St. Marein bei Knittelfeld#
St. Marein bei Knittelfeld, Styria, municipality in the district of Knittelfeld, alt. 698 m, pop. 1,157, area 60.63 km2, situated near the entry of the Leissingbach stream into the River Mur. - Festival hall; wood processing, building and construction industry. - Gothic parish church (1440-1447) with vault paintings (2nd half of the 15th century) and late Gothic winged altar (1524), high altar (1703); Abbey of the Augustinian Canons Regular (1140-1142), later moved to Seckau.
Literature#
F. Dorn, Beitraege zur Geschichte von St. Marein bei Knittelfeld bis zum Bau der spaetgotischen Pfarrkirche, master's thesis, Graz 1984.