Marienstein
Encyclopedia
Marienstein is a village in the municipality
of Waakirchen
in the west Upper Bavaria
n district of Miesbach
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The owner of the Oberkammerloh estate built 2 cement ovens and a mill complex. The stone for his cement factory was extracted from Holzwiesenthal quarry where he later moved his business and renamed it after his niece, Maria, to Marienstein.
1852
Herr Deuringer was given mining rights for coal by the Royal Mining Office in Munich
. Marienstein became a mining centre until 1962 when the last seam was worked. After the closure of the cement factory in 1998 the community strove to turn the area into an industrial estate.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
of Waakirchen
Waakirchen
Waakirchen is a municipality in the district of Miesbach in Bavaria in Germany....
in the west Upper Bavaria
Upper Bavaria
Upper Bavaria is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany.- Geography :Upper Bavaria is located in the southern portion of Bavaria, and is centered around the city of Munich. It is subdivided into four regions : Ingolstadt, Munich, Bayerisches Oberland , and Südostoberbayern...
n district of Miesbach
Miesbach
Miesbach is a town in Bavaria, Germany, and is the capital of the Miesbach district. The district is at an altitude of 697 metres above sea level. It covers an area of approximately 863.50 km² of alpine headlands and in 2004 had a population of 93,942. The town is located 48 km southeast...
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History
1850/51The owner of the Oberkammerloh estate built 2 cement ovens and a mill complex. The stone for his cement factory was extracted from Holzwiesenthal quarry where he later moved his business and renamed it after his niece, Maria, to Marienstein.
1852
Herr Deuringer was given mining rights for coal by the Royal Mining Office in Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
. Marienstein became a mining centre until 1962 when the last seam was worked. After the closure of the cement factory in 1998 the community strove to turn the area into an industrial estate.