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  Styria
The province is rich in minerals, as iron ore, brown coal, etc. Its area is 8980 sq.
The capital of the province is Graz (152,000 inhabitants); it is the residence of the governor and the seat of the administration of the province.
During the reign of Margrave Ottokar II (1164-92) Styria was raised to a duchy by the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa in 1180.
www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/s/styria.html   (1057 words)

  
 Duchy of Styria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Roman history of Styria is as part of Noricum and Pannonia, with a Celtic population of the Taurisci.
During the reign of Margrave Ottokar IV (1164-92) Styria was raised to a duchy by the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, in 1180 after the fall of Henry the Lion of Bavaria.
The railway brought tourists to alpine lake resorts and mineral springs at Rohitsch and Gleichenberg, the brine springs of Aussee, and the thermal springs of Tuffer, Neuhaus and Tobelbad.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Styria_(duchy)   (1245 words)

  
 Styria
The Babenbergs were given Styria in fief in 1192 and united it with the Austrian territories (Lower and Upper Austria).
Lower Styria was taken from Austria in 1920 by the Treaty of St. Germain.
The Ausseer region was reintegrated in Styria in 1948.
www.eu2006.at /en/Austria/Bundeslaender/Styria.html   (204 words)

  
 Styria travel guide - Wikitravel
Styria was a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire and later a crown-land of Austria-Hungary.
Eastern Styria lies to the east of the Mur and to the south of the Mur-Muerz valley.
Western Styria lies to the west of the Mur and to the south of the Mur-Muerz valley.
wikitravel.org /en/Styria   (586 words)

  
 Styria - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
Styria (German, Steiermark), province, south-eastern Austria, bordering Slovenia, and lying almost wholly within the Alps.
King Ottokar II of Bohemia occupied Austria, Styria, and Carniola...
Graz, city in south-east Austria, capital of Styria Province on the Mur River, bordered on three sides by the Alps.
au.encarta.msn.com /Styria.html   (85 words)

  
 Virtual Austria Net: Styria
Styria is frequently referred to as Austria's "green province".
Styria is the country's leading province in terms of mining: nine-tenths of the iron ore mined in Austria as a whole come from the Styrian Erzberg, or "ore mountain".
Styria's cluster of Viticulture in southern Styria car firms is one of Austria's top business projects.
www.virtualvienna.net /austria/states/styria/styria.html   (356 words)

  
 Styria - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The province is drained by the Mur, Enns, and Raab rivers.
It is the chief Austrian mining district (iron ore, lignite, salt, graphite, gypsum, talc, and magnesite) and has a well-developed metals industry, particularly in the north, near the Erzberg.
Styria was originally settled by Celts and later was part of Roman Noricum and Pannonia.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-styria.html   (319 words)

  
 Rhea Wessel - freelance writer, author
The province of Styria lives from tourism, and many people are first exposed to the oil while on a visit.
Styrian pumpkins are grown almost exclusively for their seeds, and the province produces 14.3 million pounds of seeds a year on 13,000 hectares.
Styria is the English rendition of the German word Steiermark, a province southeast of the Alps.
www.rheawessel.com /clips_pumpkinseedoil.htm   (1357 words)

  
 Styria Adventure Travel - Styria Travel Guide
Styria (Steiermark in German) is the second-largest province in the country.
Styria is a province deeply steeped in tradition, and the costume that some of the men still occasionally wear demonstrates this point.
Graz, the capital of Styria, is the second-largest Austrian city, and in imperial times it was known as the place to which state officials retired -- the city even acquired the nickname Pensionopolis (City of the Retired).
away.com /destination-overview/Styria-278209-travel-guide.html   (507 words)

  
 Austria Today - austria travel and tourist information, travel bargains, hotels, resorts, car hire - business lounge
The country between the Dachstein in the west and the wine-covered hills in the south-east is characterised by steep mountains, succulent pastures, quiet Alpine valleys, thermal springs, orchards and fields, castles and palaces.
The capital of the province, Graz, which is famous for the Schlossberg with the city's landmark - the clocktower, offers attractions like the generously restored city centre, the biggest medieval arms collection, Schloss Eggenberg, its university, and abundant cultural life.
Vorarlberg and Tyrol in the west, Styria and Carinthia in the south, Salzburg and Upper Austria in the centre, Burgenland, Lower Austria and Vienna in the east.
www.europe-today.com /austria/styria.htm   (290 words)

  
 Restaurants in Styria Austria Restaurant Reviews
Today the horses are bred in a court stud in Lipica, near Trieste in modern Slovenia, and at the Piber Stud in western Styria, Austria.
The leak was caused by a chemical reaction, Styria police officer Rene...
About 100 emergency staff from around the province of Styria were on hand to assist the injured.
www.diningguide411.com /restaurants/Austria/Styria   (320 words)

