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Styria
Styria , Ger. Steiermark , province (1991 pop. 1,184,593), 6,324 sq mi (16,379 sq km), central and SE Austria. Graz is the capital. Bordering on Slovenia in the south, Styria is predominately mountainous, with many forests, pastures, and meadowlands. The province is drained by the Mur, Enns, and Ra... Read more
Albert I
Albert I c.1250-1308, Holy Roman Emperor (1298-1308), son of Rudolf I . Albert was invested with Austria and Styria in 1282 by his father, who also hoped to secure the succession as king of the Germans for Albert. However, on Rudolf's death (1291) the electors rejected Albert's candidacy in orde... Read more
Babenberg
Babenberg , ruling house of Austria (976-1246). It possibly descended from, or succeeded, a powerful Franconian family of the 9th cent. from whose castle the city of Bamberg probably took its name. Holy Roman Emperor Otto II created Count Leopold of Babenberg margrave of the Eastern March (i.e., Aus... Read more
Graz
Graz , city (1991 pop. 237,810), capital of Styria prov., SE Austria, on the Mur River. The second largest city in Austria, it is an industrial, rail, and cultural center. Manufactures include iron and steel, precision and optical instruments, machinery, paper, textiles, and chemicals. Probably foun... Read more
Ferdinand II
Ferdinand II 1578-1637, Holy Roman emperor (1619-37), king of Bohemia (1617-37) and of Hungary (1618-37); successor of Holy Roman Emperor Matthias. Grandson of Ferdinand I , son of Archduke Charles of Styria, Ferdinand was educated by the Jesuits and supported the Counter Reformation. He was ... Read more
Matthias Corvinus
Matthias Corvinus , 1443?-1490, king of Hungary (1458-90) and Bohemia (1478-90), second son of John Hunyadi . He was elected king of Hungary on the death of Ladislaus V . Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III sought to contest the election but recognized him in 1462. Matthias won a reputation as a cr... Read more
Rudolf I
Rudolf I or Rudolf of Hapsburg , 1218-91, German king (1273-91), first king of the Hapsburg dynasty. Rudolf's election as king ended the interregnum (1250-73), during which time there was no accepted German king or Holy Roman emperor. The election was prompted by Pope Gregory X, who needed the... Read more
dialect
dialect variety of a language used by a group of speakers within a particular speech community. Every individual speaks a variety of his language, termed an idiolect. Dialects are groups of idiolects with a common core of similarities in pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary. Dialects exist as a... Read more
Frederick III
Frederick III 1415-93, Holy Roman emperor (1452-93) and German king (1440-93). With his brother Albert VI he inherited the duchies of Styria, Carinthia, and Carniola. He became head of the house of Hapsburg at the death (1439) of his distant cousin Albert II, whom he was elected (1440) to succeed... Read more
Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein
Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein , 1583-1634, imperial general in the Thirty Years War , b. Bohemia. He attended the Lutheran academy at Altdorf but at the age of 20 converted to Roman Catholicism. He advanced his fortune by marriage to a wealthy widow, and for his support of Archduke Ferdi... Read more

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Styria
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Styria , Ger. Steiermark , province (1991 pop...capital. Bordering on Slovenia in the south, Styria is predominately mountainous, with many...and tourism is a major source of revenue. Styria was originally settled by Celts and later...
Ferdinand II
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Catholicism in his domain. Born in Graz in Styria on July 9, 1578, Ferdinand of Hapsburg...shortly thereafter, and Ferdinand ruled Styria under a regency until he was declared...Protestant teachers and preachers from Styria, closed or destroyed their churches...
Austria
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography ...lake regions in the provinces of Salzburg, Upper Austria, and Styria. The Salzkammergut region near Salzburg includes a district...are the Mur and M ü rz, in the industrial province of Styria. The Leitha flows northeast, draining the area from the Semmering...
Habsburg Territories
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...the south, "Inner Austria" included the nearby duchies of Styria, Carinthia, and Carniola, while the smaller principalities...populations: Slovene was spoken in Carniola, as well as parts of Styria, Carinthia, and Gorizia, while Croatian was spoken in Istria...
