Lower Austria
Map of Lower Austria
050 km (31 mi)100 km (62 mi)150 km (93 mi)200 km (124 mi)
Height
132 m (433 ft), 200 m (656 ft), 300 m (984 ft), 500 m (1640 ft), 750 m (2460 ft), 1000 m (3280 ft), 1500 m (4920 ft), 2000 m (6560 ft), Max altitude 2069 m (6790 ft)Winter snow (approximate)
Height from west to east in Lower Austria
Height from south to north in Lower Austria
1Danube144 to 522 m2Moson-Danube159 to 1 036 m3Thaya384 to 605 m
Natural Earth · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Heights: NASADEM, NASA · Lakes: HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016, CC BY 4.0) · This product incorporates data from the GDW database © Global Dam Watch (2024) · Names: GeoNames (CC BY)
Basic Information
Capital City: St. Pölten
Population: 1,727,514 (Wikidata, 2025)
Area: 19,180 km² / 7,405 sq mi
People from Lower Austria are called: Lower Austrian
Subdivisions: 24
Geography
Highest Elevation Point: Schneeberg (2 069 m)
Lowest point: Lüßarm (132 m)
Borders
- Trnava Region — East
- Bratislava Region — East
- South Bohemian Region — Northwest
- South Moravian Region — Northeast
- Styria — South
- Upper Austria — West
- Burgenland — Southeast
Technical Information
Time Zone: UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00