Stainach#

Stainach, Styria, market town in the district of Liezen, alt. 655 m, pop. 2,036, area 10.26 km2, railway junction (station in Stainach-Irdning) in Enns Valley. - Agricultural district authorities, district forest inspection, area commission for torrent and avalanche control, social advisory centre, Lebenshilfe welfare organisation, Bundesgymnasium and Bundesrealgymnaium secondary schools, culture centre, Volksheim centre; food industry: dairy, abattoir, canning factory. - Parish church (1957/58); castles: Ober-Stainach (scattered remnants), Mitter-Stainach (built after 1563, now a farmstead) and Unter-Stainach (Landhaus rural estate since around 1800); Friedstein Castle (1595-1613). - Railway station dates from 1875. Custom: Gloecklerlaufen (January 5).

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