Lower Austria

Lower Austria is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Major cities are , , and Sankt Pölten, which has been the capital of Lower Austria since 1986, replacing , which became a separate state in 1921.

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is a city and suburb in Lower Austria.

is a town in the of the state of Lower Austria.

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Retz is a town with a population of 4,168 in the in Lower Austria, Austria.

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Lower Austria

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Latitude of center
48.2818° or 48° 16′ 54″ north
Longitude of center
15.7632° or 15° 45′ 48″ east
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Lower Austria” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Neder-Oostenryk”
  • Albanian: “Austria e Poshtme”
  • Amharic: “ታች ኦስትሪያ”
  • Arabic: “النمسا السفلى”
  • Aragonese: “Baixa Austria”
  • Aragonese: “Baxa Austria”
  • Armenian: “Ստորին Ավստրիա”
  • Asturian: “Baxa Austria”
  • Azerbaijani: “Aşağı Avstriya”
  • Balinese: “Austria Tebén”
  • Bashkir: “Түбәнге Австрия”
  • Basque: “Austria Beherea”
  • Bavarian: “Niadaöstareich”
  • Bavarian: “Niadaöstarreich”
  • Bavarian: “Niedaoestareich”
  • Bavarian: “Niedaöstareich”
  • Bavarian: “Niedaöstarreich”
  • Bavarian: “Niedaösterreich”
  • Bavarian: “Niederöstareich”
  • Bavarian: “Niidaöstaraech”
  • Belarusian: “Ніжняя Аўстрыя”
  • Bengali: “নিম্ন অস্ট্রিয়া”
  • Bosnian: “Donja Austrija”
  • Breton: “Aostria Izel”
  • Breton: “Aostria-Izel”
  • Bulgarian: “Долна Австрия”
  • Catalan: “Baixa Àustria”
  • Cebuano: “Niederösterreich”
  • Chinese: “下奥地利州”
  • Chinese: “下奧地利”
  • Chinese: “下奧地利州”
  • Chinese: “下奧地利邦”
  • Cornish: “Niederösterreich”
  • Croatian: “Donja Austrija”
  • Czech: “Arcivévodství pod Enží”
  • Czech: “Arcivévodství Rakouské pod Enží”
  • Czech: “Dolní Rakousko”
  • Czech: “Dolní Rakousy”
  • Czech: “Pod Enží”
  • Czech: “Rakousy pod Enží”
  • Danish: “Nedreøstrig”
  • Danish: “Niederösterreich”
  • Dutch: “Neder-Oostenrijk”
  • Dutch: “Nederoostenrijk”
  • Dutch: “Nieder-osterreich”
  • Dutch: “Nieder-österreich”
  • Dutch: “Niederdonau”
  • Dutch: “Niederosterreich”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نيديراوستيرايخ”
  • Esperanto: “Aŭstria Malsupra”
  • Esperanto: “Aŭstrio Malsupra”
  • Esperanto: “Malsupra Aŭstrio”
  • Esperanto: “Malsupra Aŭstrujo”
  • Estonian: “Alam-Austria”
  • Finnish: “Ala-Itävalta”
  • French: “Basse Autriche”
  • French: “Basse-Autriche”
  • Friulian: “Basse Austrie”
  • Galician: “Baixa Austria”
  • Georgian: “ქვემო ავსტრია”
  • German: “N.Ö.”
  • German: “Nideristaraich”
  • German: “Niederoesterreich”
  • German: “Niederösterreich”
  • German: “NÖ”
  • German: “NOE”
  • Greek: “Κάτω Αυστρία”
  • Gujarati: “લોઅર ઑસ્ટ્રિયા”
  • Hausa: “Ƙanƙanta Austria”
  • Hebrew: “אוסטריה התחתונה”
  • Hebrew: “אוסטריה תחתית”
  • Hindi: “निचला ऑस्ट्रिया”
  • Hindi: “लोअर ऑस्ट्रिया”
  • Hungarian: “Alsó-Ausztria”
  • Icelandic: “Neðra Austurríki”
  • Icelandic: “Neðra-Austurríki”
  • Indonesian: “Austria Hilir”
  • Interlingue: “Infra Austria”
  • Irish: “An Ostair Íochtarach”
  • Italian: “Austria Inferiore”
  • Italian: “Bassa Austria”
  • Japanese: “ニーダー・エースターライヒ州”
  • Japanese: “ニーダーエースターライヒ州”
  • Japanese: “ニーダーエスターライヒ”
  • Japanese: “ニーダーエスターライヒ州”
  • Japanese: “ニーダーエスタライヒ州”
  • Japanese: “ニーダーエステライヒ”
  • Japanese: “ニーダーエステライヒ州”
  • Japanese: “ニーデルエステルライヒ州”
  • Japanese: “下オーストリア”
  • Japanese: “下オーストリア州”
  • Japanese: “低地オーストリア”
  • Javanese: “Austria Ngisor”
  • Kannada: “ಕೆಳಗಿನ ಆಸ್ಟ್ರಿಯಾ”
  • Kazakh: “Төменгі Аустрия”
  • Kazakh: “Төмеңгі Австрия”
  • Kirghiz: “Төмөнкү Австрия”
  • Korean: “니더외스터라이히”
