Upper Styria

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As Upper Styria (obsolete and Upper Styria ) refers to the northern, mountainous and forested part of the Austrian federal state of Styria . The remainder of today's federal state is what was once Central Styria and what is now East and West Styria , while Lower Styria is in what is now Slovenia .

geography

While there are large industrial settlements in the southeastern part between Judenburg and Mürzzuschlag ( Mur-Mürz-Furche ) , the western and northern parts ( Oberes Ennstal , Ausseerland , Paltental , Murau ) are more agricultural and touristy .

Upper Styria consists of the districts:

• Bruck-Mürzzuschlag
• Leoben
• Liezen
• Murau
• Murtal

It is divided into three sub-regions:

• Eastern Upper Styria ( Hochsteiermark , districts: Leoben and Bruck-Mürzzuschlag): Upper Murtal from Kraubath , Mürz Valley , Liesingtal , Erzberg Region, Vordernbergertal , Mariazellerland with Upper Salzatal
• Western Upper Styria (districts: Murau and Murtal): Upper Murtal to Kraubath with side valleys (actually: southwest of Upper Styria)
• Liezen (district): Ennstal and side valleys, Ausseerland , lower Salzatal (north-west of Upper Styria)

See also

• Eisenstrasse (Austria)

Web links

• EU regional management Upper Styria East
• EU regional management Upper Styria West
• EU regional management in Liezen

Commons : Obersteiermark  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikivoyage: Upper Styria  - travel guide

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} The lower Salzatal to Wildalpen belongs to the Liezen district, the orientation and allocation of the lower Gesäuse region ( Hieflau , Landl ) to the regions was unclear during the preparations for the 2015 municipal structural reform .