Stein
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Stein is a German and Norwegian word meaning "stone" and may refer to:
  • Beer stein
    Beer stein
    Beer stein , or simply stein, is an English neologism for either traditional beer mugs made out of stoneware, or specifically ornamental beer mugs that are usually sold as souvenirs or collectibles...

  • Stein (brewery)
    Stein (brewery)
    The Stein Brewery was a Slovak brewery, located in Bratislava. It was closed in 2007.-Beer products:* 8% Light beer* 10% Draught beer* 11% Stout beer – this dark beer was nicknamed as Baník...

    , a beer brewery in Bratislava, Slovakia
  • USS Stein (FF-1065)
    USS Stein (FF-1065)
    The third USS Stein was a Knox-class destroyer escort, later redesignated as a frigate in the United States Navy.The USS Stein was named after Tony Stein, the first Marine to receive the Medal of Honor for action in the Battle of Iwo JimaStein was laid down on 1 June 1970 at Seattle, Washington,...

    , a frigate in the U.S. Navy
  • Stein (journal)
    Stein (journal)
    Stein is a Norwegian scientific journal on "popular geology." The name "Stein" comes from the Norwegian word for "stone". It has been published four times a year since its founding in 1973....

    , a Norwegian journal of "popular geology"
  • Stein (grape), another name for the white wine grape Chenin blanc

Places

In Austria:
  • Stein an der Donau, a suburb of Krems an der Donau
  • Stein, Styria
    Stein, Styria
    Stein is a municipality in the district of Fürstenfeld in Styria, Austria.-References:...

    , a municipality in Styria
  • Stein (Lassing)
    Stein (Lassing)
    Stein/Enns is a village in the Austrian state of Styria in the administrative district of Liezen. It is located in the valley of the river Enns, and part of the two Municipalities Grosssoelk and Kleinsolk.-External links:*...

    , a village in Styria


In Germany:
  • Stein, Bavaria
    Stein, Bavaria
    Stein is a municipality in the district of Fürth, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 7 km south of Fürth, and 7 km southwest of Nuremberg ....

    , a town in the district of Fürth, Bavaria
  • Stein, Schleswig-Holstein
    Stein, Schleswig-Holstein
    Stein is a municipality in the district of Plön, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany....

    , a municipality in the district of Plön, Schleswig-Holstein
  • Stein an der Traun, a village in Upper Bavaria, part of the town of Traunreut
    Traunreut
    Traunreut is a town in southeastern Bavaria, Germany in the Traunstein district. It is located at . Traunreut lies in the heart of the Chiemgau region between Munich and Salzburg, approximately 10 km east of the Chiemsee, 25 km north of the Alps, and 35 km west of Salzburg. Its...

  • Stein-Bockenheim
    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.- Location :...

    , a municipality in the district Alzey-Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate
  • Stein-Neukirch
    Stein-Neukirch
    Stein-Neukirch is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.-Location:...

    , a municipality in the district Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate
  • Stein-Wingert
    Stein-Wingert
    Stein-Wingert is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.-Location:...

    , a municipality in the district Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate


In the Netherlands:
  • Stein, Limburg
    Stein, Limburg
    Stein is a municipality and a city in the southeastern Netherlands. The municipality has 25660 inhabitants and covers an area of 22.77 square km ....

  • Stein, South Holland
    Stein, South Holland
    Stein is a small village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Vlist, and lies about 5 km east of Gouda....



In Scotland
  • Stein, Skye
    Stein, Skye
    Stein 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:...

    , a village on the isle of Skye


In Switzerland:
  • Stein, Aargau
    Stein, Aargau
    Stein is a municipality in the district of Rheinfelden in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.The town lies across the Rhine River from Bad Säckingen in the German state of Baden-Württemberg...

  • Stein, Appenzell
    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:...

     in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden
  • Stein, St. Gallen
    Stein, St. Gallen
    Stein is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of Toggenburg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.-Geography:Stein has an area, , of . Of this area, 57.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 37.3% is forested...

  • Stein am Rhein
    Stein am Rhein
    Stein am Rhein is a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland.The town has a well-preserved medieval centre, retaining 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...