Salzkammergut
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Salzkammergut , resort area in Upper Austria, Styria, and Salzburg provs., W Austria. Known since antiquity...Hallstatt, and Gmunden (all in Upper Austria) and Altaussee (in Styria). Among its lovely lakes are the Wolfgangsee or Abersee...
Ottocar II
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Austria by election, marriage, and conquest and became involved in a long war over Styria with Bela IV of Hungary; after defeating (1260) Bela, he added Styria to his possessions and, having procured the annulment of his first marriage, married...
Stephen V
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...successor of Bela IV. As a child he was named duke of Transylvania, and in 1259 he was made duke of Styria. After the loss (1260) of Styria to Ottocar II of Bohemia, Stephen returned to Transylvania and married a Cuman princess. He rebelled...
Rudolf I
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...defeated Ottocar at Marchfeld (1278) and invested (1282) his own sons Albert (later King Albert I ) and Rudolf with Austria, Styria, and Carniola, which he had won from Ottocar; these lands became the core of the Hapsburg possessions. Rudolf thus laid...
Mariazell
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Mariazell , town, Styria prov., E central Austria. It is a winter and summer resort. Chiefly noted as a place of pilgrimage, it is famous for its 12th-century wood carving of the Virgin and Child, which draws thousands of pilgrims annually.
Maribor
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...center with chemical, engineering, and electrical industries. Known as early as the 12th cent., it was an important city of Styria until its transfer (1919) to Yugoslavia and incorporation into the constituent republic of Slovenia. The city has a 12th...

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Doelter (Cisterich Y De La Torre), Cornelio August Severinus
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...1892 also president, of the Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein of Styria; in addition, he was a curator of the Landesmuseum Johanneum...Predazzo in South Tyrol and worked in the crystalline areas of Styria. Doelter insisted on the confirmation of all suppositions through...
Sodom und Gomorrha
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Vienna, in the city of Vienna, at Schönbrunn, at Hermesvilla in Vienna, Laxenburg near Vienna, and Erzberg in Styria. Producer: Count Alexander Kolowrat; screenplay: Ladislaus Vajda, Michael Kertész; photography: Gustav Ucicky...
Gross, Otto Hans Adolf (1877-1920)
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ...GROSS, OTTO HANS ADOLF (1877-1920) Otto Gross, a neurologist and psychoanalyst, was born March 17, 1877, in Feldbach (Styria), Austria, and died February 13, 1920, in Berlin. His father, Hans Gross, was a celebrated professor of criminal law...
Heynitz (Heinitz), Friedrich Anton von
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Council at Blankenburg. In 1747 he visited mines in Sweden, and in 1749 and 1751 he became acquainted with mining in Hungary and Styria. For his achievements the Mining Administration of Brunswick named him member of the privy finance council, and on 13 August...
Kovacić, Ernst
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Kovacić, Ernst ( b Kapfenberg, Styria, 1943). Austrian violinist. Outstanding champion of contemp. composers, notably Schwertsik, Gruber, Eder, and many Brit...
Habsburg
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...The founder of the family power was Rudolf I, who was King of the Romans (1273–91) and conqueror of AUSTRIA and Styria, beginning the family's rule over Austria. Habsburg domination of Europe resulted from the shrewd marriage policy of Maximilian...
Mohs, Friedrich
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Johanneum in Graz, and Mohs was appointed curator of the mineral collection and charged with adding to it the minerals and rocks of Styria. Mohs enlisted the young scholar Wilhelm Haidinger to help in this work, and Haidinger remained with Mohs until 1822. In...
Montanari, Geminiano
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...merely a hobby. At the end of 1657 he accompanied Del Buono on a, long trip to the mines which supplied the mint, visiting Styria, Bohemia, and Bergstetten, in the, Carpathian Mountains of Upper Hungary (now Horni, Mesto, Czechoslovakia), It appears...
