Bretstein

Bretstein
Former municipality
Coat of arms of Bretstein
Coat of arms
Bretstein is located in Austria
Bretstein
Bretstein
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°20′00″N 14°25′00″E / 47.33333°N 14.41667°E / 47.33333; 14.41667
CountryAustria
StateStyria
DistrictMurtal
Area
 • Total
91.31 km2 (35.25 sq mi)
Elevation
1,036 m (3,399 ft)
Population
 (1 January 2016)
 • Total
302
 • Density3.31/km2 (8.57/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
8763
Area code0 35 76
Vehicle registrationJU
Websitewww.bretstein.at

Bretstein is a former municipality in the district of Murtal in the state of Styria in central Austria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality Pölstal.

History

During World War II, Nazi Germany operated the Bretstein concentration camp, a subcamp of the Mauthausen concentration camp, in Bretstein, whose prisoners were Spanish Republicans and German Jehovah's Witnesses. Five Spaniards were murdered after an unsuccessful escape attempt.

Geography

Bretstein lies in the Niedere Tauern.

References

  1. ↑ Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahresbeginn 2002-2016 nach Gemeinden (Gebietsstand 1.1.2016) for Bretstein.
  2. ↑ Die neue Gemeindestruktur der Steiermark
  3. 1 2 Megargee, Geoffrey P. (2009). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Vol. I. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. p. 910. ISBN 978-0-253-35328-3.