  • Stein (Obersaxen)
    Stein (Obersaxen)
    Stein is a mountain in the Lepontine Alps, situated near Obersaxen in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.-External links:*...

    , a mountain above Obersaxen


On the Moon:
  • Stein (lunar crater)


Elsewhere:
  • Stein am Anger (Steinamanger), the German name of Szombathely
    Szombathely
    Szombathely is the 10th largest city in Hungary. It is the administrative centre of Vas county in the west of the country, located near the border with Austria...

    , Hungary
  • Stein, the German name of Dacia village, Jibert Commune, Braşov County
    Brasov County
    Brașov ; ) is a county of Romania, in Transylvania, with the capital city at Brașov. The county incorporates within its boundaries most of the Medieval "lands" Burzenland and Făgăraș Land.-Demographics:...

    , Romania
    Romania
    Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

  • Stein in Oberkrain, the German name of Kamnik
    Kamnik
    Kamnik is the name of a municipality in Slovenia as well as the town that serves as its administrative, cultural, economic, and educational center. The municipality is in north central Slovenia. It encompasses a large part of the Kamnik Alps and the surrounding area...

    , Slovenia

People with the surname

  • Aaron Marc Stein, nom de plume of an American novelist
  • Arthur Stein
    Arthur Stein
    Arthur A. Stein PhD is a Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Los Angeles.Specialising in issues such as ethnic conflict, terrorism, economic relations, and global governance, Stein has served on the editorial boards of International Organization, the American Journal of...

    , American Professor of Political Science
  • Ben Stein
    Ben Stein
    Benjamin Jeremy "Ben" Stein is an American actor, writer, lawyer, and commentator on political and economic issues. He attained early success as a speechwriter for American presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford...

     (born 1944), American actor, writer, and attorney
  • Berthold Stein (1847–1926), botanist, with author abbreviation "Stein"
  • Boris Stein (or Shtein) (1892–1961), Soviet diplomat
  • Charles Stein (disambiguation)
    Charles Stein (disambiguation)
    Charles Stein may refer to:*Charles Stein , American statistician*Charles Francis Stein , Baltimore attorney and skipper*Charles F. Stein II , Baltimore historian and heraldist...

  • Charlotte von Stein
    Charlotte von Stein
    Charlotta Ernestina Bernadina von Stein was a lady-in-waiting at the court in Weimar and a close friend to both Friedrich Schiller and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, whose work and life were strongly influenced by her.-Childhood:Charlotte′s parents were Hofmarschall Johann Wilhelm Christian von...

     (1742–1827), lady-in-waiting at the court in Weimar
  • Clarence Stein
    Clarence Stein
    Clarence Samuel Stein was an American urban planner, architect, and writer, a major proponent of the "Garden City" movement in the United States.- Biography :...

     (1882–1975), American urban planner, architect, and writer
  • Colin Stein
    Colin Stein
    Colin Stein is a former Scottish football player.-Career:Stein began his career with Armadale Thistle, and went on to play for Hibernian, Rangers and the Scottish national team during the 1960s and 1970s. He also had a spell in England with Coventry City...

    , Scottish footballer, formerly of Rangers FC
  • Conrad Stein (1701-1762), German historian (see )
  • Dieter Stein
    Dieter Stein
    Dieter Stein is a German journalist, publisher, editor-in-chief and founder of the right wing newspaper Junge Freiheit....

     (born 1967), German journalist
  • Edith Stein
    Edith Stein
    Saint Teresia Benedicta of the Cross, sometimes also known as Saint Edith Stein , was a German Roman Catholic philosopher and nun, regarded as a martyr and saint of the Roman Catholic Church...

     (1891–1942), German-Jewish philosopher
  • Eric Scott Stein, a Big Brother guest
  • Gertrude Stein
    Gertrude Stein
    Gertrude Stein was an American writer, poet and art collector who spent most of her life in France.-Early life:...

    , writer and her nephew Allan Stein
    Allan Stein
    Allan Stein is a 1999 novel by Matthew Stadler. Its epigraph is a quotation from writer Gertrude Stein: "What is the use of being a boy if you grow up to become a man, what is the use?"...

