# Marquartstein

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{{Infobox German location
|image_coa            = DEU Marquartstein COA.svg
|image_photo = Marquartstein.png
|image_caption = Aerial view
|coordinates       = {{coord|47|45|31|N|12|27|42|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Marquartstein in TS.svg
|state        = Bayern
|region  = Oberbayern
|district         = Traunstein
|Verwaltungsgemeinschaft = Marquartstein
|elevation              = 530-800
|area            = 13.4
|postal_code               = 83250
|area_code           = 08641
|licence               = TS
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 1 89 129
|website           = [https://www.marquartstein.de/ www.marquartstein.de]
|mayor             = Andreas Scheck<ref>[https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden], [Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik](/source/Bayerisches_Landesamt_f%C3%BCr_Statistik), 15 July 2021.</ref>
|leader_term       = 2020&ndash;26
}}

'''Marquartstein''' ({{IPA|de|ˈmaʁkvaʁtˌʃtaɪn}}) is a municipality in the southeastern part of [Bavaria](/source/Bavaria), [Germany](/source/Germany) and is part of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Marquartstein and [Staudach-Egerndach](/source/Staudach-Egerndach). It is situated in a region called [Chiemgau](/source/Chiemgau), approximately 10&nbsp;km south of [Lake Chiemsee](/source/Chiemsee) between [Munich](/source/Munich) and [Salzburg](/source/Salzburg). Most of the area is situated in the valley of the river [Tiroler Achen](/source/Tiroler_Achen), which separates the village into two parts. Marquartstein is at the edge of the Alps. Its geographical location is {{Coord|47|46|N|12|28|E|region:DE_type:city(18,147)}}.
[[Image:Burg Marquartstein.jpg|thumb|left|290x290px|[Burg Marquartstein](/source/Burg_Marquartstein) as seen from the local riverside of Tiroler Ache]]

==Brief history==

* 1075: [Burg Marquartstein](/source/Burg_Marquartstein) was founded
* 1803: Pflegamt (municipal jurisdiction) was united with the court in [Traunstein](/source/Traunstein)
* 1857: the castle ruin was rebuilt by [Cajetan Freiherr von Tautphoeus](/source/Cajetan_Freiherr_von_Tautphoeus)
* 1884: railway from [Übersee](/source/%C3%9Cbersee_(Chiemgau)) was built
* 1890-1908 The composer [Richard Strauss](/source/Richard_Strauss) lived in Marquartstein
* 1958 Romanian-American actress [Tala Birell](/source/Tala_Birell) was buried in the village
* 1978: Marquartstein becomes head of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Marquartstein and Staudach-Egerndach

==Education==
Marquartstein plays an important role in the local education. Almost all major school types are situated in the village:
* the Landschulheim Marquartstein, a [Gymnasium](/source/Gymnasium_(school)) (highest-grade secondary school) with a boarding school
* the Achental-Realschule, a medium-level secondary school
* the Pädagogisches Zentrum Schloss Niedernfels (Pedagogic Centre Niedernfels Castle), a private catholic secondary school

==References==
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{{Cities and towns in Traunstein (district)}}

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Category:Traunstein (district)

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