Garsten
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Garsten
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| settlement_type = Municipality
| image_skyline = Garsten Ehem.Klosterkirche Am Platzl (01).JPG
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| image_shield = Wappen at garsten.png
| shield_size = 80x110px
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| pushpin_map = Austria
| pushpin_mapsize = 270
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within Austria
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| map_caption = Location within Steyr-Land district
| coordinates = {{coord|48|01|18|N|14|24|32|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Austria
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = Upper Austria
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Steyr-Land
| parts_type =
| parts_style = para
| p1 =
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Anton Silber
| leader_party = {{Polparty|Austria| ÖVP }}
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| area_total_km2 = {{Austria population Wikidata|area_total_km2}}
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| elevation_m = 298
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| timezone = CET
| timezone_DST = CEST
| utc_offset = +1
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| registration_plate = SE
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 4451
| area_code_type = Area code
| area_code = 07252
| website = [http://www.garsten.ooe.gv.at www.garsten.ooe.gv.at]
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Garsten is a municipality in the district of Steyr-Land in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.
History
Garsten was first mentioned as Garstina in documentation around 990, and a monastery was founded there in 1082. After being fully rebuilt in Baroque style in the late 17th century, the Benedictine monastery was converted to a prison in 1850, a function it fulfills to this day.[http://www.garsten.at/system/web/sonderseite.aspx?menuonr=218261253&detailonr=218261253] Benediktinerstift - Gemeinde Garsten
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