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
🌍 Semmering — the best known alpine resort in eastern Austria and the closest to Vienna
🌍 Tulln

Other destinations

🌍 Retzer Land — a small wine region
🌍 Wachau — inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2000 with the towns Melk, Spitz, Dürnstein and Krems

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