Lower 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

🌍 Laxenburg castles. (updated Feb 2023)

Top excursion destinations in the Waldviertel

🌍 National Park Thayatal. (updated Feb 2023)

Top excursion destinations in the Weinviertel

🌍 Retzer Land — a small wine region
MAMUZ Schloss Asparn/Zaya. (updated Feb 2023)

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
🌍 Melk Abbey. (updated Feb 2023)
Roman city of Carnuntum

Top excursion destinations in the Mostviertel

🌍 Ybbstal and Ybbstal alps. (updated Feb 2023)
🌍 Ötscher. (updated Feb 2023)
🌍 Naturpark Ötscher-Tormäuer. (updated Feb 2023)
🌍 Lunzer See. (updated Feb 2023)
🌍 Erlaufsee
🌍 Mariazell Basilica. (updated Feb 2023)
🌍 UNESCO world nature heritage Dürrenstein. (updated Feb 2023)
🌍 Erlebniswelt Mendlingtal. (updated Feb 2023)
🌍 Tierpark Haag (Zoo Haag). (updated Feb 2023)
Natur und Erlebnispark Puchenberg
🌍 Kameltheater Kernhof. (updated Feb 2023)

Top excursion destinations in the Vienna alps

In the south of lower austria are the Vienna Hausberge. (updated Feb 2023)

🌍 Hohe Wand. (updated Feb 2023)
🌍 Rax. (updated Feb 2023)
🌍 Schneeberg. (updated Feb 2023)

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Salzkammergut, Hallstatt, Attersee, Traunsee, Almtal, Gosau

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