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Stein
Stein is a German, Yiddish and Norwegian word meaning "stone" and "pip" or "kernel". It stems from the same Germanic root as the English word stone. It may refer to: Places In Austria * Stein, a neighbourhood of Krems an der Donau, Lower Austria * Stein, Styria, a municipality in the district of Fürstenfeld, Styria * Stein (Lassing), a village in the district of Liezen, Styria * Stein an der Enns, a village in the district of Liezen, Styria In Canada * Stein River, a tributary of the Fraser River, from the Nlaka'pamux language ''Stagyn'', meaning "hidden place" ** Stein Valley Nlaka'pamux Heritage Park, a British Columbia provincial park comprising the basin of that river ** Stein Mountain, a mountain in the Lillooet Ranges named for the river ** Stein Lake, a lake in the upper reaches of the Stein River basin In Germany * Stein, Bavaria, a town in the district of Fürth, Bavaria * Stein, Schleswig-Holstein, a municipality in the district of Plön, Schleswig-Holstein * Stein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stein, Bavaria
Stein (East Franconian: ''Schdah'') is a town in the district of Fürth, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 7 km south of Fürth, and 7 km southwest of Nuremberg (centre). Geography Stein is located in the metropolitan area Nürnberg/Fürth/Erlangen in Middle Franconia, Bavaria and is a part of the district of Fürth. It adjoins to Nuremberg in the north-west and lies on the left bank of the river Rednitz. Neighboring municipalities are Nuremberg, Rohr, Roßtal, Zirndorf and Oberasbach. Stein is divided into 11 districts: History Stein has first been mentioned in a document dating back to 1296. The origin of the settlement is linked to the first ''Rednitzbrücke'', a bridge which first crossed the river Rednitz. It was referred to as “Steinbruke” and probably caused the town's naming. In 1498, the two famous sculptors Veit Stoss and Adam Kraft were appointed as counselors for construction works on the bridge. Between the 15th and the 17th century, Stein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stein Am Rhein
Stein am Rhein (abbreviated as Stein a. R.) is a historic town and a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland. The town's medieval centre retains the ancient street plan. The site of the city wall, and the city gates are preserved, though the former city wall now consists of houses. The medieval part of the town has been pedestrianised and many of the medieval buildings are painted with frescoes. History In or around 1007 Emperor Henry II moved St George's Abbey from its former location on the Hohentwiel in Singen to Stein am Rhein, at that time little more than a small fishing village on the Rhine. This was in order to strengthen his presence at this strategic point where major road and river routes intersected. He gave the abbots extensive rights over Stein and its trade so that they could develop it commercially. In this they were very successful, and Stein am Rhein rapidly became a prosperous town which in the 15th century was briefly granted '' reichsf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stein, Limburg
Stein (, ) is a municipality and a town in the southeastern Netherlands. The municipality had a population of in and covers an area of of which is water. The municipality of Stein makes part of the region of South Limburg and lies between the city of Geleen in the east and Beek in the southeast, and lies furthermore west of interchange Kerensheide and the chemical industries of Chemelot. To the west lies the Belgian border, across the Meuse river. In comparison to other cities and villages in the area, Stein is fairly big. It is also the capital city of the municipality with the same name. It has i.a. three Roman Catholic churches, an abandoned mediaeval castle, and a port to the Juliana Canal which used to be the second largest inland port in all of Europe. On 29 October 2009, the shopping mall of Stein suffered a severe fire. As a result of the calamity, the town subsequently lost 40 shops, 2 banks, 1 restaurant and 6 houses. The adjacent, iconic, 11-story apartment buildin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stein, Appenzell
Stein is a municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland. History The municipality separated from Hundwil in 1749 and was named after the ''Uf Stein'' section of the neighbouring river. Geography Stein has an area, , of . Of this area, 68.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 22% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 8.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). Demographics Stein has a population () of 1,332, of which about 4.9% are foreign nationals.Brief Statistics for the half-canton accessed 15 September 2009 Over the last ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stein, Aargau
Stein is a municipality in the district of Rheinfelden in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland. The town lies across the Rhine River from Bad Säckingen in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. Two bridges link the two city, one vehicular (Fridolinsbrücke) and the other, the Holzbrücke pedestrian bridge. The Stein-Säckingen railway station is located in Stein. Geography Stein has an area, , of . Of this area, or 28.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 22.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 39.1% is settled (buildings or roads), or 10.3% is either rivers or lakes. Of the built up area, industrial buildings comprise approximately 8.9% of the total area; housing and buildings account for 13.9% transportation infrastructure, 13.5%, parks, with green belts and sports fields making up 2.1%. Out of the forested land, 19.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steins, New Mexico
Steins is a ghost town in Stein's Pass of Hidalgo County, New Mexico. It was originally called Stein's Pass after the nearby pass through the Peloncillo Mountains (Hidalgo County).Julyan, Robert Hixson (1998) "Embudo" ''The Place Names of New Mexico'' (2nd ed.) University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM, pages 341–342, . The pass was named after United States Army Major Enoch Steen, who camped nearby in 1856, as he explored the recently acquired Gadsden Purchase. History The town can trace its origin to a small stop on the Birch Stage Line that was established in 1857. Properly founded in 1880, the town was named after United States Army Major Enoch Steen (whose name was sometimes spelled as "Steins"). The town began to prosper when mineral deposits like gold, silver, and copper were discovered in the nearby Peloncillo Mountains. Further success was brought when the Southern Pacific Railroad established a rail line in 1878, and a local quarry was opened up. Steins had no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stein Valley Nlaka'pamux Heritage Park
