Lawer Austrick

Lawer Austrick (German: ) is the northeastmaist state o the nine states in Austrick. The caipital o Lawer Austrick syne 1986 is Sankt Pölten, the maist recently designatit caipital toun in Austrick. The caipital o Lawer Austrick haed umwhile been Vienna, even though Vienna is no offeecially pairt o Lawer Austrick. Wi a land aurie o 19,186 km² an a population o 1.612 million fowk, it is the lairgest state in Austrick, an in terms o population seicont anerlie tae the federal state o Vienna.

Geography
Situatit east o Upper Austrick, Lawer Austrick derives its name frae its dounriver location on the Danube River, which flows frae wast tae east. The state borders on Slovakie, the Czech Republic (Sooth Moravie), an the ither Austrian states o Upper Austrick, Styrie an Burgenland. The state surroonds Vienna.

Lawer Austrick is the lairgest state in Austrick wi an aurie o 19,186.26 square kilometres. It is dividit fower regions, kent as Viertel (quarters): 
 Weinviertel or Tertiary Lowland (belaw the Manhartsberg),
 Waldviertel or Bohemian Plateau (abuin the Manhartsberg),
 Mostviertel (abuin the Vienna Woods)
 Industrieviertel (belaw the Vienna Woods).

These regions hae different geographical structurs. Whilst the Mostviertel is dominatit bi the foothills of the  Limestone Alps wi muntains up tae 2,000 m AA heich, maist o the Waldviertel is a granite plateau. The hilly Weinviertel lies tae the northeast, descends tae the plains o Marchfeld in the east o the state, an is separatit bi the Danube frae the Vienna Basin tae the sooth, which in turn is separatit frae the Vienna Woods bi a line o thermal springs (the Thermenlinie) runnin north tae sooth.

Lawer Austrick haes an internaitional border, 414 km lang, wi the Czech Republic an Slovakie. The state haes the seicont langest external border o aw Austrian states.

 Muntains 
 Schneeberg (Klosterwappen; 2,076 m)
 Rax (Scheibwaldhöhe; 1,943 m; heichest summit: Heukuppe; 2,007 m – Styrie)
 Ötscher (1,893 m)
 Dürrenstein (1,878 m)
 Schneealpe (Ameisbühel; 1,828 m; heichest summit: Windberg; 1,903 m – Styrie)
 Hochkar (1,808 m)
 Gamsstein (1,774 m)
 Stumpfmauer (1,770 m)
 Göller (1,766 m)
 Hochwechsel (1,743 m)
 Gippel (1,669 m)
 Großer Sonnleitstein (1,639 m)
 Großer Zellerhut (1,639 m)
 Gemeindealpe (1,626 m)
 Drahtekogel (1,565 m)
 Sonnwendstein (1,523 m)
 Obersberg (1,467 m)
 Königsberg (1,452 m)
 Großer Sulzberg (1,400 m)
 Reisalpe (1,399 m)
 Gahns (1,380 m)
 Tirolerkogel (1,377 m)
 Türnitzer Höger (1,372 m)
 Unterberg (1,342 m)
 Traisenberg (1,230 m)
 Dürre Wand (1,222 m)
 Hohenstein (1,195 m)
 Eisenstein (1,185 m)
 Hohe Wand (1,132 m)
 Großer Peilstein (1,061 m)
 Weinsberg (1,041 m)
 Hocheck (1,036 m)
 Nebelstein (1,017 m)
 Eibl (1,007 m)
 Hohe Mandling (967 m)
 Jauerling (961 m)
 Anninger (675 m)
 Buschberg (491 m)

Ither muntains in Lawer Austrick mey be foond at :Category:Muntains o Lawer Austrick.

 Alpine passes 
 Semmering (985 m)
 Wechsel (980 m)

The state border wi Styrie runs ower baith passes.

 Rivers 

Amaist aw o Lawer Austrick is drained bi the Danube. The anerlie river that flows intae the North Sea via the Moldau an the Elbe is the Lainsitz in northren Waldviertel.

The maist important rivers north o the Danube (on its left banks) are the Ysper, Kamp, Krems, Lainsitz, March an Thaya. Sooth o the Danube (on its richt banks) are the Enns, Ybbs, Erlauf, Melk, Pielach, Traisen, Schwechat, Fischa, Schwarza, Triesting, Pitten an the Leitha.

 Lakes 
 Ottenstein Reservoir (4.3 km²)
 Lunzer See (0.69 km²)
 Erlaufsee (0.56 km², o which aboot hauf lees in Lawer Austrick)
 Erlauf Reservoir
 Wienerwaldsee (0.32 km²)

 Land uise 
 Type o land uise  Aurie in km²  Percent ototal aurieFermland  7,000  42 Woods 6,711  40Grassland  1,750  11Alpine pasturs  300 1.7Vineyards 315 1.9

History

The history o Lawer Austrick is vera similar tae the History o Austrick. Mony castles are locatit in Lawer Austrick. Klosterneuburg Abbey, locatit here, is ane o the auldest abbeys in Austrick. Afore Warld War II, Lawer Austrick haed the lairgest number o Jews in Austrick.

Admeenistrative diveesions
Lawer Austrick is dividit intae fower regions: Waldviertel, Mostviertel, Industrieviertel, an Weinviertel. The Wachau valley, situatit atween Melk an Krems in the Mostviertel region, is famous for its landscape, cultur, an wine.

Admeenistratively, the state is dividit intae 21 destricts (Bezirke), an fower independent ceeties an touns (Statutarstädte). In total, there are 573 municipalities athin Lawer Austrick.


 Independent ceeties an touns 
 Krems
 Sankt Pölten
 Waidhofen an der Ybbs
 Wiener Neustadt

 Destricts 
 Amstetten
 Baden
 Bruck an der Leitha
 Gänserndorf
 Gmünd
 Hollabrunn
 Horn
 Korneuburg
 Krems-Land
 Lilienfeld
 Melk
 Mistelbach
 Mödling
 Neunkirchen
 St. Pölten-Land
 Scheibbs
 Tulln
 Waidhofen an der Thaya
 Wiener Neustadt-Land
 Wien-Umgebung
 Zwettl


Category:NUTS 2 statistical regions o the European Union
Category:States o Austrick
Category:Wine regions o Austrick