  • Korean: “니더외스터라이히주”
  • Ladin: “Austria Bassa”
  • Latin: “Austria Inferior”
  • Latvian: “Lejasaustrija”
  • Limburgan: “Neder-Oeësteriek”
  • Lithuanian: “Žemutinė Austrija”
  • Lithuanian: “Žemutinės Austrijos žemė”
  • Lombard: “Austria de Sota”
  • Luxembourgish: “Nidderéisträich”
  • Macedonian: “Долна Австрија”
  • Malagasy: “Aotrisy Ambany”
  • Malay: “Niederösterreich”
  • Maltese: “L-Awstrija l-Baxxa”
  • Marathi: “नीडरओस्टराईश”
  • Marathi: “लोअर ऑस्ट्रिया”
  • Mazanderani: “نیدراسترایش”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Niederösterreich Chiu”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Niederösterreich”
  • Minangkabau: “Austria Baruah”
  • Mingrelian: “თუდოლენი ავსტრია”
  • Mongolian: “Доод Австри”
  • Mongolian: “Доор Австри”
  • Northern Frisian: “Niederösterreich”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nedre Østerrike”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Niederdonau”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Niederösterreich”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nedre Austerrike”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Niederösterreich”
  • Norwegian: “Niederösterreich”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Baisha Àustria”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Bassa Àustria”
  • Oromo: “Austriya Gadii”
  • Ossetian: “Дæллаг Австри”
  • Panjabi: “ਲੋਵਰ ਆਸਟ੍ਰੀਆ”
  • Papiamento: “Niederösterreich”
  • Persian: “ایالت نیدراسترایش”
  • Persian: “نیدراسترایش”
  • Polish: “Dolna Austria”
  • Polish: “Kraj związkowy Dolna Austria”
  • Portuguese: “Baixa Áustria”
  • Pushto: “ښکته اتریش”
  • Quechua: “Niederösterreich”
  • Romanian: “Austria de Jos”
  • Romanian: “Austria Inferioară”
  • Romanian: “Austria Joasă”
  • Russian: “Австрия Нижняя”
  • Russian: “Нижняя Австрия”
  • Rusyn: “Нижня Австрія”
  • Sardinian: “Bàscia Àustria”
  • Scots: “Lawer Austrick”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “An Ostair Iochdar”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “An Ostair Ìochdar”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “An Ostair Ìochdarach”
  • Serbian: “Доња Аустрија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Donja Austrija”
  • Sindhi: “لوئر آسٽريا”
  • Sinhala: “පහල ඔස්ට්‍රියා ජනපදය, ඔස්ට්‍රියාව”
  • Sinhala: “පහල ඔස්ට්‍රියාව”
  • Slovak: “Dolné Rakúsko”
  • Slovenian: “Spodnja Avstrija”
  • Somali: “Austria Hoose”
  • Spanish: “Baja Austria”
  • Spanish: “Niederosterreich”
  • Swahili: “Austria Chini”
  • Swahili: “Austria ya Chini”
  • Swedish: “Niederösterreich”
  • Swiss German: “Nideröschtriich”
  • Swiss German: “Niederösterreich”
  • Tagalog: “Mababang Austria”
  • Tajik: “Австрияи Поён”
  • Tajik: “Утриши Поёнӣ”
  • Tamil: “லோயர் ஆஸ்திரியா”
  • Tatar: “Түбән Австрия”
  • Telugu: “లోయర్ ఆస్ట్రియా”
  • Thai: “รัฐนีเดอร์เอิสเตอร์ไรช์”
  • Thai: “รัฐโลเวอร์ออสเตรีย”
  • Turkish: “Aşağı Avusturya”
  • Turkish: “Lower Austria”
  • Turkmen: “Aşaky Awstriýa”
  • Ukrainian: “Нижня Австрія”
  • Urdu: “زیریں آسٹریا”
  • Uzbek: “Pastki Avstriya”
  • Venetian: “Basa Austria”
  • Venetian: “Bassa Austria”
  • Vietnamese: “Hạ Áo”
  • Vietnamese: “Lower Austria”
  • Vietnamese: “Niederösterreich”
  • Vlaams: “Neder-Ôostnryk”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lower Austria”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Uruubos nga Austria”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Uruubos nga Austrya”
  • Welsh: “Awstria Isaf”
  • Western Armenian: “Ստորին Աւստրիա”
  • Western Frisian: “Neder-Eastenryk”
  • Western Panjabi: “تھلواں آسٹریا”
  • Wu Chinese: “下奥地利州”
  • Yakut: “Алын Австрия”
  • Yue Chinese: “下奧地利”

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