Upper Austria
| Demographics |
|---|
| Date | Population |
|---|
| ca. 1527 | 335.000 |
| ca. 1600 | 380.000 |
| ca. 1700 | 450.000 |
| 1754 | 526.000 |
| 1780 | 601.000 |
| 1790 | 623.000 |
| 1800 | 626.000 |
| 1810 | 630.000 |
| 1821 | 651.911 |
| 1830 | 682.140 |
| 1840 | 699.324 |
| 1850 | 706.316 |
| 1857 | 707.450 |
| 1869 | 736.856 |
| 1880 | 760.091 |
| 1890 | 786.496 |
| 1900 | 810.854 |
| 1910 | 853.595 |
| 1923 | 876.698 |
| 1934 | 902.965 |
| 1939 | 927.583 |
| 1951 | 1.108.720 |
| 1961 | 1.131.623 |
| 1971 | 1.229.972 |
| 1981 | 1.269.540 |
| 1991 | 1.320.567 |
| 2001 | 1.376.700 |
| 2004 | 1.392.965 |
Upper Austria (
de:
Oberösterreich) is one of the nine
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 km
2 and 1.3 million inhabitants, Upper Austria is the fourth largest Austrian state by land area and third largest by population.
The first reference to
Oberösterreich appeared in
1264, discussing a region above the
Enns River partitioned by
King Ottokar II of
Bohemia. Formally, it was called "Österreich ob der Enns" (Austria above the river Enns).
In
1490, the area was given a measure of independance in the form of status as a
principality, but this was taken away in
1564 at the hands of the
Hapsburgs. In
1918, the name Oberösterreich was first formally used. When Austria was annexed by
Adolf Hitler, Upper Austria became the
Reichsgau of
Oberdonau. After
1945, it reverted to its earlier name.
Like the rest of Austria, Upper Austria is predominantly
Roman Catholic. Approximately 7.2% of the population is of foreign origin, 53% of which is from former
Yugoslavia. Other minority groups include those of
Greek and
Turkish origin. As of the last census, which took place in 2001, the population of Upper Austria is 1,376,797. To the right are historical population figures of the state.
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OberösterreichLänd Bezirke |
Upper Austria is traditionally divided into four regions:
Hausruckviertel,
Innviertel,
Mühlviertel, and
Traunviertel.
Administratively, the state is divided into 15 districts (
Bezirke), and three
Statutarstädte.
Statutarstädte
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Linz#
Steyr#
WelsDistricts
- Braunau am Inn
- Eferding
- Freistadt
- Gmunden
- Grieskirchen
- Kirchdorf an der Krems
- Linz-Land
- Perg
- Ried im Innkreis
- Rohrbach
- Schärding
- Steyr-Land
- Urfahr-Umgebung
- Vöcklabruck
- Wels-Land
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Upper Austria official website
