Lawer Austrick

Lawer Austrick
Lawer Austrick; Niederösterreich
	State o Austrick
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Kintra	Austrick
Caipital	Sankt Pölten
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Johanna Mikl-Leitner (ÖVP)
Area
• Total	19186 km2 (7,408 sq mi)
Population
• Total	1,612,000
• Density	84/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	AT-3
NUTS Region	AT1
Votes in Bundesrat	12 (o 62)
Website	www.noe.gv.at

Lawer Austrick (German: Niederösterreich (help·info)) is the northeastmaist state o the nine states in Austrick. The caipital o Lawer Austrick syne 1986 is Sankt Pölten, 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.

Geography

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):

Weinviertel or Tertiary Lowland (belaw the Manhartsberg),
Waldviertel or Bohemian Plateau (abuin the Manhartsberg),
Mostviertel (abuin the Vienna Woods)
Industrieviertel (belaw the Vienna Woods).

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.

Muntains

Schneeberg (Klosterwappen; 2,076 m)
Rax (Scheibwaldhöhe; 1,943 m; heichest summit: Heukuppe; 2,007 m – Styrie)
Ötscher (1,893 m)
Dürrenstein (1,878 m)
Schneealpe (Ameisbühel; 1,828 m; heichest summit: Windberg; 1,903 m – Styrie)
Hochkar (1,808 m)
Gamsstein (1,774 m)
Stumpfmauer (1,770 m)
Göller (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)
Königsberg (1,452 m)
Großer Sulzberg (1,400 m)
Reisalpe (1,399 m)
Gahns (1,380 m)
Tirolerkogel (1,377 m)
Türnitzer Höger (1,372 m)
Unterberg (1,342 m)
Traisenberg (1,230 m)
Dürre 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.

Alpine passes

Semmering (985 m)
Wechsel (980 m)

The state border wi Styrie runs ower baith passes.

Rivers

March

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.

Lakes

Ottenstein Reservoir (4.3 km²)
Lunzer See (0.69 km²)
Erlaufsee (0.56 km², o which aboot hauf lees in Lawer Austrick)
Erlauf Reservoir
Wienerwaldsee (0.32 km²)

Land uise

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

History

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.

Admeenistrative diveesions

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 (Statutarstädte). In total, there are 573 municipalities athin Lawer Austrick.

Map o Lawer Austrick showin destricts an the fower quarters (Waldviertel in green, Weinviertel in red, Mostviertel in yellae an Industrieviertel in blue)