Garsten

Austria

Garsten is a municipality in the district of Steyr-Land, in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. It lies in the Traunviertel region of the country, near the city of Steyr.

The settlement is best known for Garsten Abbey (Stift Garsten), a former Benedictine monastery founded in the eleventh century. Its church and monastic buildings remain a prominent landmark in the area. The community is also associated with the nearby Garsten railway station and the surrounding agricultural landscape of the Enns valley.

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