List of the natural spatial units of Lower Austria
In the Lower Austrian Nature Conservation Concept from 2015, a division into regions and main regions is made. Lower Austria is divided into five main regions and 26 regions. In the 1990s, there was an initial breakdown into 124 purely landscaped sub-areas on which the concept is based. The boundaries of the five main regions are defined politically (mostly according to administrative districts, partly according to municipal boundaries). The originally defined sub-areas are divided into different regions or main regions in the nature conservation concept.
| Subspace | location | region | Main region | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Litschauer Ländchen | Gmuend | Northern Waldviertel | Waldviertel | |
| Upper Thaya Highlands | Northern Waldviertel | Waldviertel | ||
| Lower Thaya Valley | Northern Waldviertel | Waldviertel | ||
| Upper Thayatal | Northern Waldviertel | Waldviertel | ||
| Lower Thaya Highlands | Northern Waldviertel | Waldviertel | ||
| Weitersfelder highlands | Northern Waldviertel, highlands near Hardegg and Eastern Thayatal | Waldviertel, Weinviertel | In terms of the landscape in the Waldviertel , but politically in part in the Hollabrunn district, 17% of the main Weinviertel region is assigned | |
| Gmünder valley | Northern Waldviertel | Waldviertel | ||
| Laa Bay | Northwest Weinviertel | Weinviertel | ||
| Pulkau - Retz hill country | Northwest Weinviertel | Waldviertel, Weinviertel | ||
| Lainsitz - Zwettler highlands | Southwest Waldviertel | Waldviertel | ||
| Freiwald | Southwest Waldviertel | Waldviertel | ||
| Poysdorf hill country | North-eastern Weinviertel | Weinviertel | ||
| The wild | Northern Waldviertel | Waldviertel | ||
| Eggenburg Basin | Eggenburg Basin and the adjacent Weinviertel, north-western Weinviertel | Waldviertel, Weinviertel | The landscape is in the Weinviertel , politically mainly in the Horn district, therefore 79% of the main Waldviertel region | |
| March lowlands | Danube - March - Thayaauen and Marchfeld | Weinviertel | ||
| Allentsteiger highlands | Southeastern Waldviertel | Waldviertel | ||
| Great Gerungs highlands | Southwest Waldviertel | Waldviertel | ||
| Altlichtenwarther hill country | North-eastern Weinviertel | Weinviertel | ||
| Bernhartsthaler level | North-eastern Weinviertel | Weinviertel | ||
| Upper Horner Basin | Southeastern Waldviertel | Waldviertel | ||
| Buchberg | Northwest Weinviertel | Weinviertel | ||
| Wullersdorfer hill country | Eggenburg Basin and the adjacent Weinviertel, north-western Weinviertel | Weinviertel | In terms of landscape in the Weinviertel, politically partly in the Horn district, 5% of the main Waldviertel region | |
| Manhartsberg | South-eastern Waldviertel, South-western Weinviertel | Waldviertel, Weinviertel | Politically divided between Horn and Hollabrunn districts 67:33%, therefore added to the two main regions, Waldviertel and Weinviertel | |
| Lower Horner Basin | Southeastern Waldviertel | Waldviertel | ||
| Hohenwarther plate | Eggenburg Basin and the neighboring Weinviertel, southwest Weinviertel | Weinviertel | Scenically in the Weinviertel, politically partly in the Horn district, therefore 10% of the main Waldviertel region | |
| Mistelbach hill country | North-eastern Weinviertel | Weinviertel | ||
| Schmidatalung | Eggenburg Basin and the neighboring Weinviertel, southwest Weinviertel | Weinviertel, Waldviertel | Scenically in the Weinviertel, politically partly in the Horn district, therefore 10% of the main Waldviertel region | |
| Kamptal | Southeastern Waldviertel | Waldviertel | ||
| Fahndorfer hill country | Southwest Weinviertel | Weinviertel, Lower Austria Central Area | Scenically in the Weinviertel, politically partly in the Tulln district, therefore 4% of the central area of Lower Austria | |
| Ernstbrunn Forest | Northwest Weinviertel | Weinviertel | ||
| Kamp - Krems highlands | Southeastern Waldviertel | Waldviertel | ||
| Arbesbach highlands | Southwest Waldviertel | Waldviertel | ||
| Ottenschlager highlands | Southeastern Waldviertel | Waldviertel | ||
