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| Bezirk: Graz-Umgebung |
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Sankt Marein bei Graz is situated at an elevation of 398 m on a hill above the valley of the Pickelbach, about
20 km southeast of Graz.
The modern municipality was formed established in 1850. In 1871 it obtained the status of a market town. In 1978 the name of the municipality was changed from St. Marein am Pickelbach to St. Marein bei Graz. The formerly independent neighbouring communities of Krumegg and Petersdorf II were merged into Sankt Marein in 2015.
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parish church Heilige Maria was first documented in 1224.
The present church in late Gothic style dates from 1550.
Austria's most important composer of the Baroque period, Johann Joseph Fux (1660–1741), was born in the village of Hirtenfeld (then parish of St. Marein, today part of the municipality of Langegg bei Graz). From 1698 until his death he served as composer and conductor at the Imperial court in Vienna. Besides his many musical works, his book Gradus ad Parnassum, published in 1725, became one of the best-known theoretical works in the history of music.
Another glass of this collection shows a view of Sankt Marein im Mürztal.
[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sankt_Marein_bei_Graz]
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