  
 Lower Styria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lower Styria (Slovenian Spodnja Štajerska, German Untersteiermark, Latin Styria) is made up of the southern third of the former Duchy of Styria and is a region in northeastern Slovenia.
The northern two-thirds of the former duchy lie in southeastern Austria and are therefore referred to as Upper Styria.
The Duchy of Styria was divided in 1918 after World War I, with the Kingdom of Yugoslavia receiving Lower Styria.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Styria_(province)   (153 words)

  
 ATLAS F1 News: Austria Secures Grand Prix Deal Extension
The province of Styria said it had signed a contract with Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone to 2006.
Styria will pay Ecclestone 10.9 million Euros ($9.72 million) per Grand Prix, will pay the drivers to race and cover the costs of organising the event.
In return, the province will receive the revenue from ticket sales and a sum from the Austrian state, which will pay for the organisation of the race.
www.atlasf1.com /news/2001/dec/report.php/id/6102/.html   (352 words)

  
 Austria: heavy losses for Haider's party in provincial elections
The results of the Steiermark (Styria) Province parliamentary elections have triggered a crisis in the Austrian federal government and within Jörg Haider's Freedom Party.
At the last elections in Styria five years ago, 90 percent of those eligible to vote went to the polls.
A few days after the elections in Styria he appeared at a public meeting in Vienna, where provincial parliamentary elections are to be held next year, in support of the local party chairman Hilmar Kabas.
www.wsws.org /articles/2000/oct2000/haid-o31.shtml   (1284 words)

  
 igourmet Styrian Pumpkin Seed Oil - Cooking.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Pumpkin seed oil is a specialty of Steiermark, or the Austrian province of Styria.
This beautiful, lush province is located in the southeastern corner of Austria and borders on Hungary, Slovenia, and Italy.
Pumpkins grow very well in Styria, and her people have become well versed in the pressing of oil from the seeds of these fruits.
www.cooking.com /products/shprodde.asp?SKU=425921   (235 words)

  
 Slovenia Business Week   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Governor General of the Austrian province of Styria Waltraud Klasnic visited Slovenia on Tuesday, 19 June.
Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Drnovsek and Governor General of Austria's Styria province held talks on regional co-operation and Slovenia's EU accession process.
Klasinc understands Slovenia's restraints regarding the proposed transitional period and emphasised that the province of Styria is interested in co-operation with Slovenia, including the free movement of workforce in both directions.
www.gzs.si /sbw/head.asp?idc=7935   (382 words)

  
 The Epoch Times | Austria's Ruling Party Loses Regional Vote
The Social Democrats won control of the southern province of Styria, capturing what has been a stronghold for Schuessel's conservative People's Party since 1945, according to provisional results.
The election in Styria and polls this month in the eastern province of Burgenland and in Vienna are the first votes since Haider broke away from the Freedom Party and founded his own Alliance for the Future of Austria.
Styria, the home province of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, is one of nine Austrian provinces.
www.theepochtimes.com /news/5-10-2/32871.html   (519 words)

  
 Classic-Horror Review of Vampire Lovers, The (1970)
In Styria, a province of Austria, General Spielsdorf (Cushing) invites a beautiful but mysterious and lovely young girl name Marcilla (the voluptuous and sultry Ingrid Pitt) to stay with he and his niece Laura (Pippa Steele).
With a similar story to the one told the General, the girl, this time called Carmilla by her ”mother,” is invited to stay with the Mortons until her mother’s return.
Soon, deaths begin to accumulate in the province and evil is suspected.
classic-horror.com /reviews/vamplovers.shtml   (708 words)

  
 Foundation - Steiermärkische Krankenanstaltenges. m.b.h.
At that time the Regional Hospitals were removed from the direct administration of the Province of Styria and incorporated as a private company owned 100% by the Province.
With the hiving-off of the Province's hospitals into the Styrian Hospitals Authority, Ltd. (KAGes), one of the largest privately run companies and the largest employer in Styria was established.
The Minister of Hospitals and Health Services of the Province of Styria, in his function as the owner's representative, embodies the Shareholder's Assembly, thus forming the conecting link between KAGes and the Government of the Province of Styria.
www.kages.at /cms/ziel/602/EN   (164 words)

  
 BEHAVIOR & TRAINING - Dogs trained to save lives in Alps avalanches
At his base in Styria province, he runs in circles and snaps at snowflakes.
In Styria province, which incorporates the Alps in its western part, 45 teams are on standby at this time of year.
In one incident near Bad Gastein in Salzburg province, a Czech skier touring outside the marked slopes with his pet golden retriever was killed when he went after his dog.
www.homeagainid.com /news/article.cfm?storyid=16800   (731 words)

