Lower Austria, Austria Genealogy

Austria Lower Austria

Lower Austria (in German, Niederösterreich) is a federal province or state of the Rupublic of Austria. It is the most northeastern and second most populous state of Austria with its state capital at St Pölten (since 1986; previously, Vienna).

Jurisdictions
Lower Austria is divided four regions, known as Viertel (quarters):


 * Weinviertel (lit. wine quarter) the lowlands below the Manhartsberg ridge;
 * Waldviertel (lit. forest quarter) the Bohemian plateau above the Manhartsberg ridge;
 * Mostviertel (lit. must quarter) which lies above the Vienna Woods; and
 * Industrieviertel (lit. industrial quarter) which lies below the Vienna Woods.