Lower Austria - Bassa Austria

Lower Austria (in German: Niederösterreich) is one of the federal states (Bundesland) ofAustria.

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Geographical notes

It borders the Czech Republic (Southern Bohemia is South Moravia) to the north, with the Slovakia (regions of Trnava and of Bratislava) to the east, with the Burgenland to the southeast, with the Styria to the south and with theUpper Austria West. The state of Vienna is completely included within Lower Austria.Lower Austria is the largest and most agricultural of the Bundesländer, within its territory the capital Vienna is located as an enclave, which had to leave the role of administrative capital to Sankt Pölten; is crossed entirely by the Danube, along which the main cities and the most important trade routes of the region wind their way.This Bundesland boasts an enormous variety of landscapes, from the Danube to the Pre-Alps, from the Bohemian hills to the Hungarian plain, and can offer wonderful natural spectacles which, both in summer and in winter, attract many tourists.

Background

Since ancient times inhabited by Celtic and Slavic populations, the southern part of the region has been made a Roman province with the name of Noricus. It was then included in the Carolingian Eastern March of the 9th century, and assumed the first state structure under the Babenberg dynasty, which made the old brand a powerful border duchy. Archduchy, making the region of Lower Austria an important European cultural center. The Bundesland of Lower Austria was established with the creation of the First Austrian Republic, created following the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which was then transformed into the Reichsgau Niederdonau at the time of Nazism.During the Second World War, the whole region was bombed by the allies and rebuilt with the help of American power. The current structure of this Bundesland dates back to the proclamation of the Second Austrian Republic in 1955.

Territories and tourist destinations

Along the Danube

The Danube enters Lower Austria at the village of Ybbs. The most interesting feature is Wachau, a 30 km long valley that is on the list UNESCO of the World Heritage Sites. The main centers are:

• Krems —
• Dürnstein —
• Spitz —

The Danube therefore bathes Tulnn, home of the painter Egon Schiele e Vienna.

The stretch of the river from Vienna on the border with Slovakia is part of the Donau-Auen National Park, established in 1991. Along the way from Vienna to Bratislava is the village of Bad Deutsch-Altenburg, near which the ruins of Carnuntum, largest settlement of the Roman era in the territory of present-day Austria. (Vindobona it was at the time a simple military garrison in defense of Carnuntum).

The Viennese Wood

Celebrated by Strauss, the Viennese forest (Wienerwald) encompasses the territory immediately west of Vienna. The most interesting centers are:

• Mödling —
• Heiligenkreuz —

At the edge of the Viennese forest they stand Mayerling, the place where Rudolph of Habsburg took his own life together with his mistress e Baden bei Wien, a spa that exploits sulfur springs in the surroundings.

Urban centers

Other destinations

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How to get

By plane

At the airports of Vienna[1] is Bratislava[2] flights from Italian cities make stopovers.

By car

The shortest way to arrive by car from Italy is the A2 motorway which passes through the Tarvisio pass Villach, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Graz, Wiener Neustadt.

How to get around

What see

What to do

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