or **STEYR**, a town of the Austrian empire, Upper Austria, at the confluence of the Steyer and the Enns, 19 miles S.E. of Linz. It stands between the two rivers, and is connected by bridges with the suburbs Ennserdorf and Steyerdorf on either side. On a hill above the town stands the castle, belonging to Prince Lamberg, and on another hill near the suburb Steyerdorf is a Jesuits' college, now suppressed. In the cathedral, which was built in 1443 on the model of St Stephen's in Vienna, there are some beautiful specimens of painted glass, and a fine old bronze font. Steyer is celebrated for its manufactures, especially of hardware; which are so extensive as to have procured for the town the name of the Austrian Sheffield. There are also paper-mills, cotton-factories, manufactorys of woollen cloth, &c. A considerable trade is carried on in the exportation of these articles. Steyer was the birthplace of the satiric poet Blumauer. It was at one time the capital of Styria. Pop. 10,414.