Garsten

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| settlement_type = Municipality

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Austria

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = Upper Austria

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Steyr-Land

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| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Anton Silber

| leader_party = {{Polparty|Austria| ÖVP }}

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| elevation_m = 298

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| timezone = CET

| timezone_DST = CEST

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| 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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