Lower Austria (German: Niederösterreich) — as the name implies — is a state of Austria.
Regions
[edit]Lower Austria is split into 4 regions each called a viertel (German for quarter).
| Industrieviertel (Industrial Quarter) |
| Mostviertel (Most Quarter) A hilly region with lots of beautiful countryside. Is especially pretty in mid April when trees bloom. Most is a form of cider that is grown here from pears and apples. |
| Waldviertel (Forest Quarter) |
| Weinviertel (Wine Quarter) |
Cities
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Map of Lower Austria
- 1 St. Pölten — the capital of Lower Austria, though that title historically belonged to Vienna
- 2 Amstetten
- 3 Berndorf
- 4 Baden bei Wien
- 5 Klosterneuburg
- 6 Mödling
- 7 Perchtoldsdorf
- 8 Pressbaum
- 9 Waidhofen an der Ybbs
- 10 Wiener Neustadt
- 11 Puchberg am Schneeberg
- 12 Semmering — the best known alpine resort in eastern Austria and the closest to Vienna
- 13 Tulln
Other destinations
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- 1 Laxenburg castles.
Top excursion destinations in the Waldviertel
[edit]- 2 National Park Thayatal.
Top excursion destinations in the Weinviertel
[edit]- 1 Retzer Land — a small wine region
- MAMUZ Schloss Asparn/Zaya.
Top excursion destinations in the Donau region
[edit]- 2 Wachau — inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2000 with the towns Melk, Spitz, Dürnstein and Krems
- 3 Melk Abbey.
- Roman city of Carnuntum
Top excursion destinations in the Mostviertel
[edit]- 4 Ybbstal and Ybbstal alps.
- 5 Ötscher.
- 6 Naturpark Ötscher-Tormäuer.
- 7 Lunzer See.
- 8 Erlaufsee
- 9 Mariazell Basilica.
- 10 UNESCO world nature heritage Dürrenstein.
- 11 Erlebniswelt Mendlingtal.
- 12 Tierpark Haag (Zoo Haag).
- Natur und Erlebnispark Puchenberg
- 13 Kameltheater Kernhof.
Top excursion destinations in the Vienna alps
[edit]In the south of lower austria are the Vienna Hausberge. 
Understand
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[edit]Get around
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[edit]Go next
[edit]Salzkammergut, [[Hallstatt|Hallstatt]], Attersee, Traunsee, Almtal, Gosau