Lawer Austrick
(
German
:
Niederosterreich
(
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)
) is the northeastmaist state o the nine
states
in
Austrick
. The
caipital
o Lawer Austrick syne 1986 is
Sankt Polten
, the maist recently designatit caipital toun in Austrick. The caipital o Lawer Austrick haed umwhile been
Vienna
, even though
Vienna is no offeecially pairt o Lawer Austrick
. Wi a land aurie o 19,186 km² an a population o 1.612 million fowk, it is the lairgest state in Austrick, an in terms o population seicont anerlie tae the federal state o
Vienna
.
Situatit east o
Upper Austrick
, Lawer Austrick derives its name frae its dounriver location on the
Danube River
, which flows frae wast tae east. The state borders on
Slovakie
, the
Czech Republic
(
Sooth Moravie
), an the ither Austrian states o
Upper Austrick
,
Styrie
an
Burgenland
. The state surroonds
Vienna
.
Lawer Austrick is the lairgest state in Austrick wi an aurie o 19,186.26 square kilometres. It is dividit fower regions, kent as
Viertel
(quarters):
These regions hae different geographical structurs. Whilst the
Mostviertel
is dominatit bi the foothills of the
Limestone Alps
wi muntains up tae 2,000
m AA
heich, maist o the
Waldviertel
is a
granite
plateau. The hilly
Weinviertel
lies tae the northeast, descends tae the plains o
Marchfeld
in the east o the state, an is separatit bi the Danube frae the
Vienna Basin
tae the sooth, which in turn is separatit frae the Vienna Woods bi a line o thermal springs (the
Thermenlinie
) runnin north tae sooth.
Lawer Austrick haes an internaitional border, 414 km lang, wi the Czech Republic an Slovakie. The state haes the seicont langest external border o aw Austrian states.
- Schneeberg
(Klosterwappen; 2,076 m)
- Rax
(Scheibwaldhohe; 1,943 m; heichest summit: Heukuppe; 2,007 m ?
Styrie
)
- Otscher
(1,893 m)
- Durrenstein
(1,878 m)
- Schneealpe
(Ameisbuhel; 1,828 m; heichest summit: Windberg; 1,903 m ?
Styrie
)
- Hochkar
(1,808 m)
- Gamsstein
(1,774 m)
- Stumpfmauer
(1,770 m)
- Goller
(1,766 m)
- Hochwechsel
(1,743 m)
- Gippel
(1,669 m)
- Großer Sonnleitstein (1,639 m)
- Großer Zellerhut
(1,639 m)
- Gemeindealpe
(1,626 m)
- Drahtekogel (1,565 m)
- Sonnwendstein
(1,523 m)
- Obersberg (1,467 m)
- Konigsberg
(1,452 m)
- Großer Sulzberg
(1,400 m)
- Reisalpe
(1,399 m)
- Gahns
(1,380 m)
- Tirolerkogel
(1,377 m)
- Turnitzer Hoger
(1,372 m)
- Unterberg
(1,342 m)
- Traisenberg
(1,230 m)
- Durre Wand
(1,222 m)
- Hohenstein (1,195 m)
- Eisenstein
(1,185 m)
- Hohe Wand
(1,132 m)
- Großer Peilstein
(1,061 m)
- Weinsberg
(1,041 m)
- Hocheck
(1,036 m)
- Nebelstein
(1,017 m)
- Eibl
(1,007 m)
- Hohe Mandling
(967 m)
- Jauerling
(961 m)
- Anninger
(675 m)
- Buschberg
(491 m)
Ither muntains in Lawer Austrick mey be foond at
Category:Muntains o Lawer Austrick
.
The state border wi Styrie runs ower baith passes.
Amaist aw o Lawer Austrick is drained bi the Danube. The anerlie river that flows intae the North Sea via the
Moldau
an the
Elbe
is the
Lainsitz
in northren
Waldviertel
.
The maist important rivers north o the Danube (on its left banks) are the
Ysper
,
Kamp
,
Krems
,
Lainsitz
,
March
an
Thaya
. Sooth o the Danube (on its richt banks) are the
Enns
,
Ybbs
,
Erlauf
,
Melk
,
Pielach
,
Traisen
,
Schwechat
,
Fischa
,
Schwarza
,
Triesting
, Pitten an the
Leitha
.
Type o land uise
|
Aurie in km²
|
Percent o
total aurie
|
Fermland
|
7,000
|
42
|
Woods
|
6,711
|
40
|
Grassland
|
1,750
|
11
|
Alpine pasturs
|
300
|
1.7
|
Vineyards
|
315
|
1.9
|
The history o Lawer Austrick is vera similar tae the
History o Austrick
. Mony castles are locatit in Lawer Austrick.
Klosterneuburg Abbey
, locatit here, is ane o the auldest abbeys in Austrick. Afore
Warld War II
, Lawer Austrick haed the lairgest number o
Jews
in Austrick.
Lawer Austrick is dividit intae fower regions:
Waldviertel
,
Mostviertel
,
Industrieviertel
, an
Weinviertel
. The
Wachau
valley, situatit atween
Melk
an
Krems
in the
Mostviertel
region, is famous for its landscape, cultur, an
wine
.
Admeenistratively, the state is dividit intae 21 destricts (
Bezirke
), an fower independent ceeties an touns (
Statutarstadte
). In total, there are 573 municipalities athin Lawer Austrick.
Independent ceeties an touns
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