Lower Austrian Alpine Foreland
 
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The Lower Austrian Alpine Foreland is the area of the Alpine Foreland in Lower Austria , between the Alpine foothills in the south and the Danube in the north.
With a width between 10 and 30 kilometers, it runs in a west-east direction between the Enns , the old Upper Austrian state border and the Machland , over the Strudengau , the valley of the Danube from Ardagger to Ybbs, south of Wachau and Dunkelsteinerwald via St. Pölten , up to the Danube breakthrough at Klosterneuburg, the Vienna Gate . The altitude of the area is between 260 m above sea level. A. and 450 m above sea level A. Via the Tullnerfeld , which continues north of the Danube, the area changes into the Waschbergzone , the Austrian part of the Subcarpathian region .
The Alpine foreland belongs to the Mostviertel and affects parts of the political districts of Amstetten , Melk , Sankt Pölten-Land , St. Pölten and Tulln (from west to east).
traffic
The main traffic arteries are the A1 West Autobahn and the Westbahn .
Agriculture
The Alpine foothills have long been used as a cattle breeding area alongside arable farming. As breeding cattle are found primarily the Simmental . The Alpine foreland beef breed can be found in the register of traditional foods . The area itself is also one of Austria's culinary regions .
In addition, there are numerous traditional branches of agriculture, for which, however, not the Alpine foothills, but the Tullnerfeld in the eastern area is named.
Individual evidence
- ↑ A. Pehamberger: overview of the soils of the Lower Austrian Alpine foothills ; in the Working Group of Agricultural Research Centers accessed on March 5, 2013
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↑ Alpine foreland cattle . Entry no. 120 in the register of traditional foods of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Regions and Tourism .
Alpine foreland beef at the Genuss Region Österreich association .