Upper Austria

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State of Austria in Austria

Upper Austria Oberösterreich
State of Austria
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Austria
Capital	Linz
Government
• Governor	Thomas Stelzer (ÖVP)
• Deputy Governors	Michael Strugl (ÖVP) Manfred Haimbuchner (FPÖ)
Area
• Total	11,981.92 km2 (4,626.25 sq mi)
Population (14 June 2016)
• Total	1,453,948
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	AT-4
NUTS Region	AT3
Votes in Bundesrat	12 (of 62)
Website	www.land-oberoesterreich.gv.at

Upper Austria (German: Oberösterreich [ˈoːbɐˌʔøːstɐʁaɪç] ( listen); Austro-Bavarian: Obaöstarreich; Czech: Horní Rakousy) is one of the nine states or Bundesländer of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders on Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as on the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, and Salzburg. With an area of 11,982 km² (4,626 sq mi) and 1.437 million inhabitants, Upper Austria is the fourth-largest Austrian state by land area and the third-largest by population.

Contents

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  1 History
  
  
  
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    1.1 Origins
    
  
  
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    1.2 Modern era
    
  
  
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    1.3 20th century
    
  
  
  
  


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  2 Administrative divisions
  
  
  
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    2.1 Statutory Cities
    
  
  
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    2.2 Districts
    
  
  
  
  


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  3 See also
  


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  4 Notes
  


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  5 External links
  

History

Origins

For a long period of the Middle Ages, much of what would become Upper Austria constituted Traungau, a region of the Duchy of Bavaria, while the area around Steyr was part of the Duchy of Styria (from which its name derives). In the mid 13th century it became known as the Principality above the Enns River (Fürstentum ob der Enns), this name being first recorded in 1264. (At the time, the term "Upper Austria" also included Tyrol and various scattered Habsburg possessions in South Germany.)

Modern era

In 1490, the area was given a measure of independence within the Holy Roman Empire, with the status of a principality. By 1550, there was a Protestant majority. In 1564, Upper Austria, together with Lower Austria and the Bohemian territories, fell under Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II.

At the start of the 17th century, the counter-reformation was instituted under Emperor Rudolf II and his successor Matthias. After a military campaign, the area was under the control of Bavaria for some years in the early 17th century.

The Innviertel was ceded from the Electorate of Bavaria to Upper Austria in the Treaty of Teschen in 1779. During the Napoleonic Wars, Upper Austria was occupied by the French army on more than one occasion.

20th century

Hallstatt, a village in Upper Austria

In 1918, after the collapse of Austria-Hungary, the name Oberösterreich was used to describe the province of the new Austria. After Austria was annexed by Adolf Hitler, the Nazi dictator who had been born in the Upper Austrian town of Braunau am Inn and raised in Upper Austria, Upper Austria became Reichsgau Oberdonau, although this also included the southern part of the Sudetenland, annexed from Czechoslovakia, and a small part of Styria. In 1945, Upper Austria was partitioned between the American zone to the south and the Soviet zone to the north.

Today, Upper Austria is Austria's leading industrial region. As of 2009, it accounted for approximately a quarter of the country's exports.^[1]

Administrative divisions

Upper Austria is traditionally divided into four regions: Hausruckviertel, Innviertel, Mühlviertel, and Traunviertel.

Administratively, the state is divided into 15 districts (Bezirke), three Statutarstädte and 442 municipalities.

Statutory Cities

1. Linz


2. Steyr


3. Wels

Districts

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4. Braunau am Inn


5. Eferding


6. Freistadt


7. Gmunden


8. Grieskirchen


9. Kirchdorf an der Krems


10. Linz-Land


11. Perg


12. Ried im Innkreis


13. Rohrbach


14. Schärding


15. Steyr-Land


16. Urfahr-Umgebung


17. Vöcklabruck


18. Wels-Land

See also

• Austro-Bavarian language


• Linz


• Gosauseen

Notes

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External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Upper Austria.

Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Austria, Upper.

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Upper Austria.

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  (in German) Upper Austria official website
  

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