Upper Austria

Upper Austria borders on Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as on the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, and Salzburg. With an area of 11,980 km² and 1.3 million people, Upper Austria is the fourth-largest Austrian state by land area and third-largest by population.

Mountains

• die Prealps: Oberösterreichische Voralpen with Sengsengebirge and Reichraminger Hintergebirge; Salzkammergutberge with Höllengebirge and other mountain ranges
• die Kalkhochalpen: Dachsteingebirge with Dachsteinmassiv; Totes Gebirge; Parts of the Ennstaler Alpen

Lakes

Most of the large lakes of Upper Austria are in the south (Salzkammergut): Almsee, Attersee, die Gosauseen, Hallstätter See, Irrsee, Langbathseen, Mondsee, Offensee, Traunsee and Wolfgangsee. In the Oberinnviertler Seenplatte on the border with Salzburg, there are small lakes which are very warm in summer: Holzöstersee, Höllerer See, and Ibmer See.

Rivers

Ager, Alm, Aschach, Donau, Enns, Inn, Krems, Große Mühl, Kleine Mühl, Naarn, Rodl, Salzach, Steyr, Traun, Aist, Antiesen, and Trattnach.

Traditionally the state is divided into four quarters:

• Innviertel
• Hausruckviertel
• Traunviertel
• Mühlviertel

Upper Austria has three cities with their own charta:

1. Linz
2. Steyr
3. Wels

The country is divided into 15 districts:

4. Braunau am Inn
5. Eferding
6. Freistadt
7. Gmunden
8. Grieskirchen
9. Kirchdorf an der Krems
10. Linz-Land
11. Perg
12. Ried im Innkreis
13. Rohrbach
14. Schärding
15. Steyr-Land
16. Urfahr-Umgebung
17. Vöcklabruck
18. Wels-Land

• 
  Attersee
• 
  Holzöster See
• 
  Linz – the capital
• 
  Dachstein (2995 m) – highest peak of Upper Austria

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• Upper Austria official website (in German)

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