St. Martin Castle

Saint Martin Castle and Church

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As early as the first half of the 11th century, St. Martin appears to be owned by the Aribones. Since 1144, the castle and the church have been recorded as provosts of the Admont Abbey, with parts of the property being donated to the Abbey as early as 1072. In 1557 it was converted into a renaissance castle. In 1638 the palace was rebuilt further under the master builder Peter Fasoll. The interior of the separately standing castle church from the years 1738–1740 is one of the main works by Joseph Stammel. In the 19th century, the large-scale park near the ponds (proven ad Wiarn since 1185) around the source of the Bründlbach (see Eisbründl cave) belonged to the castle, which was designed with numerous ponds, avenues and grottos. The building has been used as a people's education center since 1914. The castle belonged to the Admont Abbey until 1936 and has been owned by the Province of Styria ever since. (Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schloss_St._Martin_(Graz))

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