Upper Austria

Upper Austria ( ; East Central Austro-Bavarian: ) is one of the nine states or Bundesländer of Austria. The capital of this state is Linz.

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:
Linz
Steyr
Wels
The country is divided into 15 districts:
Braunau am Inn
Eferding
Freistadt
Gmunden
Grieskirchen
Kirchdorf an der Krems
Linz-Land
Perg
Ried im Innkreis
Rohrbach
Schärding
Steyr-Land
Urfahr-Umgebung
Vöcklabruck
Wels-Land

Gallery

 Other websites 

 Upper Austria official website