Lower Austria is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Major cities are Amstetten, Krems an der Donau, Wiener Neustadt and Sankt Pölten, which has been the capital of Lower Austria since 1986, replacing Vienna, which became a separate state in 1921. With a land area of 19,186 km2 (7,408 sq mi) and a population of 1.7 million people, Lower Austria is the largest and second-most-populous state in Austria.
The Thaya is a river in the Czech Republic and Austria, a right tributary of the Morava River. It flows through the South Moravian Region in the Czech Republic and through Lower Austria in Austria. It is formed by the confluence of the German Thaya and Moravian Thaya rivers. Together with the German Thaya, which is its main source, the Thaya is 311 km (193 mi) long. Without the German Thaya, it is 235.4 km (146.3 mi) long. In the Czech Republic, the Thaya is the seventh longest river in the country with a length of 196.2 km (121.9 mi).
Bezirk Melk is a district of the state of Lower Austria in Austria.
Bezirk Gmünd is a district of the state of Lower Austria in Austria. It is located in northwestern Waldviertel.
Bezirk Horn is a district of the state of Lower Austria in Austria.
Bezirk Rohrbach is a district in the state of Upper Austria in Austria.
Bezirk Deutschlandsberg is a district of the state of Styria in Austria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it consists of the following municipalities:
Bezirk Feldbach is a former district of the state of Styria in Austria. Feldbach merged with the district of Radkersburg to form the new district Südoststeiermark on January 1, 2013.
Bezirk Krems is a district of the state of Lower Austria in Austria. It comprises the areas to the south, west and north of the city of Krems an der Donau, which itself is a statutory city.
Bezirk Mistelbach is a district of the state of Lower Austria in Austria.
Bezirk St. Pölten is a district of the state of Lower Austria in Austria. It completely surrounds the city of St. Pölten, which exists as a separate entity and borders Vienna to the west.
Bezirk Scheibbs is a district of the state of Lower Austria in Austria.
Bezirk Wiener Neustadt is a district of the state of Lower Austria in Austria.
Bezirk Zwettl is a district of the state of Lower Austria in Austria.
The Waldviertel is the northwestern region of the northeast Austrian state of Lower Austria. It is bounded to the south by the Danube, to the southwest by Upper Austria, to the northwest and the north by the Czech Republic and to the east by the Manhartsberg, which is the survey point dividing Waldviertel from Weinviertel. Geologically it is a part of the Bohemian Massif. In the south are the Wachau and Kamptal wine regions.
The German Thaya or Austrian Thaya is a river in Lower Austria. Its drainage basin is 770 km2 (300 sq mi).
The Imperial Royal Privileged Austrian State Railway Company, from 1 January 1883 the Privileged Austro-Hungarian State Railway Company was a private railway company in Austria-Hungary. Its title was abbreviated to State Railway Company (Staats-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft) or StEG.
Burg Raabs an der Thaya is a castle in municipality Raabs an der Thaya, Lower Austria, Austria, built in the second half of the 11th century, it is 456 metres (1,496 ft) above sea level.
Bezirk Südoststeiermark is a district of the state of Styria in Austria. It was formed on January 1, 2013 through a merger of the former Radkersburg District and Feldbach District.
The Battle of Waidhofen took place on 14 October 1431 near the present town of Waidhofen an der Thaya in Austria. The Taborites led by Mikuláš Sokol of Lamberka were returning from a marauding ride when they were defeated by Imperial Austrian forces.
