Steyr

Coat of arms	map
Base data
Land of the Federal Republic:	Upper Austria
district:	Statutarstadt (SR)
Kfz characteristic:	SR
geographical situation:	Coordinates: 48° 2 ′ N, 14° 25 ′ O 48° 2 ′ N, 14° 25 ′ O
surface:	26.56 km ²
inhabitants:	39.340 (census 2001)
population density:	1,481 inhabitantskm ²
height:	310 m and. NN
postal zip code:	4400
preselection:	07252
characteristic number:	40201
arrangement:	8 Katastralgemeinden
municipal authorities:	City place 27 4400 Steyr
official Website	www.steyr.at
E-Mail address:
Politics
mayor:	Engineer. David Forstenlechner (SPÖ)
local council:	SPÖ 23, FPÖ 3, ÖVP 6, which is the Green 3, citizen list

1 Steyr as Statutarstadt its own district and beyond that seat the district captain shank of the district Steyr country in upper Austria.

Table of contents 1 Geografie of 2 quarters 3 coat of arms 4 history 5 economics andTo infrastructure 5,1 residents enterprise 5,2 Universities of, professional schools, vocational academies 6 partnerships between cities 7 culture and objects of interest 7,1 museums of 7,2 buildings 7.2.1 city center 7.2.2 churches 8 personalities of 8,1 honour citizens of 8,2 sons and daughters of the city 9 see also 10 Web on the left of

Geografie

Steyr is on 310 m height and is been because of the confluence of Enns and Steyr at the border to Lower Austria, in the Alpine foreland. The expansion amounts to from north to south 7 km, from west to east 7.3 km. 2,8% of the surface are wooded, 11.1% of the surface agriculturally used.

quarters

Christkindl, Steyrdorf, Steyr Ennsdorf, military ditch, Tabor, remainder yard, Steyr Stadtplatz, Ennsleite, Münichholz, Taschlried, forest peripheral settlement, Steyr Neuschönau, realm gush, Steyr stone, Pyrach, Steyr Gleink, Steyr Hausleiten, remainder yard

coat of arms

official one Description of the Stadtwappens:In green a silver, red gewaffneter and gehörnter, flammenspeiender, put up Panther. 1160 by Mark count Ottokar (Otakar) III. from Steyr to its official sign coat of arms selected, it forms this very day steiermärkische Landeswappen. City colors: Green white

history

Population development
date	inhabitant
1869	16,593
1880	21,054
1890	26,139
1900	22,272
1910	22,205
1923	27,200
1934	25,351
1939	31,017
1951	36,818
1961	38,306
1971	40,822
1981	38,942
1991	39,337
2001	39,340

numerous finds point these on a stone-temporal settling, could however so far in the today's city not be proven. Also a Roman awake tower within the range is assumedthe today's lock Lamberg. Is suitable two Roman skeleton and/or. Grave finds from the 1/2.Jhdt. of Legionären (today in the city museum).

Approximately around the Styraburg the first settlements developed. In the gothic the majority of the houses in the old part of town range was established,and in the Renaissance and baroque time “modernizes”.

Steyr was in the Middle Ages apart from Vienna the richest and most distinguished city of Austria. Starting from that 6. Century bairische settling. In the year 980 the Styrapurg was mentioned for the first time documentary. The castle city (towards. Stirapurhc) was off 1055 rule of the Otakare, name-giving for the Steiermark. 1186 by hereditary contract (the so-called. Georgenberger strong one) - Ottokar IV. was childless - to the Babenberger.

1287 became the handels and municipal rights by the having citizen Albrecht I.confirmed. Originally twoSettlement cores: The castle man settlement with castle and houses in the yard lane and the fastened church settlement around the city parish church pc. Ägyd. To in 15. Century flowered the iron industry. Arms, weapons, measurers starting from that 15. Jh. Firearms. The 1345 towards. Jews became1371 in the trade limit.

Starting from 1525 spreading of the theories of Luther. Economic fall in 17. Century by Gegenreformation, the dreissigjährigen war and the farmer wars.

In November 1805 it gave heavy fights of the Austrians against the army to Napoleons.

