Upper Austria

Upper Austria (German: Oberösterreich [ˈoːbɐˌʔøːstɐʁaɪ̯ç] (listen); East Central Austro-Bavarian: Owaesdaraich) is one of the nine states or Bundesländer of Austria. The capital of this state is Linz.

Upper Austria Oberösterreich
State of Austria
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 48.12°N 13.87°E / 48.12; 13.87
Country	Austria
Capital	Linz
Government
• Governor	Josef Pühringer (ÖVP)
Area
• Total	11,979.91 km2 (4,625.47 sq mi)
Population  (1 January 2016)
• Total	1,453,733
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	AT-4
NUTS Region	AT3
Votes in Bundesrat	12 (of 62)
Website	www.land-oberoesterreich.gv.at

Geography

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.

Administrative divisions

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

Gallery

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

Other websites

• Upper Austria official website (in German)