Stairs

Staircase denotes:

• an old counting measure (corresponds to twenty pieces), see stairs (unit of measurement)
• a container, see stairs (container)
• an old salt measure, see stairs (unit)
• a length and thread measure, see stairs (length measure)
• narrow, steep wooden stairs, generally used in Austria and Switzerland for stairs
• Address of a residential complex with several staircases in Austria, part of the house number
• a climbing system in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains, see Saxon Switzerland # rock climbing
• Stiege (Harz) , part of the town of Oberharz am Brocken in the Harz district in Saxony-Anhalt

Stiege is the family name of the following people:

• Günther Stiege (1935–2020), German mathematician, computer scientist and university professor
• Heinrich Stiege (1895–1968), German officer and involved in the murder of Karl Liebknecht
• Johann Gottlieb Stiege (1742–1806), German lawyer and Lord Mayor of Kolberg; see: Johann Gottlieb Stieg
• Peter A. Stiege (1904–1973), German actor

See also:

• Rose , rise
• Holy stairs
• Stige

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.