STEYR, or STEIER
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V25,
Page 915
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also:STEYR, or STEIER
, a See also:town in Upper See also:Austria, 28 m
.
S.E. of See also:Linz by See also:rail
.
Pop
.
(1900), 17,592
.
It is situated at the confluence of the See also:Steyr with the See also:Enns, and on an See also:eminence rises the See also:castle of the princes of Lamberg, dating from the loth See also:century
.
The See also:parish See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church is in See also:Gothic See also:style and was built in 1443–1522
.
Steyr is the See also:chief centre of the See also:steel and See also:iron See also:industry of Upper Austria
.
The See also:rifle factory, founded in 1830 by Josef Werndl, is the largest in Austria, and since 1882 it has added the manufacture of bicycles and See also:electrical plant
.
It is the birthplace of the poet Alois Blumauer (1755–1798)
.
Steyr was founded at the end of the loth century and was the See also:capital of a countship, first belonging to See also:Styria, but annexed to Austria in 1192
.
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