Strass
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Places in Austria

  • Strass im Zillertal
    Strass im Zillertal
    Strass im Zillertal is a municipality in the Schwaz district of Tyrol, Austria....

    , a municipality in Tyrol
  • Straß in Steiermark
    Straß in Steiermark
    Straß in Steiermark is a municipality in the district of Leibnitz in Styria, Austria....

    , a municipality in Styria
  • Straß im Straßertale
    Straß im Straßertale
    Straß im Straßertale is a town in the district of Krems-Land in Lower Austria in Austria.-References:...

    , a municipality in Lower Austria
  • Straß im Attergau
    Straß im Attergau
    Straß im Attergau is a municipality in the district of Vöcklabruck in Upper Austria, Austria.-References:...

    , a municipality in Upper Austria

People

  • Georg Friedrich Strass
    Georg Friedrich Strass
    Georg Friedrich Strass was an Alsatian jeweler and inventor of imitation gemstones. He is best known as the inventor of the rhinestone, called strass in many European languages, from a particular type of glass he found in the river Rhine....

     (1701, Wolfisheim bei Strasbourg - 1773), an Alsatian jeweler who invented the rhinestone
    Rhinestone
    A rhinestone or paste or diamante is a diamond simulant made from rock crystal, glass or acrylic.Originally, rhinestones were rock crystals gathered from the river Rhine. The availability was greatly increased around 1775 when the Alsatian jeweller Georg Friedrich Strass had the idea to imitate...

    .
  • Beata Sabina Straas
    Beata Sabina Straas
    Beata Sabina Straas , known also as Madame Åberg following her marriage, was the first professional native actress in Sweden and a member of the first pioneer troupe in the first Swedish national theatre of 1737.-Life and career:When the first national theatre was founded in the old premises at...

      (or Strass), known as "Madame Åberg" (? - 1773)

Other uses

  • Strass is a synonym for rhinestone
    Rhinestone
    A rhinestone or paste or diamante is a diamond simulant made from rock crystal, glass or acrylic.Originally, rhinestones were rock crystals gathered from the river Rhine. The availability was greatly increased around 1775 when the Alsatian jeweller Georg Friedrich Strass had the idea to imitate...

    , taking the name from its inventor Georg Friedrich Strass.

Stras

  • David R. Stras
    David R. Stras
    David Ryan Stras is an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court appointed by Governor Tim Pawlenty. Stras's term began on July 1, 2010, and he was officially sworn in on July 12, 2010...

    , a professor of law at the University of Minnesota Law School
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