upper austria - oberoesterreich
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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
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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