Upper Austria

Upper Austria is one of the nine states of . Its capital is . Upper Austria borders and the , as well as the other Austrian states of , , and .
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Linz and Hallstatt.

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is the third largest city in . It sits on the banks of the river. It is the capital of the federal province of Upper Austria and forms the heart of Austria's second strongest economic region.

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is a small town overlooking the Hallstätter See in the , in Upper Austria. is spectacularly picturesque, due to its location on a narrow rocky west bank of the lake with the sheer rising mountains behind it.

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is a city in Upper Austria. Its old town is well worth seeing. It has about 59,000 inhabitants.

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Explore places such as Steyr and Fugging.

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is a town in Upper Austria at the confluence of the rivers and Enns. is an ancient town with modern amenities, marketing its rich cultural and architectural heritage in tourism.

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, until 1 January 2021 Fucking, pronounced roughly "fooking", is a village in . It was home to Austria's most stolen sign and was known for its name.

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is a small town in Upper Austria. is the capital city of the region with the same name. To a visitor the city may appear neat, proud, superficial and conservative.

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is an municipality located on the north bank of the river and borders , the capital of Upper Austria, to the east. The name is derived from the Celtic word for river.

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is a small town in Upper Austria with a beautiful historic city centre and the colourful nature all around.

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is a Baroque town in Upper Austria in the Innviertel region close to the border with Bavaria. Its architecture is a mix of many styles and periods, the highlight probably being the Baroque “Silberzeile” row of houses, an astonishing ensemble of Baroque buildings.

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is a town in , located in the Vöcklabruck district, lying between the cities and Schwanenstadt. Its partner city is the city of in , .

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The is a 20 x 30 km limestone massif in the Northern Calcareous Alps, in . The summit is at 3,000 m, with dozens of other peaks above 2,500 m.

