Lower Austria (German: Niederösterreich) — as the name implies — is a state of Austria.

Regions

Lower Austria is split into 4 regions each called a viertel (German for quarter).

Regions of Lower Austria

Industrieviertel (Industrial Quarter)

Mostviertel (Most Quarter) A hilly region with lots of beautiful countryside. Is especially pretty in mid April when trees bloom. Most is a form of cider that is grown here from pears and apples.

Waldviertel (Forest Quarter)

Weinviertel (Wine Quarter)

Cities

• 1 St. Pölten — the capital of Lower Austria, though that title historically belonged to Vienna
• 2 Amstetten
• 3 Berndorf
• 4 Baden bei Wien
• 5 Klosterneuburg
• 6 Mödling
• 7 Perchtoldsdorf
• 8 Pressbaum
• 9 Waidhofen an der Ybbs
• 10 Wiener Neustadt
• 11 Semmering — the best known alpine resort in eastern Austria and the closest to Vienna
• 12 Tulln

Other destinations

Gobelinzimmer (tapestry room) in the imperial wing of Göttweig Abbey

• 1 Retzer Land — a small wine region
• 2 Wachau — inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2000 with the towns Melk, Spitz, Dürnstein and Krems