  
 Graz - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Graz, city in southeastern Austria, capital of Steiermark (Styria) Province, on the Mur River, bordered on three sides by the Alps.
Brendel, Alfred, born in 1931, Austrian English pianist, known for his fastidious and searching interpretations of works by German composer Ludwig van...
- city and capital of Styria Province on the Mur River in southeastern Austria.
ca.encarta.msn.com /Graz.html   (66 words)

  
 styriarte - Die steirischen Festspiele - styriarte.com - Locations -
Graz, the capital of the Austrian province of Styria, has one of the best-preserved old town areas in German-speaking Europe.
On the one hand, the city can look back on more than 850 years of history; on the other hand, due to its geographical location, it is considered a cultural and economic crossroads for the Europe of tomorrow.
As a cultural and academic metropolis, as economic center of the province, and as a place of social stability, the Styrian capital holds a special position in the southeastern European region.
www.styriarte.com /index_en.php/article/archive/4   (178 words)

  
 Thomas's Glassware Tour --- Graz (A)
His son Archduke Ferdinand (1578—1637, Regent of Inner Austria 1595, King of Bohemia 1617, King of Hungary 1618) moved the court to Vienna upon his election as Roman-German Emperor (Ferdinand II) in 1619.
Erzherzog-Johann-Brunnen, the fountain in the centre of the square commemorating Archduke Johann, a brother of Emperor Franz II/I, was erected in 1878.
The latter two of these rivers are in that part of old Styria, which since 1918 is part of Slovenia (Štajerska) where these rivers are called Drava and Savinja.
www.thomasgraz.net /glass/gl-007.htm   (1194 words)

  
 Austrian Press & Information Service   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Styria is frequently referred to as Austria's "green province." This is due to its extensive forests which cover about half of
The Mining University in Leoben is a scientific center for the mining and steel industries.
Styria's cluster of car firms is one of Austria's top business projects.
www.austria.org /lstyria.shtml   (251 words)

  
 SOS Children's Villages Canada : Stubing/Styria
SOS Children's Village of Stubing, in the province of Styria, is about 10 kms from the provincial capital, Graz.
SOS Children's Village of Stübing, in the province of Styria, is about 10 kms from the provincial capital, Graz.
The SOS Children's Village consists of 15 family houses and the castle of Stübing which is situated on the edge of the woods.
www.soschildrensvillages.ca /html/stubing_styria.html   (415 words)

  
 Paradox Interactive Forums - History of the Austrian Empire, Part I   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Bohemians spot the border province of Presburg as our weak spot, but their repeated attacks are beaten back by K.u.K Armee, a small but efficient force whose two main weapons are infantry, cavalry and a really weird name.
They still have their two richest provinces left, but the country is now cut into two, with the capital district completely surrounded by Austrian territory.
The Spaniards liberate the province in the fall and turn to attack, and the summer of the following year, France is forced to sign a peace treaty where they pay an indemnity to the Spanish alliance.
forum.paradoxplaza.com /forum/showthread.php?t=169   (4626 words)

  
 Travel information for Graz, Styria, Austria
Graz is the capital of Styria province in southeastern Austria.
Situated on the Mur River at the foot of the Styrian Alps, it is Austria's second largest city, with a population about 250000.
During the Middle Ages Graz became the principal city of Styria, and the Leopoldine Habsburgs made it their seat in 1379.
www.botros.at /travel/graz.htm   (130 words)

  
 STYRIA | Homepage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Styrian people, well known for their hospitality, invite you to discover the diversity of their province.
With its wide range of holiday offers Styria caters for all tastes, from pure relaxation holidays to challenging sports experiences and the province is an attractive destination throughout the year.
Styria enjoys a reputation of being the culinary centre of Austria.
www.steiermark.com /en   (145 words)

  
 classical music - andante - austrian province of styria declares itself 'mozart-free zone' for composer's anniversary ...
VIENNA (dpa) — The province of Styria said on Tuesday [1 March] it will opt out of the much publicized 'Mozart Year 2006' and declare itself a "Mozart-free zone".
Huge Austrian tourism and musical plans for the 250th anniversary year of the great composer's birth represent "overkill", said head of Styria's Cultural Service Bernhard Rinner.
While Vienna and Salzburg were "duelling" for Mozart supremacy, Styria with its capital Graz would offer its guests a different program.
www.andante.com /article/article.cfm?id=25253   (202 words)

  
 The Competitiveness Institute (TCI) - Bulgarian manufacturers to join Austrian car cluster
Five Bulgarian companies expressed their interest in becoming part of the automobile cluster in the Austrian province Styria (AC Styria).
The forum was organised by the Bulgarian Industrial Association in colaboration with the administration of Styria (Steiermark).
AC Styria was funded in 1994 and became financially independent in 1999.
www.competitiveness.org /article/view/398/1/9   (125 words)

  
 Oh, That Liberal Media: Austrian Media No Better Than Ours   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
It should be clear to anyone that the Governator implied that he had seen "their tanks in the streets" and "communism with my own eyes" where he lived (in Styria).
If Arnold were trying to dupe anyone into believing Styria was part of the Soviet sector, he wouldn't have said "I remember the fear we had when we had to cross into the Soviet sector." Don't be an illogical girlyman.
That clearly implies that Styria itself was outside the Soviet sector, not inside it.
www.thatliberalmedia.com /archives/002643.html   (1865 words)

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