Upper Austria

Also known as Oberösterreich

federal state in the North of Austria

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Upper Austria is a federal state located in the northern part of Austria. It matters as one of Austria's key regional divisions and an important economic center in the country.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: federal state of Austria
Country: Austria
Located in: Austria
Contains: Wels
Continent: Europe
Capital: Linz
Population: 1535519
Area: 11982.64
Elevation: 343
Head of government: Thomas Stelzer
Legislature: Landtag of Upper Austria
Shares border with: South Bohemian Region
Official website: www.land-oberoesterreich.gv.at
Image: B130 mit Schlögener Schlinge 2010.jpg
Coat of arms: State coats of arms of Upper Austria

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category for people born here: Category:Births in Upper Austria
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Upper Austria
category of associated people: Category:People from Upper Austria
Commons gallery: Oberösterreich
Commons category: Upper Austria
topic's main category: Category:Upper Austria
member of: Climate Alliance
topic has template: Template:Upper Austria
P11012: Golomb coding
located in/on physical feature: Bohemian Massif
P12749: Ferdinand Lessing
short name: OÖ

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Encyclopedic overview

Upper Austria (German: Oberösterreich [ˈoːbɐˌ(ʔ)øːstɐraɪç] ; Bavarian: Obaöstareich; Czech: Horní Rakousy [ˈɦorɲiː ˈrakousɪ]) is one of the nine states of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, and Salzburg. With an area of 11,982 km (4,626 sq mi) and 1.49 million inhabitants, Upper Austria is the fourth-largest Austrian state by land area and the third-largest by population.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Upper Austria” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.