Lower Austria - federated state of Austria
Lower Austria (German: Niederösterreich) — as the name implies — is a state of Austria.
Regions
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
- St. Pölten 📍 — the capital of Lower Austria, though that title historically belonged to Vienna
- Amstetten 📍
- Berndorf 📍
- Baden bei Wien 📍
- Klosterneuburg 📍
- Mödling 📍
- Perchtoldsdorf 📍
- Pressbaum 📍
- Waidhofen an der Ybbs 📍
- Wiener Neustadt 📍
- Puchberg am Schneeberg
- Semmering 📍 — the best known alpine resort in eastern Austria and the closest to Vienna
- Tulln 📍
Other destinations
Top excursion destinations in the Waldviertel
Top excursion destinations in the Weinviertel
- Retzer Land 📍 — a small wine region
Top excursion destinations in the Donau region
- Wachau 📍 — inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2000 with the towns Melk, Spitz, Dürnstein and Krems
- Roman city of Carnuntum
Top excursion destinations in the Mostviertel
- Erlaufsee
- Natur und Erlebnispark Puchenberg
Top excursion destinations in the Vienna alps
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Get in
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Drink
Go next
Salzkammergut, Hallstatt, Attersee, Traunsee, Almtal, Gosau