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&nbsp;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&nbsp;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&nbsp;m)
* Rax (Scheibwaldhöhe; 1,943 m; heichest summit: Heukuppe; 2,007&nbsp;m – Styrie)
* Ötscher (1,893 m)
* Dürrenstein (1,878 m)
* Schneealpe (Ameisbühel; 1,828&nbsp;m; heichest summit: Windberg; 1,903&nbsp;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&nbsp;km²)
* Lunzer See (0.69&nbsp;km²)
* Erlaufsee (0.56&nbsp;km², o which aboot hauf lees in Lawer Austrick)
* Erlauf Reservoir
* Wienerwaldsee (0.32&nbsp;km²)

### Land uise

## 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 (*[[Bezirk]]e*), an fower independent ceeties an touns (*[[Statutarstadt|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