Stein Valley Nlaka'pamux Heritage Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It was established on November 22, 1995 by BC Parks and the Lytton First Nation to protect the ecological and cultural significance of the Stein River valley. Etymology The name "Stein" comes from the Nlaka'pamux word "stagyn", which means "hidden place". This land is an important spiritual land for the First Nations in the area. History In the 1980s there was a plan to log the valley. This was protested by the environmentalists who argued that this was the last untouched watershed in the southern Coast Mountains. In 1988 Fletcher Challenge announced a moratorium on logging the Stein. After strong public support, and an annual music festival that raised awareness, the Stein Valley was finally protected as a park on July 12, 1995. In June 2017, the park board suspended kayaking and rafting activities in order to better determine their long-term impacts on the ecological integrity of the park. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stein-Bockenheim
Stein-Bockenheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location As a winegrowing centre, Stein-Bockenheim lies in Germany's biggest winegrowing district, in the middle of the Rhenish-Hessian Switzerland (''Rheinhessische Schweiz'') in the wine region of Rhenish Hesse. The Steitz winery is widely known for its wines and also runs an inn for holidaymakers on the winery estate. Vineyards cover 160 ha of the municipal area while 390 ha is made up of meadows and fields. Stein-Bockenheim belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Wöllstein, whose seat is in the like-named municipality. Rising above the village is the 36 m-tall tower at the Evangelical church. South of Stein-Bockenheim rises the Dunzelbach. History In 784, Stein-Bockenheim had its first documentary mention as ''Buckenheim''. The first Australian to v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stein-Neukirch
Stein-Neukirch is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography The community of Stein-Neukirch lies in the Westerwald between Siegen in the north and Limburg in the south. At 605 m above sea level, it is the Westerwald's highest community. The Stegskopf and Salzburger Kopf are, at 654 m and 653 m respectively, Stein-Neukirch's landmark mountains. History The church in the constituent community of Neukirch had its first documented mention in 1231. The "new church" (''neue Kirche'' in German) originally functioned as a fortified church. Later it was the community's ecclesiastical-cultural hub on the high plateau of the Westerwald. In the Middle Ages, Neukirch was a court seat, and formed with the High Westerwald's two other court regions, Marienberg and Emmerichenhain, the "Lordship over the Westerwald", long governed by the House of Nassau. Politics Community council ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stein, Skye
Stein ( gd, Steinn) is a crofting township, situated on the north eastern shore of Loch Bay, in the west of the Waternish peninsula, on the isle of Skye in the Highlands of Scotland. Previously known as Lochbay, it is in the council area of Highland. History In 1790, the British Fisheries Society planned a fishing port to be designed by Thomas Telford. However, poor management of the project, and the lack of enthusiasm shown by the local crofting population for fishing, meant only a small proportion of the scheme was constructed. By 1837 the Society had made a loss of £3,000 and seven years later it sold off the land it had acquired. Only a few structures were completed to Telford's design, including a pier of 1796–1802, a storehouse of 1795 (now converted to housing), and possibly the now-ruined smithy of 1799. The 18th-century Stein Inn is the oldest pub on Skye. The folk singer Donovan had a house in Stein during the 1970s. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krems An Der Donau
Krems an der Donau () is a town of 23,992 inhabitants in Austria, in the federal state of Lower Austria. It is the fifth-largest city of Lower Austria and is approximately west of Vienna. Krems is a city with its own statute (or '' Statutarstadt''), and therefore it is both a municipality and a district. Geography Krems is located at the confluence of the Krems and Danube Rivers at the eastern end of Wachau valley, in the southern Waldviertel. Krems borders the following municipalities: Stratzing, Langenlois, Rohrendorf bei Krems, Gedersdorf, Traismauer, Nußdorf ob der Traisen, Paudorf, Furth bei Göttweig, Mautern an der Donau, Dürnstein, and Senftenberg. History Krems was first mentioned in 995 in a certificate of Otto III, but settlement was apparent even before then. For example, a child's grave, over 27,000 years old, was found here. This is the oldest grave found in Austria. During the 11th and 12th centuries, Chremis, as it was then called, was almost as large ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stein-Wingert
Stein-Wingert is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location The community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen, on the river Nister in the middle of the Kroppach Switzerland (''Kroppacher Schweiz''). The residential community of Stein-Wingert belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town. Constituent communities Stein-Wingert's ''Ortsteile'' are Wingert, Stein, Alhausen and Altburg. History Stein-Wingert belonged in the 12th century first to the landlords of Nister. Already by the early 13th century, the community passed to the Lords of Sayn, and in 1649/71 to Sayn-Hachenburg, with which it fell to Nassau-Weilburg in 1799. In 1806, Stein-Wingert passed to the Duchy of Nassau, and as of 1866 it was in Prussia’s province of Hesse-Nassau. Politics The municipal council is made up of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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