Agricola, Georgius
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Agricola ’ s interest in politics and economics. Following the route through the mining districts in Carinthia, Styria, and the Tyrol, Agricola returned to Germany in the fall of 1526 with the M.D. and a wife the widow of Thomas Meiner...
Hundertwasser, Friedensreich
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...Rueff factory, Muntlix, Vorarlberg (1982–8), the renovation of the Church of St Barbara, Bärnbach, Styria (1984–8), the Kunst Haus, Vienna (1989–91), the Village near the Hundertwasserhaus, Vienna...

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Pilgrims prepare for return trip to styria
Newspaper article from: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK); 4/20/2007; ; 652 words ; ...they embark on another summer trip to Styria this year. For the fourth time in five...mountains, but last year they stayed in Styria province in south-east Austria. Argyle...from around Europe are also heading for Styria for training camps in July. Three Premiership...
Art; Styria's Shining Age Of Armor
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/1/1992; ; 700+ words ; ...Duke Rudolf IV, ruler of the duchy of Styria as well as other Hapsburg domains, gave...16th century, laid siege. Fortunately, Styria, the eastern borderland of Austria...Art, Arms and Armor from the State of Styria," comprising 250 objects from the Landeszeughaus...
Some like hot: as the rest of the world braces itself for the impact of global climate change, in a small corner of Austria, the local winemakers are quietly celebrating its arrival. In Western Styria, the warmer temperatures are enabling the grapes to ripen fully, bringing about a revolution in centuries-old winemaking practices.
Magazine article from: Geographical; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...sloping vineyard in the heart of Western Styria, a tranquil corner of southern Austria...refined splendour of Vienna, Western Styria is a quaint region where onion-towered...to meet Maria Maurer. One of Western Styria's oldest winemakers, Maurer lives in...
Suburbia undermined: an underground kindergarten near Graz in Styria that protects and cherishes small children, while being a fairy story in itself in its evocation of archetypes.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Architectural Review; 5/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; SCHOOL, HART, STYRIA, AUSTRIA ARCHITECT KONRAD FREY In all of us, there lurks a hobbit...called on it in his little school for small children at Hart near Graz in Styria. Hart is one of those dull places that, neither suburb nor village...
Wartsila Corporation's Imatra Steel to sell Billnas Spring Works to Styria Group.(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: Nordic Business Report; 6/16/2003; 683 words ; ...Corporation's Imatra Steel to sell Billnas Spring Works to Styria Group(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www...of Frauenthal Holding's vehicle spring components business Styria Group. Imatra Steel will concentrate on manufacturing and marketing...
Center-right party poised to lose 60 years of control over Austrian province of Styria
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 10/2/2005; 309 words ; ...Schuessel was poised to lose its 60-year grip on power in Styria on Sunday in provincial elections overshadowed by a bitter dispute...taking advantage of anti-Turkey sentiment to play to voters in Styria by balking at Monday's scheduled opening of membership negotiations...
Styria Open Results
News Wire article from: AP Online; 7/13/1998; 167 words ; AP Online 07-13-1998 MARIA LANKOWITZ, Austria (AP) _ Results Sunday of the Styria Open: Singles Championship Patty Schnyder (1), Switzerland, def. Gala Leon Garcia (5), Spain, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3. Copyright 1998 The Associated Press All Rights Reserved.
Styria Open Women's Tennis Results
Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire; 7/30/1997; 260 words ; Following are the results from the Dollar Styria Open women's tennis tournament on Wednesday in Maria Lankowitz, Austria (prefix number denotes seeding): First round: 6...
Results at Styria Open Tennis Tournament
Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire; 8/1/1997; 258 words ; Following are the results at the Styria Open tennis tournament at Maria Lankowitz, Austria, on Friday (prefix number denotes seeding): Singles quarter-finals...
Results of Styria Open Women's Tennis
Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire; 7/28/1997; 258 words ; Following are the first round results of the Styria Open women's tennis tournament at Maria Lankowitz, Austria, on Monday (prefix number denotes seeding): Maria Andrea Sanchez...