...and here I am taking shortcuts with descriptions... :)

It *is* called a short Spear.


Here are the proper captions:

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From left:
Item 3950, Long Spear (langspiess), Upper Austria, 4th quarter of the 16th century
Item 2960, Short Spear (kurzspiess), Upper Austria, 3rd quarter of the 16th century, made by Peter Schreckeisen
Item 2886, Glaive (couse), Upper Austria, 4th quarter of the 16th century, made by Peter Schreckeisen
Item 3426, Short Spear (kurzspiess), Upper Austria, 4th quarter of the 16th century
Item 4749, Short Spear (kurzspiess), Upper Austria, 4th quarter of the 16th century

Good catch! :)

while you guys are on the topic briefl of stuff from the graz armoury.
i have a book, 'imperial austria, treasures of art, arms and armour from the state of styria' a book that went alongside a exhibition of austrian arms and armour, mostly out of the graz armoury.

it describes a weihander, and the checklist for the exhibition in the book lists 'dimensions as being (im centimetres) as 190 x 49.1 x 21.5

i can sort of believe 190cm sword, (it doesnt look like a bearing sword, it looks like a typical flambereged zweihander) but what about the other two measurements, unfortnatel they dont say what these measurements refer to.

Sounds like the size of the guard at the outermost dimensions. 19 1/4" being the length of the quillons from tip to tip and 8 1/4" being the width at the outside of the port rings.