| Zayatalung | North-eastern Weinviertel | Weinviertel | ||
| Ladendorf hill country | Southeastern Weinviertel | Weinviertel | ||
| Gaweinsthal hill country | Southeastern Weinviertel | Weinviertel | ||
| Quieter mountains | North-eastern Weinviertel | Weinviertel | ||
| Zistersdorf hill country | Southeastern Weinviertel | Weinviertel | ||
| Hollenburg hill country | ||||
| Kremser wine country | Kremser Weinland and Unterlauf des Kamps, southwest Weinviertel, Wachau and Dunkelsteinerwald | Waldviertel, Lower Austria Middle | Due to the complicated course of the main regional border through the Krems-Land district , divided between Waldviertel and Lower Austria-Mitte | |
| Kremstal | Southeastern Waldviertel | Waldviertel | ||
| Muskrat migration | Southeastern Weinviertel | Weinviertel | ||
| Waschberg | Southeastern Weinviertel | Weinviertel | ||
| Weinsberg Forest | Southwest Waldviertel, Strudengau, Ostrong and Hiesberg | Waldviertel, Mostviertel | Scenically in the Waldviertel, politically partly in the Melk district, therefore 33% of the main region Mostviertel is included | |
| Wolkersdorf hill country | Southeastern Weinviertel | Weinviertel | ||
| Wagram | Southwest Weinviertel | Weinviertel | ||
| Northern Tulln field | Kremser Weinland and Unterlauf des Kamps, southwest Weinviertel | Lower Austria central area, Waldviertel, Weinviertel | Scenically located in the Weinviertel, part of the Krems-Land district (21%) is added to the main Waldviertel region, part of the Korneuburg district (27%) of the Weinviertel region, the rest politically belongs to the Tulln district and with it to the central Lower Lower Austria region (Lower Austrian central area) | |
| Matzener Forest / Hochleithenwald | South-eastern Weinviertel, Danube - March - Thayaauen and Marchfeld | Weinviertel | ||
| Wachau | Wachau - Dunkelsteiner Forest | Lower Austria central area | ||
| Recent exposure in the Tullner field | Kremser Weinland and Unterlauf des Kamps, southwest Weinviertel | Lower Austria central area, Weinviertel, Waldviertel | Located in the Weinviertel region, politically it belongs mainly to the Tulln district and is part of the Lower Lower Austria central area, 5% belong to the Krems-Land district and thus to the Waldviertel main region, 15% to the Korneuburg district and thus the Weinviertel main region | |
| Matzener hill country | Danube - March - Thayaauen and Marchfeld | Weinviertel | ||
| Korneuburg Basin | Southeastern Weinviertel | Weinviertel | ||
| Dunkelsteiner forest | Wachau and Dunkelsteinerwald, Strudengau, Ostrong and Hiesberg | Lower Austria central area, Weinviertel | Politically it belongs entirely to the Melk district , through which the border between the main regions runs (the community of Dunkelsteinerwald belongs to the Mostviertel main region) | |
| Hollenburg mountains | Eastern foothills of the Alps | Mostviertel | ||
| Traisental | Eastern foothills of the Alps | Lower Austria central area | ||
| Sandy bottom zone | Danube - March - Thayaauen and Marchfeld | Weinviertel | ||
| Southern Tulln field | Tullnerfeld and the southwestern Weinviertel | Lower Austria central area | ||
| Ysper - Weitenbach - valley | Southeastern Waldviertel, Wachau and Dunkelsteinerwald, Strudengau, Ostrong and Hiesberg | Mostviertel, Waldviertel | The landscape is in the Waldviertel, politically mainly in the Melk district, therefore 94% of the main region Mostviertel | |
| Flysch Vienna Woods | Southeastern Vienna Woods | Lower Austria central area, industrial district | In terms of landscape in the industrial quarter , politically mainly in the St. Pölten-Land district, 66% of the shares are assigned to the Lower Lower Austria central area, the 33% in the Mödling district are counted as part of the main industrial area | |
| Perschling - Tulln hill country | Eastern foothills of the Alps | Lower Austria central area | ||
| Wölblinger Basin | Eastern foothills of the Alps | Lower Austria central area | ||
| Ostrong | Strudengau, Ostrong and Hiesberg | Waldviertel | ||
