Steyr is in this archive for its events: 1 published here, with their dates.
What this page is
This page gathers what Cultural Heritage Online documents in Steyr, Austria: the entries are the ones already published, each with its own sources, its position and its photographs. It is the shortest way to everything we hold in the city, and it is updated as the archive grows.
Why visit
Steyr is the birthplace of the lutenist Wolff Jakob Lauffensteiner, born here on 28 April 1676 and active for much of his career at the Bavarian court in Munich. The town stands where the rivers Enns and Steyr meet, in the Alpine foothills of Upper Austria.
Origins and history
The Otakars, who came from the Chiemgau, passed their inheritance in 1055 to the dukes of Bavaria; in 1180 Otakar IV was raised to the rank of duke by Frederick Barbarossa and the land was separated from Bavaria. In 1186, ill and childless, Otakar IV bequeathed castle and lordship of Steyr to the Babenbergs in the solemn treaty of Georgenberg near Enns; already in 1170 Steyr was called urbs, a town settlement, and from that the town right is derived. After the Babenbergs died out in 1246 hard times began for the town, whose original burghers' seal dates from 1304.
Key facts
- Country: Austria
- Region: Upper Austria
- Places in this archive: 0
- Centre of the documented entries: 48.0372°N, 14.4169°E
What is on in Steyr
- Birth Anniversary: Wolff Jakob Lauffensteiner — April 28, 1676 — 28 April 2027
Sources
The dates and the titles above are our own record. The history on this page rests on the two sources listed.
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