upper austria - oberoesterreich

Upper Austria

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Information

• Country: Austria• Capital: Linz• Government: Governor Josef Pühringer• Area: total 4.625.5 sq mi• Population: total 1.405,986

density 304/sq mi• Website: www.land-

oberoesterreich.gv.at

Location in Austria

Upper Austria

THE FOUR QUARTERS

Administrative divisions• Upper Austria is traditionally divided into four regions: Hausruckviertel, Innviertel, Mühlviertel, and Traunviertel

• Statutory city 1. Linz 2. Steyr 3. Wels • Districts1. Braunau am Inn 2. Eferding 3. Freistadt 4. Gmunden 5. Grieskirchen 6. Kirchdorf an der Krems 7. Linz-Land 8. Perg 9. Ried im Innkreis 10. Rohrbach 11. Schärding 12. Steyr-Land 13. Urfahr-Umgebung 14. Vöcklabruck 15. Wels-Land

Hausruckviertel

• Name: of the range of hills, the Hausruck, that pass through

the region• Major towns: 1) Wels

2) Eferding3) Grieskirchen4) Vöcklabruck

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Innviertel

• originally belonged to the Duchy of Bavaria• Then called Innbaiern and two roles:

a strategically as a defence line aigainst

economically as arable land for farming

• Major towns: 1) Schärding2) Braunau/Inn3) Ried/Innkreis

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Mühlviertel

• It is named for two riversGroße MühlKleine Mühl

• Major towns: 1) Rohrbach2) Bad Leonfelden3) Freistadt4) Perg

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Traunviertel

• It is name refers to the river Traun which passes through the area

• Major towns: 1) Linz (capital)2) Gmunden3) Kirchdorf/Krems4) Steyr

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SIGHTS AND MONUMENTS

Sights in Upper Austria

• Burg Wels

• Bad Ischl: emperor villa

• Palace museum Linz

• Kirchdorf/Inn: palace Katzenberg

Monument of Upper Austria

• Adalbert Stifter Monument

• Bruckner Organ

• Memorial Mauthausen

• Sunclock

ACTIVITIES

Summer activities

• Summersledge in Windischgarsten• Golf in 27 clubs• Ride the bike around the national park

Kalkalpen

Winter activities

• To ski in over more than 40 skiing areas• To shoot the icestock• To ice-skate

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