STEYR

shtīˈər, city (1991 pop. 39,337), Upper Austria prov., central Austria, on the Enns and Steyr rivers. It has been an ironworking center since the Middle Ages. Other manufactures include trucks, automobiles, tractors, ball bearings, machinery, and guns. Among Steyr's numerous well-preserved historic buildings are Lamberg castle (10th cent.; rebuilt in the 18th cent.) and a Gothic parish church of the 15th–16th cent.

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books on: Steyr  - 161 results

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Remembering and Forgetting Nazism: Education, National Identity, and the Victim Myth in Postwar Austria
Book by Peter Utgaard; Berghahn Books, 2003
Subjects: Austria--History--1938-1945, National Characteristics, Austrian, National Socialism--Austria--Psychological Aspects, Political Culture--Austria
...Achter Jahresbericht. Handelsakademie und Handelsschule Steyr,1994/95. Steyr, 1995. Bundesgymnasium fiir Madchen und Wirtschaftskundliches...95. Braunau am Inn, 1995. Bundesrealgymnasium Steyr. 79. Jahresbericht, Schuljahr 1961/1962. Steyr...
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Who Really Made Your Car? Restructuring and Geographic Change in the Auto Industry
Book by Thomas Klier, James Rubenstein; W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2008
Subjects: Automobile Industry And Trade--United States, Automobile Supplies Industry--United States, Automobiles--Parts
AG. Steyr Werkes predecessor was established in 1864 near Steyr, Austria, to make armaments. Puchwerkes predecessor...supplier. From its core competency of making bodies, Magna Steyr expanded into so-called contract assembly, that is...
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The Grand Illusion: The Prussianization of the Chilean Army
Book by William F. Sater, Holger H. Herwig; University of Nebraska Press, 1999
Subjects: Chile--History, Military, Prussia (Germany)--Armee--Influence
keep them honest, two senior Steyr engineers, Maximilian Rechl and Hugo Lipowsky...where on 11 November they began to test the Steyr barrels. In early December Rechl reported...Chilean army officials, the claims that the Steyr parts were unsuitable were the result of...
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Franz Schubert: A Biography
Book by Elizabeth Norman McKay; Oxford University Press, 1997
Subjects: Composers--Austria--Biography, Schubert, Franz--1797-1828
...third week of May, and was certainly in Steyr by 20 May. Vogl had been there since the...and ended in Upper Austria with visits to Steyr and Linz, and included a return to this...without the customary key changes : 1. Steyr, Linz, Steyr 20 May-4 June 2 weeks...
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The Schubert Reader: A Life of Franz Schubert in Letters and Documents
Book by Otto Erich Deutsch, Eric Blom; W. W. Norton, 1947
Subjects: Schubert, Franz--1797-1828
...154. SCHUBERT TO HIS BROTHER FERDINAND Steyr, 13th July 1819. Dear Brother, I have...here yesterday the 12th, which struck Steyr, killed a girl and paralysed the arms...the Stabat Mater. Your The country round Steyr ever devoted is inconceivably lovely...
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journal articles on: Steyr  - 8 results