    , the title of a novel
  • Heinrich Friedrich Karl Reichsfreiherr vom und zum Stein
    Heinrich Friedrich Karl Reichsfreiherr vom und zum Stein
    Heinrich Friedrich Karl Reichsfreiherr vom und zum Stein , commonly known as Baron vom Stein, was a Prussian statesman who introduced the Prussian reforms that paved the way for the unification of Germany...

     (1757-1831), Prussian statesman
  • Jock Stein
    Jock Stein
    John 'Jock' Stein CBE was a Scottish association football player and manager. He became the first manager of a British side to win the European Cup, with Celtic in 1967...

    , Scottish football manager, formerly of Celtic FC
  • John Stein (disambiguation)
  • Joseph Allen Stein
    Joseph Allen Stein
    Joseph Stein, was an American architect. An a major figure in the establishment of a regional modern architecture in the San Francisco Bay area in the 1940s and 1950s during the early days of the environmental design movement, he is noted for designing several important buildings in India, most...

     (1912–2001), American architect, renowned for his work in India
  • Jules C. Stein (1896–1981), American musician, physician, and business leader
  • Karl Stein
    Karl Stein (mathematician)
    Karl Stein was a German mathematician. He is well known for complex analysis and cryptography...

     (1913–2000), German mathematician
  • Leon Stein
    Leon Stein
    Leon Stein was an American composer and music analyst.Stein attended DePaul University, where he achieved his MM in 1935 and his Ph.D. in 1949; he studied under Leo Sowerby, Eric DeLamarter, Frederick Stock, and Hans Lange...

     (1910-2002), American composer and music analyst
  • Mark Aurel Stein, Hungarian-UK archaeologist
  • Peter Stein
    Peter Stein
    Peter Stein is a critically acclaimed German theatre and opera director who established himself at the Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, a company that he brought to the forefront of German theatre....

     (born 1937), German theatre and opera director
  • Philip Stein
    Philip Stein
    Philip Stein better known as "Estaño" , was an American painter and muralist.- Biography :...

     (born 1919), American painter
  • Rick Stein
    Rick Stein
    Christopher Richard "Rick" Stein OBE is an English chef, restaurateur and television presenter. He is currently the head chef and co-owner of "Rick Stein at Bannisters" at Mollymook, New South Wales, Australia, owns four restaurants in Padstow, a fish and chip shop in Falmouth, Cornwall and has...

    , English chef, restaurateur and television presenter
  • Robert Stein (disambiguation)
  • Samuel Friedrich Stein
    Samuel Friedrich Stein
    Samuel Friedrich Nathaniel Ritter von Stein was a German entomologist chiefly interested in Diptera.Born in Niemegk near Potsdam, Brandenburg, in 1850, Stein became a Professor at the Forest and Agriculture Institute in Tharandt in Sachsen , 20 km south-west of Dresden. This was one of the...

     (1818-1885), Czech entomologist
  • William A. Stein
    William A. Stein
    William Arthur Stein is a professor of mathematics at the University of Washington.He is best known as the lead developer of Sage. He is known as a major proponent of open-source scientific software...

     (born 1974), American mathematician
  • William Howard Stein
    William Howard Stein
    -External links:* Stein's * Stein's Nobel Lecture...

     (1911–1980), American biochemist


Fictional character
  • Chase Stein
    Chase Stein
    Chase Stein , is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics award-winning series, Runaways. He was created by author Brian K. Vaughan & artist Adrian Alphona, and debuted in Runaways vol. 1 #1 with most of the other main characters...

    , in the Marvel Comics series, Runaways

See also

  • Steiner (disambiguation)
  • Kārlis Šteins
    Karlis Šteins
    Kārlis Šteins was a Latvian and Soviet astronomer and populariser of this science.In 1925 he finished the Riga 2nd Secondary school. In 1929 he started the studies in University of Latvia, the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science. In 1934 he graduated from the University of Latvia...

  • Asteroid 2867 Šteins
    2867 Šteins
    2867 Šteins is a small main-belt asteroid that was discovered in 1969 by N. S. Chernykh. It is named after Kārlis Šteins, a Latvian and Soviet astronomer...

  • Stine
    Stine
    Stine is a surname that refers to:*Brad Stine , American comedian and author*Charles Stine , American chemist at E.I. Dupont de Nemours*Clifford Stine , American cinematographer of horror films...

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