| Wide highlands | Strudengau, Ostrong and Hiesberg, south-eastern Waldviertel, Wachau and Dunkelsteinerwald | Mostviertel, Waldviertel, Lower Lower Austria-Mitte | Scenically located in the Waldviertel, politically divided between the districts of Melk and Zwettl , therefore 59% of the main region Mostviertel (27% belong to the municipality of Emmersdorf an der Donau , which is part of the central Lower Lower Austria region), the rest to the main region of Waldviertel | |
| Marchfeld | Donau-March-Thayaauen and Marchfeld | Weinviertel | ||
| Sandy bottom zone | Donau-March-Thayaauen and Marchfeld | Weinviertel | ||
| Ysper highlands | Strudengau, Ostrong and Hiesberg | Waldviertel | ||
| Pielach - Traisen plate | Eastern foothills of the Alps | Lower Austria central area | ||
| Strudengau - Nibelungengau | Strudengau, Ostrong and Hiesberg, Wachau and Dunkelsteinerwald | Mostviertel, Lower Austria Central Area | The landscape is mostly located in the Waldviertel, but belongs politically to the districts of Melk and Krems-Land, so 85:15% is divided between the main regions of Mostviertel and Central Lower Austria | |
| Donauauen between Enns and Ardagger | Western foothills of the Alps | Mostviertel | ||
| Enns - lowland | Western foothills of the Alps | Mostviertel | ||
| Hill country between Pielach and Erlauf | Western Alpine Foreland, Eastern Alpine Foreland | Lower Austria central area | ||
| Neustadtler Platte | Strudengau, Ostrong and Hiesberg | Mostviertel | ||
| Strict mountains | Western foothills of the Alps | Mostviertel | ||
| Hiesberg | Strudengau, Ostrong and Hiesberg, Wachau and Dunkelsteinerwald | Mostviertel, Lower Austria Central Area | Located entirely within the Melk district, through which the border between the main regions runs (24% Lower Lower Austria, 76% Mostviertel) | |
| Pielach lowland | Eastern Alpine Foreland (Lower Austria Central Area), Western Alpine Foreland | Lower Austria central area, Mostviertel | In terms of landscape to the Mostviertel, politically it belongs mainly to the St. Pölten-Land district and therefore 88% to the Central Lower Austria area, 12% to the Scheibbs district and thus to the Mostviertel main region | |
| Erlauf - lowland | Western foothills of the Alps | Mostviertel | ||
| Hill country between Erlauf and Ybbs | Western foothills of the Alps | Mostviertel | ||
| Flysch-Wienerwald - foreland | Northwestern Vienna Woods | Lower Austria central area | ||
| Hague Schliere Plain | Western foothills of the Alps | Mostviertel | ||
| Donauauen east of Vienna | Donau-March-Thayaauen and Marchfeld, Eastern Vienna Basin | Weinviertel, industrial district | 51% belongs to the Gänserndorf district and thus to the Weinviertel main region and 49% to the Bruck an der Leitha district and thus to the industrial quarter main region. This also corresponds to the division between the eponymous landscapes. | |
| Lower Ybbsfeld | Western foothills of the Alps | Mostviertel | ||
| Hainburg Mountains | Eastern Vienna Basin, Hainburg Mountains and Leithagebirge | Industrial district | ||
| Rauchwarther plate | Eastern Vienna Basin, Eastern Vienna Basin, Hainburg Mountains and Leithagebirge | Industrial district | ||
| Gravel corridors - Leopoldsdorfer Platte | Western Vienna basin and thermal bath line | Industrial district | ||
| Thermal line | Western Vienna basin and thermal bath line | Industrial district | ||
| Upper Ybbsfeld | Western foothills of the Alps | Mostviertel | ||
| Kalk-Wienerwald | Southeastern Vienna Woods | Industrial district | ||
| Prellenkirchen hallway | Eastern Vienna Basin | Industrial district | ||
| Pre-Alps between Traisen and Erlauf | Western flysch zone, middle flysch zone | Lower Austria central area | Scenically located in the Mostviertel | |
| Piesting - Fischa lowland | Eastern Vienna Basin, Hainburg Mountains and Leithagebirge | Industrial district | ||
| Arbesthal hill country | Eastern Vienna Basin, Hainburg Mountains and Leithagebirge | Industrial district | ||
| Pre-Alps between Erlauf and Ybbs | Western flysch zone | Mostviertel | ||
| Leitha - lowland | Eastern Vienna Basin, Hainburg Mountains and Leithagebirge | Industrial district | ||
