Steyr (Czech: Štýrsko) is a town in the Austrian federal state of Upper Austria, located at the confluence of the rivers Steyr and Enns. It has a long history as a manufacturing center, and has given its name to several manufacturers headquartered there, such as Steyr Mannlicher (a firearms manufacturer best known for the Steyr AUG), Steyr Tractor, and Steyr Automobile.
Steyr marked its 1,000th anniversary in 1980, undergoing extensive restoration of its historic architecture made the city one of the best preserved old towns in Austria. Steyr is famous for its historic town center around the "Stadtplatz" (town square), which has been very well preserved for several hundred years, and which was largely restored following World War II. Its best-known piece of architecture is called The Bummerlhaus which is considered one of the finest pieces of Gothic architecture for its size in Central Europe.
The city is very attractively sited, with two rivers the Steyr and the Enns flowing through it and meeting in the town centre where the confluence is towered over by the Babenberg castle "Lamberg" and the church of St. Michael. This prominent location however led to the plague of severe floodings through the centuries until the present, one of the worst cases at last in August 2002.
Steyr is an ancient city with modern amenities, marketing its rich cultural and architectural heritage in tourism like Vienna and many other well preserved old towns in Austria. Steyr is home of the Museum Industrielle Arbeitswelt (labour museum).