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Death and the Transfer of Wealth: Bequest Patterns and Cultural Change in the Eighteenth Century
Journal article by Michael Pammer; Journal of Social History, Vol. 33, 2000
Subjects: Austria--History, Inheritance and succession--18th century, Wills--18th century
...Spielberg), 1040 (Starhemberg), 1043-1045 (Steinbach), 1050 (Steinbach), 105 1-1058 (Magistrat Steyr), 1074 (Steyr), 1082 (Gotteshaus Sierning, Gaflenz), 1082 (Ostermiething), 1084 (Steyregg), 1092 (Sunzing), 1102...
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Books Recently Published
Journal article by Julia Graepel, Karen R. Little; Music Library Association. Notes, Vol. 62, 2005
...Psychosozial-Verlag, 2004. 99 p. ISBN 3898063143. LC 2005361860. Imago Partsch, Erich Wolfgang. Anton Bruckner und Steyr. mit einem kirchengeschichtlichen Beitrag von Roland Bachleitner. Wien: Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag, 2003. 467 p. ISBN...
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Other- and Inner-Worldly Asceticism in Medieval Waldensianism: a Weberian Analysis
Journal article by Lutz Kaelber; Sociology of Religion, Vol. 56, 1995
Subjects: Religion And Sociology
...social and spiritual needs, did not last long, however. By the early fourteenth century, fires on the stakes were burning in Steyr, Krems, St. Polten, Vienna, and Himberg ( Segl 1984 :271-341). Many Austrian and other Walden sians paid dearly for...
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26 U.S.C. S. 5861(d) Requires Mens Rea as to the Physical Characteristics of the Weapon
Journal article by Martin T. Lefevour; Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Vol. 85, 1995
Subjects: Criminal intent--Cases, Firearms ownership--Cases, Staples v. United States--114 S. Ct. 1793 (1994)
...15; (v) Fabrique National FN/FAL, FN/LAR, and FNC; (vi) SWD M-10, M-11 M-11/9, and M-12; (vii) Steyr AUG; (viii) INTRATEC TEC-9, TEC-DC9 and TEC-22; and (ix) revolving cylinder shotguns, such as (or similar to...
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Wings Club 2009 Distinguished Achievement Award
Journal article; Air Power History, Vol. 56, 2009
Subjects: Airlines--Achievements and awards, Deutsche Lufthansa AG--Achievements and awards, Mayrhuber, Wolfgang--Achievements and awards
...in Waizenkirchen, Austria, on March 22, 1947, Mr. Mayrhuber studied mechanical engineering at the Technical College in Steyr, Austria, and at the Bloor Institute in Canada. In the fall of 1990, he completed an Executive Management Training course...
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M Series Pistols from Steyr
Magazine article by Dave Spaulding; Law & Order, Vol. 48, February 2000
M Series Pistols from Steyr by Dave Spaulding Selecting the right...Selecting such a gun can be a tall order. Steyr Mannlicher of Austria recently introduced...of most police officers or agencies. Steyr describes this new pistol as a mechanically...
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Schubert's Pepi: His Love Affair with the Chambermaid Josepha Pöcklhofer and Her Surprising Fate
Magazine article by Rita Steblin; Musical Times, Vol. 149, Summer 2008
Subjects: Music, Musical performances, Musicians & conductors, Personality traits, Religion, Singers, Society
...here an experience already undergone at Steyr, I am better able now to find happiness...prostitutes.15 Schuberts Pepi (Roller) in Steyr What was the unpleasant disappointment that the composer had experienced at Steyr? This probably took place in 1823...
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Tactics: Gek Cobra
Magazine article by Samuel M. Katz; Law & Order, Vol. 49, October 2001
Subjects: Austria, Police, Tactical units, Terrorism
...right about utilizing our Glocks and our Steyr assault rifles when less-than-lethal...family of 9mm submachine guns; 5.56mm Steyr AUG assault rifles; the Franchi SPAS and Remington 870 12gauge shotguns; and Steyr and Heckler and Koch sniping rifles. Yet...
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212 Die Besorger Offices
Magazine article by Catherine Slessor; The Architectural Review, Vol. 229, March 2011
Subjects: Architecture--Contracts, Offices--Design and construction
...Offices. by Catherine Slessor LOCATION STEYR, AUSTRIA ARCHITECT HERTLARCHITEKTEN WRITER...Die Besorger, a design agency based in Steyr, Austria. Local practice Hertl Architekten...which winds languidly through the centre of Steyr. On its private western side, the building...
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Special Report: Tactical Response: Austrian Response to Terrorism
Magazine article by Eitan Meyr; Law & Order, Vol. 47, July 1999
Subjects: Austria, Tactical units, Terrorism
...engagements, the GEK prefers the 5.56mm Steyr AUG assault rifle as its main attack weapon...9mm version is in service too. The 9mm Steyr TMP and the German 9mm H K MPS sub-machine...weapon used by GEKs snipers is the 7.62mm Steyr SSG-CISM, considered as one of the best...
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newspaper articles on: Steyr  - 103 results

