Mariazell
Austria's most significant Catholic pilgrimage site, Mariazell is a small Styrian mountain village whose Basilica of the Nativity of Mary houses a lime-wood statue of the Virgin, known as the Magna Mater Austriae, reputed to work miracles. The statue arrived in 1157; the large baroque church enclosing its chapel was built in 1644, expanding an earlier structure raised by Louis I of Hungary after his 1363 victory over the Ottoman Empire. The village also serves as a winter sports base in the north Styrian Alps.
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- Population1,254
- Nearest water from center 0.4 km0.2 mi
- Nearest mountain from center 1.1 km0.7 mi
Nearest airports
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Mariazell: quick answers
Where is Mariazell?
Mariazell is in Austria, about 47 km29 miles in a straight line from Leoben.
How do you get to Mariazell?
The nearest airport is Feldkirchen bei Graz (GRZ), about 1 hr 40 min away by road. The nearest train station is Mariazell, about 2 min away by road.
What's the weather like in Mariazell?
The warmest month is July, averaging 16°C60°F across day and night; the coolest is January, at -3°C26°F. The wettest month is June, with about 170 mm6.7 in of precipitation. (Monthly averages, 1991–2020.)
What's in Mariazell?
OpenStreetMap lists 2 museums, 7 restaurants, 5 cafés and 7 places of worship within 2 km of the centre.
What's near Mariazell?
Other Wandering Well picks within 60 km include Kapfenberg, Emmersdorf an der Donau and Eisenerz. Mariazell is listed among the day trips from Vienna and day trips from Salzburg.