Garsten

Garsten is a municipality in the district of Steyr-Land in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.

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Settlement.name: Garsten
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Garsten Ehem.Klosterkirche Am Platzl (01).JPG
Settlement.image_shield: Wappen at garsten.png
Settlement.shield_size: 80x110px
Settlement.pushpin_map: Austria
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 270
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location within Austria
Settlement.map_caption: Location within Steyr-Land district
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Austria
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State

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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.