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This Gun Is a Steyr Mannlicher Automatic Assault Rifle - the Favoured Weapon of the Austrian Military. It Fires 800 Rounds a Minute. Andrew Grant Kept It under a Bed in His Mum's House; DRUGS KINGPIN KEPT CS GAS, RIFLE AND AMMUNITION
Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), September 22, 2005
This Gun Is a Steyr Mannlicher Automatic Assault Rifle - the...explode when they hit their target. The Steyr Mannlicher assault rifle was in a suitcase...Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 Weapon of warfare THE Steyr Mannlicher AUG A1 is better suited to the...
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{CADETS LOSE GUNS IN LEGAL MINEFIELD} {Army Cadets Blocked in Move to Buy Replica Steyr Rifles for Parades}; RSL Outraged as Police Block Rocky Army Cadets from Buying Modern Replica Firearms
Newspaper article; The Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Australia), September 16, 2008
Subjects: Armies, Firearms, Land mines
...Army Cadets Blocked in Move to Buy Replica Steyr Rifles for Parades}; RSL Outraged as...not to buy replicas of the armys standard Steyr 5.56mm rifle. It was clear yesterday...are categorised the same as the actual Steyr itself. And the units bid to purchase...
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War Games to Prepare Troops for Protecting Chads Refugees; Preparations: A Spent Cartridge Is Ejected from a Soldiers Steyr Assault Rifle
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 25, 2008
Subjects: Civilian casualties--Military aspects, Military maneuvers--Military aspects, Military operations--Military aspects, Refugees--Military aspects, Soldiers--Military aspects
War Games to Prepare Troops for Protecting Chads Refugees; Preparations: A Spent Cartridge Is Ejected from a Soldiers Steyr Assault Rifle. SOLDIERS were yesterday put through their paces during intensepreparations for one of the Irish Armys most dangerous...
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Happy Motoring; Cars That Don't Crash, Emit Greenhouse Gas
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, October 6, 2007
Subjects: Air pollution, Atmospheric carbon dioxide, Automobile equipment and supplies industry, Automotive parts industry, Greenhouse gases, Magna Steyr AG und Company KG
...whether consumers will be willing to pay for them and when the glitches will be worked out. Austrian auto supply firm Magna Steyr demonstrated a BMW that runs on hydrogen, the chemical made of tiny atoms found in all water. "Hydrogen is one of the energy...
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Hams Hall Plays Vital Role as Car Sales Rise
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), March 8, 2002
Subjects: BMW AG
...two other engine plants in Munich and at Steyr in Austria, said Dr Norbert Reithofer...Geneva Motor Show that both Munich and Steyr plants were were working at full capacity...surrounded by residential property and Steyr which had been built to produce more than...
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encyclopedia articles on: Steyr  - 3 results

 
 
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Steyr
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
STEYR shti r, city (1991 pop. 39,337), Upper Austria prov., central Austria, on the Enns and Steyr rivers. It has been an ironworking center since the Middle Ages. Other manufactures include trucks, automobiles, tractors, ball bearings...
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Austria
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...for over 30% of the gross national product. More than half of the industries are concentrated in the Vienna basin; Linz , Steyr , Graz , Leoben , Innsbruck , and Salzburg are the other chief industrial centers. Many of the countrys industries were nationalized...
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Upper Austria
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...mines, oil wells, and gas fields in the region and a large number of electric power stations. Industry is centered at Linz, Steyr, the Traun and Ager valleys, and Ranshofen. Manufactures include chemicals, iron and steel, aluminum, processed foods...


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