Thursday, November 15, 2012

Upper Austria - Oberösterreich

Upper Austria or "Oberösterreich" is the fourth largest Austrian State by land area (4,626.25 sq mi) and the third largest by population (1.412 million inhabitants). It's capital is Linz, the third largest city in Austria with app. 271,000 citizens. 




Wels 
Wels is the second largest city in Upper Austria located up north near the Traun River. It has about 60,000 inhabitants.



Steyr
Steyr is the third largest city in Upper Austria with about 38,300 citizens. Its located in the West to the boarder of Lower Austria. 

Mauthausen
For those who are interested in history, especially the Second World War should not miss this place. It's a pretty sad place but it shows you pretty good what happend in those days. It is located about 12 miles east of Linz and in 1940 it became one of the largest German concentration camp back in the days. The exact number of people who dies is not known but the guesses are between 122,766 and 320,000.



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