachschule) at St. Martin, game reserve (extending over an area 
of approx. 500,000 m%%sup 2/%), power supply centre (private); 
production of hollow bricks, steel processing, construction of 
porches, production of beverages, packaging company, timber trade. - 
Gothic parish church (first documented mention in 1187), late 
15%%sup th/%  century frescoes on the choir walls, impressive high 
altar (around 1675-1680), tabernacle ornamented with reliefs by 
J. T. Stammel; monastery church (former Franciscan monastery, 
Redemptorist monastery from 1827 to 1972), built between 1669 and 
1675, high altar (1679-1680), choir decorated with statues (around 
1740) by J. T. Stammel; Ehrnau Palace. The old buildings 
(originally built in the style of the 16%%sup th/%  and 17%%sup th/%  
centuries) of the market town have been well preserved.


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