Upper Austria

Latitude of center
48.25° or 48° 15′ north
Longitude of center
14° east
Population
1,520,000
Elevation
343 metres (1,125 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
2769848
Wiki­data ID
Q41967
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Upper Austria” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Oberösterreich”
  • Afrikaans: “Opper-Oostenryk”
  • Albanian: “Austria e Epërme”
  • Amharic: “ላይኛ ኦስትሪያ”
  • Arabic: “النمسا العليا”
  • Aragonese: “Alta Austria”
  • Armenian: “Վերին Ավստրիա”
  • Asturian: “Alta Austria”
  • Azerbaijani: “Oberöştereyx”
  • Azerbaijani: “Oberösterreich”
  • Azerbaijani: “Yuxarı Avstriya”
  • Balinese: “Austria Dulu”
  • Bashkir: “Үрге Австрия”
  • Basque: “Austria Garaia”
  • Bavarian: “Obaöstareich”
  • Bavarian: “Obaöstarreich”
  • Bavarian: “Obaösterreich”
  • Bavarian: “Oberösterreich”
  • Bavarian: “Ouwaöstaraech”
  • Bavarian: “Owaästareich”
  • Bavarian: “Owaestareich”
  • Bavarian: “Owaöstareich”
  • Bavarian: “Owaöstarreich”
  • Bavarian: “Oweresterreich”
  • Belarusian: “Верхняя Аўстрыя”
  • Bengali: “ঊর্ধ্ব অস্ট্রিয়া”
  • Bosnian: “Gornja Austrija”
  • Bosnian: “Oberösterreich”
  • Breton: “Aostria-Uhel”
  • Bulgarian: “Горна Австрия”
  • Catalan: “Alta Austria”
  • Catalan: “Alta Àustria”
  • Catalan: “Àustria del Nord”
  • Catalan: “Oberösterreich”
  • Cebuano: “Oberösterreich”
  • Chinese: “Oberösterreich Chiu”
  • Chinese: “上奥地利”
  • Chinese: “上奥地利州”
  • Chinese: “上奥州”
  • Chinese: “上奧地利”
  • Chinese: “上奧地利州”
  • Chinese: “上奧地利邦”
  • Cornish: “Oberösterreich”
  • Croatian: “Gornja Austrija”
  • Czech: “Arcivévodství nad Enží”
  • Czech: “Arcivévodství Rakouské nad Enží”
  • Czech: “Horní Rakousko”
  • Czech: “Horní Rakousy”
  • Czech: “Nad Enží”
  • Czech: “Oberösterreich”
  • Czech: “Rakousy nad Enží”
  • Danish: “Oberösterreich”
  • Danish: “Øvreøstrig”
  • Dutch: “Oberdonau”
  • Dutch: “Oberosterreich”
  • Dutch: “Oberösterreich”
  • Dutch: “Opper-Oostenrijk”
  • Dutch: “Opperoostenrijk”
  • Erzya: “Верьце Австрия”
  • Esperanto: “Aŭstrio Supra”
  • Esperanto: “Oberösterreich”
  • Esperanto: “Supra Aŭstrio”
  • Esperanto: “Supra Aŭstrujo”
  • Estonian: “Ülem-Austria”
  • Finnish: “Oberösterreich”
  • Finnish: “Ylä-Itävalta”
  • French: “Haute-Autriche”
  • French: “Oberösterreich”
  • Friulian: “Alte Austrie”
  • Galician: “Alta Austria - Oberösterreich”
  • Galician: “Alta Austria”
  • Galician: “Oberösterreich”
  • Georgian: “ზემო ავსტრია”
  • German: “Land ob der Enns”
  • German: “Ob der Enns”
  • German: “Oberoesterreich”
  • German: “Oberösterreich”
  • German: “OÖ”
  • Greek: “Άνω Αυστρία”
  • Gujarati: “અપર ઑસ્ટ્રિયા”
  • Hausa: “Babbar Austria”
  • Hebrew: “אוסטריה עילית”
  • Hebrew: “רייכסגאו של הדנובה העילית”
  • Hindi: “ऊपरी ऑस्ट्रिया”
  • Hungarian: “Felső-Ausztria”
  • Icelandic: “Efra Austurríki”
  • Icelandic: “Efra-Austurríki”
  • Icelandic: “Oberösterreich”
  • Ido: “Stato Austria-Supro”
  • Indonesian: “Austria Hulu”
  • Interlingue: “Supra Austria”
  • Irish: “An Ostair Uachtarach”
  • Irish: “Ostair Uachtarach”
  • Italian: “Alta Austria”
  • Italian: “Austria Superiore”
  • Italian: “Oberösterreich”
  • Japanese: “オーバー・エースターライヒ州”
  • Japanese: “オーバーエースターライヒ州”
  • Japanese: “オーバーエスターライヒ”
  • Japanese: “オーバーエスターライヒ州”
  • Japanese: “オーバーエスタライヒ州”
  • Japanese: “オーバーエステライヒ州”
  • Japanese: “オーベルエステルライヒ州”
  • Japanese: “上オーストリア”
  • Japanese: “上オーストリア州”
  • Javanese: “Austria Ndhuwur”
  • Kannada: “ಮೇಲ್ ಆಸ್ಟ್ರಿಯಾ”
  • Kazakh: “Жоғарғы Австрия”
  • Kirghiz: “Жогорку Австрия”
  • Korean: “오버외스터라이히”
  • Korean: “오버외스터라이히주”
  • Ladin: “Austria Auta”
  • Latin: “Austria Superior”
  • Latvian: “Augšaustrija”
