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 Hernstein — Hernstein

Klaus Castle — Klaus Castle.
© Philipp Nöbauer

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

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

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

Stimulating landscape in Vorderstoder — Stimulating landscape in Vorderstoder.

The centre of Strobl — The centre of Strobl.

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

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

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

Wonderful view of Dornbirn — Wonderful view of Dornbirn.
© Jitka Šmelhausová

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

The church of Lunz am See — The church of Lunz am See.

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

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

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

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

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

Traditional cabin — Traditional cabin.
© Christian Kremser

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

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

Similio Berndorf2 — Berndorf2

Similio Andelsbuch — Andelsbuch

Similio Grunau-im-Almtal — Grunau-im-Almtal

Losenheim Castle Ruins — Losenheim Castle Ruins.
© Koki Liu

Forests in autumn around the Rax — Forests in autumn around the Rax.
© Jitka Šmelhausová

Similio Gmunden2 — Gmunden2

Similio Heiligenkreuz — Heiligenkreuz

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

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

Alpine landscape in the skiing area Hinterstoder — Alpine landscape in the skiing area Hinterstoder.
© Jitka Šmelhausová

Similio Annaberg — Annaberg

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

Wonderful view in Micheldorf — Wonderful view in Micheldorf.
© Bernd Föttinger

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

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

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

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