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  Styria - LoveToKnow 1911
South of the Enns, Styria is traversed by groups of the central zone of the eastern Alps: the Niedere Tauern, the primitive Alps of Carinthia and Styria and the Styrian Nieder Alps.
The principal ramifications of the primitive Alps of Carinthia and Styria are: the Stang Alps with the Kenigsstuhl (7646 ft.) and Eisenhut (8007 ft.), the Judenburger or Seethaler Alps with the Zirbitzkogel (7862 ft.), and the Koralpen which culminates in the Grosser Speikkogel (7023 ft.).
Styria belongs to the watershed of the Danube and its principal rivers are: the Enns with its affluent the Salza, the Raab with the Feistritz, the Mur with the Miirz, the Drau or Drave, and the Sau or Save, which receives the Sann and the Sotla.
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 Provinces of Austria - VHO
It borders the Czech Republic in the North, Slovakia in the East, Burgenland in the Southeast, Styria in the South and Upper Austria in the West.
The neighbouring provinces of Styria are Burgenland in the East, Upper and Lower Austria in the North, Salzburg and Carinthia in the West and Slovenia in the South.
Upper Styria is bounded by the Calcareous Alps in the North (Dachstein, Totes Gebirge, Ennstaler Alpen, Hochschwab, Schneeberg and Rax mountain chains).
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  Styria (state) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Styria (die Steiermark in German, Štajerska in Slovenian) is a state or Land, located in the south east of Austria.
The term Weststeiermark ("West Styria") is used for the districts to the west of Graz (Voitsberg, Deutschlandsberg, western part of the district Leibnitz), the districts east of Graz (Weiz, Hartberg, Feldbach, Fürstenfeld and Radkersburg) are referred to as Oststeiermark ("East Styria").
Styria • Tyrol • Upper Austria • Vienna • Vorarlberg
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Styria (state)
Upper Austria (Ober sterreich) is one of the nine federal states or Bundesl nder of Austria.
Coat of arms of the Dukes of Styria, crowned with the ducal hat, today state coat The Duchy of Styria (German: Herzogtum Steiermark, Slovenian Å tajerska) was a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire until its dissolution in 1806, and a crownland of Austria-Hungary until its dissolution in 1918.
Vilages in Styria Since Austria is a federal republic according to the constitutional framework of Austrian politics, Austrias nine provinces are customarily referred to as States of Austria or Bundesländer, singular Bundesland.
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 Styria - World Travel Guide
Styria was a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire and later a crown-land of Austria-Hungary.
Upper Styria lies to the north of the Mur-Muerz valley.
Eastern Styria lies to the east of the Mur and to the south of the Mur-Muerz valley.
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 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.
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 Science Fair Projects - Styria (state)
Styria (Steiermark in German, Štajerska in Slovenian) is a federal state or Bundesland, located in the south east of Austria.
The term "Upper Styria" used by an Austrian refers to the geographical area around Bruck an der Mur in the north of the federal state.
The 2004 Nobel Laureate in literature Elfriede Jelinek was born in Styria, too.
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 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.
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 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".
A re-structuring process undertaken during the past decade revitalised the outdated industrial areas of Upper Styria.
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 Styria, Austria
Styria (Steiermark), the largest of the Austrian provinces after Lower Austria, is bounded on the north by Upper and Lower Austria, on the east by Burgenland and - for a short distance - by Yugoslavia (Slovenia), on the south by Yugoslavia (Slovenia) and on the west by Carinthia and Salzburg provinces.
In 788 Styria passed into the control of Charlemagne, and thereafter Frankish, Bavarian and Saxon nobles and peasants were established in the region and large grants of ownerless land were made to the Church and to noble families.
Styria owed its prosperity during this period to the development of the land for agriculture.
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 Austria Provinces - Styria Tourist Info
Styria is another state in Austria and in fact it is the second largest state in the country.
The sate of Styria is situated in the south-eastern part of Austria and is bounded by Slovenia and the Austrian states Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Salzburg, Burgenland and Carinthia.
West Styria is the region to the west of Graz and includes the districts Voitsberg, Deutschlandsberg and the western part of Leibnitz.
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 Styria : Introduction | Frommers.com
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).
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Styria
Styria came under the supremacy of Charlemagne as a part of Karantania (Carinthia).
Styria was raised to a duchy by the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa in 1180.
Styria then passed under the control of Hungary (1254-60), and of King Ottokar of Bohemia; finally in 1276 it came into the possession of the Habsburgs, whose property it still remains.
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 Republic Of Austria - LoveToKnow 1911
Thus the closed territories of Tirol and those of the Carinthian basin and Central Styria were cut off; the two great natural triangular routes, that of German Tirol and that within Austria, and hence also the southern longitudinal railway of the Eastern Alps (Franzensfeste-Marburg) were split up between different states (see Carinthia, Styria, Tirol).
The returns show that, in consequence of the war and the shortage of foodstuffs in all countries from 1910-20, the populations of Upper Austria and Tirol decreased greatly during that period (the average decrease was 3.6%).
Lower and Upper Austria, Salzburg and Vorarlberg, in their entirety; Styria and Carinthia, with the exception of areas inhabited by Yugosla y s; Tirol, without its southern part mainly inhabited by Italians.
