Pre-Alps

Pre-Alps

Topography

Pre-Alps

Basic information

Population

534.808
Area

9.247,99 km²
Population Density

57,82 people/km²
(Austria)

105,17 people/km²
Area proportion

11%
Pop. proportion

6%
Landscapes

9
Municipalities

185

Surface use

Wood

64.93%
Alps

2.41%
Rocks

2.35%
Fields, pastures

19.02%
Permanent crops

0.01%
Gardens

1.60%
Rivers, brooks

0.68%
Lakes, ponds

1.29%

Pre-Alps: Description

The foothills of the Alps are a topography of Austria, separated by the High Alps and bordering them in the west and east. The topography is, according to its name, an area in front of the High Alps. It is characterised by a lower peak height and comprises the north of Vorarlberg as well as areas in Salzburg, Upper and Lower Austria. The easternmost landscape of this topography is the eastern Vienna Woods, whereby the topography extends to the borders of Vienna.

Pre-Alps: Landscapes

Similio Bad-Ischl Voralpen — Bad-Ischl Voralpen

Similio Dornbirn Voralpen — Dornbirn Voralpen

Stubwieswipfel in winter — Stubwieswipfel in winter.
© Bernd Föttinger

Losenheim Castle Ruins — Losenheim Castle Ruins.
© Koki Liu

Similio Hernstein — Hernstein

The Ybbs in Waidhofen an der Ybbs — The Ybbs in Waidhofen an der Ybbs.

View of the Schiederweiher — View of the Schiederweiher.
© Philipp Nöbauer

Lilienfeld Abbey in Lower Austria — Lilienfeld Abbey in Lower Austria.

Colour play at the Langbath lakes — Colour play at the Langbath lakes.
© Daniel Langer

Similio Bad-Ischl3 — Bad-Ischl3

View in the Hohe Wand Nature Park — View in the Hohe Wand Nature Park.
© Markus Fröschl

View of the Schiederweiher — View of the Schiederweiher.
© Philipp Nöbauer

Summery view in the skiing area Hinterstoder — Summery view in the skiing area Hinterstoder.
© Jitka Šmelhausová

Similio Heiligenkreuz2 — Heiligenkreuz2

View at Lake Lunz in Lunz am See — View at Lake Lunz in Lunz am See.

Lake Hallstatt at night from the Dachstein — Lake Hallstatt at night from the Dachstein.
© Christian Kremser

View of a forest in autumn — View of a forest in autumn.
© Jitka Šmelhausová

Wonderful view of the Hallstatt lake — Wonderful view of the Hallstatt lake.
© Angelika Komposch

Similio Berndorf2 — Berndorf2

Similio Gmunden2 — Gmunden2

Water reflection at the Vorderen Langbathsee — Water reflection at the Vorderen Langbathsee.
© Marco Gruber

Lake Wienerwald at sunset — Lake Wienerwald at sunset.
© Markus Fröschl

Beautiful facade in Schwarzenberg in the district of Bregenz — Beautiful facade in Schwarzenberg in the district of Bregenz.

St. Wolfgang in the Salzkammergut with the pilgrimage church in the foreground — St. Wolfgang in the Salzkammergut with the pilgrimage church in the foreground.

Landscape in Scheffau am Tennengebirge — Landscape in Scheffau am Tennengebirge.

Similio FuschlamSee2 — FuschlamSee2

Similio Attersee — Attersee

Panorama of Klosterneuburg — Panorama of Klosterneuburg.

Autumnal mountain landscape around the Schneeberg — Autumnal mountain landscape around the Schneeberg.
© Jitka Šmelhausová

Similio Bad-Goisern-am-Hallstattersee — Bad-Goisern-am-Hallstattersee

Autumn by the beautiful mountain lake Gosausee — Autumn by the beautiful mountain lake Gosausee.
© Roman Huber

Alm lake in Grünau im Almtal — Alm lake in Grünau im Almtal.
© Philipp Nöbauer

Mountain panorama in Grünau im Almtal — Mountain panorama in Grünau im Almtal.
© Daniel Langer

Similio Hohe-Wand — Hohe-Wand

Similio Hallstatt — Hallstatt

Similio Hinterstoder — Hinterstoder

Klaus Castle — Klaus Castle.
© Philipp Nöbauer

Klosterneuburg Abbey in glorious weather — Klosterneuburg Abbey in glorious weather.

View of the Traunstein — View of the Traunstein.
© Philipp Nöbauer

Brook near Würflach — Brook near Würflach.