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

Similio Breitenstein — Breitenstein

Similio Gaming — Gaming

Cows grazing in the alpine landscape — Cows grazing in the alpine landscape.
© Jitka Šmelhausová

Similio Bad-Ischl3 — Bad-Ischl3

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

Stubwieswipfel in winter — Stubwieswipfel in winter.
© Bernd Föttinger

Winter landscape around the Wurzeralm — Winter landscape around the Wurzeralm.
© Bernd Föttinger

Losenheim Castle Ruins — Losenheim Castle Ruins.
© Koki Liu

Impressive perspective of Waidhofen an der Ybbs — Impressive perspective of Waidhofen an der Ybbs.

Similio Gmunden2 — Gmunden2

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

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

Perspective of Reichenau an der Rax — Perspective of Reichenau an der Rax.

The Roman Catholic parish church of Sankt Gilgen — The Roman Catholic parish church of Sankt Gilgen.

The mountain church — The mountain church.
© Philipp Nöbauer

Landschaft in the dead mountains — Landschaft in the dead mountains.
© Marco Gruber

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

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

View from the Damberg lookout — View from the Damberg lookout.
© Philipp Nöbauer

Similio FuschlamSee — FuschlamSee

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

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

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

Similio Berndorf2 — Berndorf2

Inner courtyard of the monastery in Spital am Pyhrn — Inner courtyard of the monastery in Spital am Pyhrn.

Schwarzenberg in Vorarlberg not far from Dornbirn in the district of Bregenz — Schwarzenberg in Vorarlberg not far from Dornbirn in the district of Bregenz.

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

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

Traunkirchen at the Traunsee — Traunkirchen at the Traunsee.

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

Stimulating landscape in Vorderstoder — Stimulating landscape in Vorderstoder.

The hilly country around Schneeberg near Puchberg — The hilly country around Schneeberg near Puchberg.

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

Similio Gosau — Gosau

Brilliant view of the small Phyrgas — Brilliant view of the small Phyrgas.
© Bernd Föttinger

Similio Abtenau2 — Abtenau2

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

View of lake Wolfgang — View of lake Wolfgang.
© Koki Liu