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

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

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

Similio Hallstatt2 — Hallstatt2

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

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

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

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

Similio Gmunden2 — Gmunden2

Similio Hinterstoder — Hinterstoder

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

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

Impressive view in Pressbaum with the church in the foreground — Impressive view in Pressbaum with the church in the foreground.

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

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

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

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

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

Similio Dornbirn — Dornbirn

Similio Altmunster — Altmunster

View in the nature park Sparbach — View in the nature park Sparbach.
© Markus Fröschl

Similio Gmunden — Gmunden

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

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

The community of Strobl am Wolfgangsee with the church in the foreground — The community of Strobl am Wolfgangsee with the church in the foreground.

Landscape in Muggendorf — Landscape in Muggendorf.

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

The High Altar of Lilienfeld Abbey — The High Altar of Lilienfeld Abbey.

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

Losenheim Castle Ruins — Losenheim Castle Ruins.
© Koki Liu

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

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

Similio Berndorf — Berndorf

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

View of the Wolfgangsee in St.Gilgen — View of the Wolfgangsee in St.Gilgen.

Panorama from the Leopoldsberg — Panorama from the Leopoldsberg.
© Markus Fröschl

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

Similio Gosau — Gosau

Similio Gaming — Gaming