| Gravel fields between Fischa and Leitha | Eastern Vienna Basin, Hainburg Mountains and Leithagebirge | Industrial district | ||
| Pre-Alps between Ybbs and Enns | Western flysch zone | Mostviertel | ||
| Gölsen - Triesting furrow | Middle Limestone Alps, Eastern Limestone Alps | Lower Austria central area, industrial district | Located in the landscape of the Mostviertel. Politically, 84% of it belongs to the Lilienfeld district and is therefore assigned to the Lower Lower Austria central area, the rest to the Baden district and thus the main industrial area | |
| Türnitzer - Wrong Traisen Furche | Middle Limestone Alps | Mostviertel | ||
| Limestone foothills between Traisen and Erlauf | Western Limestone Alps, Middle Limestone Alps | Mostviertel, Lower Austria Central Area | Scenically situated in the Mostviertel, politically 62% in the Lilienfeld district and thus in the central Lower Lower Austria region, 38% in the Scheibbs district and thus in the Mostviertel main region | |
| Lilienfelder Bergland | Middle Limestone Alps | Mostviertel | ||
| Ybbstal | Western Limestone Alps | Mostviertel | ||
| Gutenstein Mountains | Eastern Limestone Alps, Middle Limestone Alps | Industrial district, central Lower Austria area | 66% belong to the district of Wiener Neustadt-Land and thus to the main region of the industrial quarter, the third in the district of Lilienfeld is assigned to the main region of Lower Central Lower Austria (Central Lower Austria) | |
| Schwechat - Triesting alluvial fan | Western Vienna basin and thermal bath line | Industrial district | ||
| Leithagebirge | Eastern Vienna Basin, Hainburg Mountains and Leithagebirge | Industrial district | ||
| Pernitzer Bergland | Eastern Limestone Alps | Industrial district | ||
| Limestone foothills between Erlauf and Ybbs | Western Limestone Alps | Mostviertel | ||
| Limestone foothills between Ybbs and Enns | Western Limestone Alps | Mostviertel | ||
| Piesting hill country | Eastern Limestone Alps | Industrial district | ||
| Türnitz Mountains | Middle Limestone Alps | Mostviertel | ||
| Piesting - Schwarza alluvial fan | Western Vienna basin and thermal bath line | Industrial district | ||
| Puchberg basin | Eastern Limestone Alps | Industrial district | ||
| Schwarzatal | Eastern Limestone Alps | Industrial district | ||
| Ötscher - Dürrenstein - Hochkar | Western Limestone Alps, Middle Limestone Alps | Mostviertel, Lower Austria Central Area | Scenically located in the Mostviertel, 19% politically in the Lilienfeld district and thus the main region of Lower Lower Austria | |
| High wall | Eastern Limestone Alps | Industrial district | ||
| Zillingdorfer Platte | Eastern Vienna Basin, Hainburg Mountains and Leithagebirge | Industrial district | ||
| Gippel - Göller - Sonnleiten | Middle Limestone Alps, Eastern Limestone Alps | Lower Austria central area, industrial district | 65% belongs to the Lilienfeld district and with this is assigned to the Lower Lower Austria central area (in terms of landscape the Mostviertel), 35% to the Neunkirchen district and thus to the industrial district | |
| Schneeberg area | Eastern Limestone Alps | Industrial district | ||
| Leitha - lowland | Eastern Vienna Basin, Hainburg Mountains and Leithagebirge | Industrial district | ||
| Vorberg zone | ||||
| Rosaliengebirge | Lower Austrian Central Alps | Industrial district | ||
| Southern stone field | Western Vienna basin and thermal bath line | Industrial district | ||
| Rax area | Eastern Limestone Alps | Industrial district | ||
| River valley of the Pitten | Lower Austrian Central Alps | Industrial district | ||
| Hunchback World - West | Lower Austrian Central Alps | Industrial district | ||
| Hunchback World - East | Lower Austrian Central Alps | Industrial district | ||
| Semmering area | Lower Austrian Central Alps | Industrial district | ||
| Change area | Lower Austrian Central Alps | Industrial district |
Web links
- Nature Conservation Concept Lower Austria Office of the Lower Austrian Provincial Government, Nature Conservation Department, St. Pölten 2015