In the baroque the weapon industry flowered up, to 1830 again created Leopold Werndl its armament makers, which became under its son Josef Werndl one of the most important weapon waffenschmieden of the continent.

economics and infrastructure

a substantial contribution for the growth of the citythe former armament and vehicle company Steyr Daimler Puch as well as the Austrian armament makers company contributed, which employed many thousand humans at its bloom time.

resident enterprise

• BMW engines GmbH
• GFM Steyr GmbH, Schmiedemaschinen
• MAN AG of commercial motor vehicles Austria, truck
• SKF, antifriction bearing
• SLR, Metallgiesserei
• ZF Steyr, transmission
• SYSTEMA medical software development
• Profactor production research GmbH
• BMD system house
• RiS GmbH - Internet solutions and services, to the Website
• hitting a corner ELT glass, fronts, roof, interior fittings
• Sommerhuber GmbH, tiled stoves, ceramic(s)
• NKE Austria GmbH, antifriction bearing
• Hartlauer GmbH, photo chain
• Gründler GmbH, stealingand building material trade
• VeRex, EDP service and Consulting
• balloon driving makes fun GmbH, aviation enterprise
• VIATEC - for EDP services with emphasis Internet technologies, to the Website

Universities of, professional schools, vocational academies

• professional school
  • course of studies production and management
  • course of studies international logistics management
  • course of studies process management health
  • course of studies e-Business
  • course of studiesGlobal Sales management

• national hospital Steyr
  • general health and nursing for the sick
  • care assistance training course
  • academy for the medically technical laboratory service
  • academy for Physiotherapie
  • academy for the radiological-technical service
  • child and young person care
  • psychiatric health and nursing for the sick
  • midwife training
  • Ergotherapie

• commercial academy Steyr
  • marketing, journalism and media
  • Information management and information technology
  • personnel management
  • international trade relations
  • management and Controlling
  • HOOK integral

• HS Steyr
  • higher institute for economic occupations
  • international communication in the economy
  • health management
  • technical school for economic occupations
  • health & social
  • Wellness & movement
  • higher institute for culture and congress management
  • Technical school for old person services and care assistance

• Federal Institution for Kindergartenpädagogik Steyr

• higher one technical federal institute Steyr
  • higher department for electronics
    • training emphasis technical computer science
    • training emphasis computer and instrumentation
  • higher department for mechanical engineering, training emphasis vehicle technology
  • higher department for Mechatronik, training emphasis precision technology
  • technical school for metal Design, Kollegfor object Design metal

partnerships between cities

• Bethlehem, Palestine
• iron ore, Austria
• chain ring, the USA
• Plauen, Germany
• San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy

culture and objects of interest

Museums

• city museum with nail nagelschmiede, scythe hammer and Petermandl measurer collection in the Innerberger barn, green market 26
• museum Industrielle working sphere
• Steyrtal Museumsbahn, oldest narrow-gauge railway of Austria

buildings

city center

• Bummerlhaus (1450 urkundl.) gothical community centre
• Innerberger barn (1611) Renaissance memory with rich Sgraffito - decoration
• Meditz house gothical with baroque front, arcade yard a.d. Renaissance
• city hall (1772) masterpiece Austrian Rococo
• buckle gate (1613)
• lock Lamberg (10. Jhdt.)

churches

• city parish church (starting from 1443) gothical, Viennese hut of building of cathedrals
• Michaelerkirche, baroque (1635 to 1677)
• Marienkirche, baroque(17. Century)
• Christkindl, baroque pilgrimage church

personalities

honour citizen

• Hermann Leitenmayr from 1991 to 2001 mayors of the city Steyr
• Franz white from 1974 to 1979 mayors of the city Steyr

of sons and daughtersthe city

• Johannes Stabius (scientist, *um 1460 † 1522)
• God-dear Schröffl v. Mannsperg (mayor, iron chairman, *1610 † 1680)
• Ferdinand Redtenbacher (machine-builder, *1809 † 1863)
• Karl Holub (weapon master, *1830 † 1903)
• Josef Werndl (Industrieller, *1831 † 1889)
• Marlen Haushofer (authoress, *1920 † 1970)
• Wolfgang pretty (castle actor, *1939)
• Erich Hackl (writer, * 1954)
• Austrofred (NuAustropop artist, *1970)
• Karl Mostböck (painter, *1921)

see also

• to Steyrtalbahn
• Steyr Daimler Puch
• STEYR August

Web on the left of

• entry over „Steyr “ in the Austria encyclopedia of AEIOU
• official Website of the city Steyr
• Webcamof the city place
• historical buildings in Steyr detailed representation of many historical buildings (lock, churches, houses) in Steyr, with pictures
• e-steyr.com pieces of news out as well as discussions over Steyr