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 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Upper
The pleura is a two-layered structure: the parietal pleura lines the walls of the chest cage and covers the upper surface of the diaphragm, and the pulmonary pleura, or visceral layer, tightly covers the surface of the lungs.
Radiographic and endoscopic evaluation of the upper GI tract.
Mining and hydrological transformations in Upper Silesia from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century.
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 Travel destinations in Austria by Europe-Cities - Styria
Styria is known as the green heart of Austria, as it consists primarily of lush woodland territory.
The vast, precipitous state of Styria became a popular destination for mountain climbers in the 1800s and remains one to this day.
Styria bore extensive losses during the recurrent Ottoman invasions in the 1500s and 1600s.
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 Seckau
The original intention of that emperor, to establish an archbishopric at Graz, was frustrated by the opposition of the Archbishop of Salzburg.
In 1786, however, the residence of the prince-bishop was transferred from Seckau to Graz, the capital of Styria, but the name of the diocese remained unchanged.
The limits of Seckau are due to a regulation of 1859, incorporating the Diocese of Leoben with that of Seckau, while Seckau ceded Southern Styria with its (chiefly) Slovenian population to the Diocese of Lavant.
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 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).
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 Austria. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Bundesländer) are Vorarlberg, Tyrol, Salzburg, Carinthia, Styria, Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Burgenland, and Vienna.
In Upper and Lower Austria and in Burgenland, tillage agriculture predominates: the chief crops are potatoes, sugar beets, fruit, barley, rye, and oats.
B.C. 10) and divided it among the provinces of Rhaetia, Noricum, and Upper Pannonia.
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 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Styria,   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Bordering on Slovenia in the south, Styria is predominately mountainous, with many forests, pastures, and meadowlands.
14,046), in Styria prov., E central Austria, at the confluence of the Mur and the Mürz rivers.
After the loss (1260) of Styria to Ottocar II of Bohemia, Stephen returned to Transylvania and married a Cuman princess.
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 Styria
Founded in 1869, Styria Medien AG is the third largest media concern in Austria.
Graz is the capital of Styria and was the capital of Culture in 2003.
Styria has to be seen and it also has to be experienced.
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 Styria, Slovenia
The markets of the Styria Media AG are located in Austria, Slovenia and Croatia and are active in all areas of media.
Styria, the federal state in the South-East of Austria, with a common boarder to Slovenia, fascinates in comparison to other industrial locations for example...
Styria, the federal state in the South-East of Austria, with a common boarder to Slovenia, fascinates in comparison to other industrial locations for example with a beautiful landscape (61 per cent...
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 Styria (province)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Styria (Štajerska in Slovenian) is an informal province (pokrajina) in northeast Slovenia.
It is also called Lower Styria Spodnja Štajerska as opposed to Upper Styria a federal state of Austria.
This reflects the division of Styria in 1918 when Austria-Hungary was dissolved.
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 Holiday homes in Austria » Upper Austria bookable online at Euro Relais.
Upper Austria has an attractive, varied landscape: rolling and green, with mountain lakes, woods and rivers.
Your cottage in Upper Austria is ideal for a holiday near the water.
The capital of Upper Austria is Linz; the city is situated on the Danube and has a rich history.
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 Customs and tradition in Upper Styria: Province of Styria
The mountainous region of Upper Styria in the north of the province was once called the „Iron Marches“ because of the prevalence of the iron processing industry there.
The Dachstein, which at 2995m is the highest peak in the limestone Alps in northern Styria, is also the highest mountain in Styria as a whole.
The north-eastern part of the Upper Styrian landscape is dominated by the Lower Tauern range, the largest mountain range in Styria with a total of 47 peaks over 2500m.
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 Styria (state)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In area it is the second of the new Austrian states covering 16.388 It borders Slovenia as well as the other Austrian of Upper Austria Lower Austria Salzburg Burgenland and Carinthia (state).
The term "Upper Styria" by an Austrian refers to the geographical around Bruck an der Mur in the of the federal state.
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 ERASMUS INCOMING SERVICE AUSTRIA - Powered by Socrates Nationalagency Austria
The term Obersteiermark ("Upper Styria") used by an Austrian refers to the northern and northwestern parts of the federal state (districts Liezen, Murau, Judenburg, Knittelfeld, Leoben, Bruck an der Mur and Mürzzuschlag).
The term Weststeiermark ("West Styria") is used for the districts to the west of Graz (Voitsberg, Deutschlandsberg, western part of the district Leibnitz), the districts east of Graz (Weiz, Hartberg, Feldbach, Fürstenfeld and Radkersburg) are referred to as Oststeiermark ("East Styria").
The southern parts of the Duchy of Styria, which have formed part of Slovenia since 1918, were (and sometimes colloquially still are) referred to as Untersteiermark ("Lower Styria").Hollywood film star and current California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was born and grew up in Styria.
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 Styria state - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Start the Styria state article or add a request for it.
Look for "Styria state" in Wiktionary, our sister dictionary project.
Look for "Styria state" in the Wikimedia Commons, our repository for free images, music, sound, and video.
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 Holiday homes in Austria » Styria bookable online at Euro Relais.
Styria boasts extensive woodlands and rugged mountain areas, but also vineyards and a number of fortresses.
From your cottage in Styria you can find winter sports in the Dachstein-West ski region and in summer you can go rafting, horse riding, cycling and walking.
Styria is divided in a Northern and Southern part by the rivers Mur and Mürz.
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