Upper Austria

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Upper Austria (Oberösterreich) is one of the nine federal states or Bundesländer of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders on Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as on the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, and Salzburg. With an area of 11,980 km² and 1.3 million inhabitants, Upper Austria is the third largest Austrian state; Vienna and Lower Austria have more inhabitants, while Styria and Lower Austria are larger in area.

Upper Austria is traditionally divided into four sectors: the Hausruckviertel, the Innviertel, the Mühlviertel and the Traunviertel.

Towns in Upper Austria include Ansfelden, Braunau, Bad Ischl (where Franz Josef and Elisabeth of Austria met), and Ebensee. Enns, Fucking (popular among tourists) Gmunden, Grießkirchen, Lenzing, Schärding, Steyr, and Wels,