  • Limburgan: “Opper-Oosteriek”
  • Lithuanian: “Aukštutinė Austrija”
  • Lithuanian: “Aukštutinės Austrijos žemė”
  • Lombard: “Austria de Sora”
  • Luxembourgish: “Ueweréisträich”
  • Macedonian: “Горна Австрија”
  • Malagasy: “Aotrisy Ambony”
  • Malay: “Oberösterreich”
  • Maltese: “L-Awstrija l-Għolja”
  • Marathi: “अप्पर ऑस्ट्रिया”
  • Marathi: “ओबरओस्टराईश”
  • Mazanderani: “اوبراسترایش”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Oberösterreich”
  • Minangkabau: “Austria Ateh”
  • Mingrelian: “ჟიმოლენი ავსტრია”
  • Mongolian: “Дээд Австри”
  • Mongolian: “Дээр Австри”
  • Northern Frisian: “Oberösterreich”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Oberdonau”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Oberösterreich”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Oberösterreich”
  • Norwegian: “Oberösterreich”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Auta Àustria”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Nauta Àustria”
  • Oromo: “Austriya Gubbaa”
  • Ossetian: “Уæллаг Австри”
  • Panjabi: “ਊਪਰਲਾ ਆਸਟ੍ਰੀਆ”
  • Papiamento: “Oberösterreich”
  • Persian: “اتریش بالا”
  • Persian: “اوبراسترایش”
  • Persian: “اوبراوسترایش”
  • Persian: “ایالت اوبراسترایش”
  • Polish: “Górna Austria”
  • Polish: “Kraj związkowy Górna Austria”
  • Polish: “Oberösterreich”
  • Portuguese: “Alta Áustria”
  • Portuguese: “Alta-Áustria”
  • Portuguese: “Oberösterreich”
  • Pushto: “پورته اتریش”
  • Quechua: “Oberösterreich”
  • Romanian: “Austria de Sus”
  • Romanian: “Austria Înaltă”
  • Romanian: “Austria Superioară”
  • Romanian: “Oberösterreich”
  • Russian: “Oberösterreich”
  • Russian: “Австрия Верхняя”
  • Russian: “Верхняя Австрия”
  • Sardinian: “Arta Àustria”
  • Scots: “Upper Austrick”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “An Ostair Uachdar”
  • Serbian: “Горња Аустрија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gornja Austrija”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Oberösterreich”
  • Sindhi: “اپر آسٽريا”
  • Sinhala: “ඉහල ඔස්ට්‍රියා ජනපදය, ඔස්ට්‍රියාව”
  • Sinhala: “ඉහල ඔස්ට්‍රියාව”
  • Slovak: “Horné Rakúsko”
  • Slovenian: “Gornja Avstrija”
  • Slovenian: “Oberösterreich”
  • Slovenian: “Zgornja Avstrija”
  • Somali: “Austria Sare”
  • Spanish: “Alta Austria”
  • Spanish: “Oberosterreich”
  • Spanish: “Oberösterreich”
  • Swahili: “Austria Juu”
  • Swahili: “Austria ya Juu”
  • Swahili: “Oberösterreich”
  • Swedish: “Oberösterreich”
  • Swedish: “Övre Österrike”
  • Swiss German: “Oberöschtriich”
  • Tagalog: “Mataas na Austria”
  • Tajik: “Австрияи Боло”
  • Tajik: “Иёлати Австрияи болоӣ”
  • Tamil: “அப்பர் ஆஸ்திரியா”
  • Tatar: “Югары Австрия”
  • Telugu: “అప్పర్ ఆస్ట్రియా”
  • Thai: “รัฐอัปเปอร์ออสเตรีย”
  • Thai: “รัฐโอแบร์เอิสเตอร์ไรช์”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Oberösterreich”
  • Turkish: “Oberösterreich”
  • Turkish: “Upper Austria”
  • Turkish: “Yukarı Avusturya”
  • Ukrainian: “Верхня Австрія”
  • Urdu: “بالائی آسٹریا”
  • Uzbek: “Yuqori Avstriya”
  • Venetian: “Alta Austria”
  • Vietnamese: “Oberösterreich”
  • Vietnamese: “Thượng Áo”
  • Vlaams: “Ipper-Ôostnryk”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Upper Austria”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Uruigbaw nga Austria”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Uruigbaw nga Austrya”
  • Welsh: “Awstria Uchaf”
  • Western Armenian: “Վերին Աւստրիա”
  • Western Frisian: “Boppe-Eastenryk”
  • Western Frisian: “Opper-Eastenryk”
  • Western Panjabi: “اتلا آسٹریا”
  • Wu Chinese: “上奥地利州”
  • Yiddish: “אויבער עסטרייך”
  • Yiddish: “אויבער-עסטרייך”
  • Yue Chinese: “上奧地利”

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