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

Klaus Castle — Klaus Castle.
© Philipp Nöbauer

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

View of Vorderstoder with the church in the centre — View of Vorderstoder with the church in the centre.

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

Dreamlike view from Nußdorf am Attersee — Dreamlike view from Nußdorf am Attersee.

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

Losenheim Castle Ruins — Losenheim Castle Ruins.
© Koki Liu

Castle Altpernstein in Micheldorf — Castle Altpernstein in Micheldorf.
© Bernd Föttinger

Similio Hinterstoder — Hinterstoder

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

Mountain panorama around the Schneeberg — Mountain panorama around the Schneeberg.
© Jitka Šmelhausová

Nativity stone chapel on the Dachstein — Nativity stone chapel on the Dachstein.
© Christian Kremser

Traditional cabin — Traditional cabin.
© Christian Kremser

View over Windischgarsten — View over Windischgarsten.

Mountain panorama at the Almsee — Mountain panorama at the Almsee.
© Marco Gruber

Winterly country road in Klaus — Winterly country road in Klaus.
© Philipp Nöbauer

Similio FuschlamSee — FuschlamSee

Reservoir above the Gosauschmied — Reservoir above the Gosauschmied.
© Marco Gruber

Similio Altmunster — Altmunster

Similio Gosau — Gosau

Little boat on the Almsee — Little boat on the Almsee.
© Marco Gruber

Similio Bad-Ischl3 — Bad-Ischl3

View over lake Wolfgangsee — View over lake Wolfgangsee.
© Daniel Langer

Similio Heiligenkreuz2 — Heiligenkreuz2

Panorama from the Donnerkogel — Panorama from the Donnerkogel.
© Christian Kremser

Similio Attersee2 — Attersee2

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

Dreamlike view in Unterach am Attersee — Dreamlike view in Unterach am Attersee.

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

Similio Hallstatt2 — Hallstatt2

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

Winter panorama at sunset — Winter panorama at sunset.
© Bernd Föttinger

Dam of the power plant — Dam of the power plant.
© Philipp Nöbauer

Old railway track in Reichenau an der Rax — Old railway track in Reichenau an der Rax.

Fantastic summery panorama on the Feuerkogel — Fantastic summery panorama on the Feuerkogel.
© Jitka Šmelhausová

The pilgrimage church in St. Wolfgang with a view of Lake Wolfgang — The pilgrimage church in St. Wolfgang with a view of Lake Wolfgang.

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

Similio FuschlamSee2 — FuschlamSee2