Did you know Austria is a federation? It's composed of 9 states, each with its own governing and legislative body. This series aims to teach you a bit about each and every one of them. And today we'll take a look at Upper Austria.
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1. Upper Austria is one of the nine states or Länder of Austria.
2. In the Middle Ages, a large part of Upper Austria belonged to the Duchy of Styria for a long time. In the mid 13th century it became known as the Principality above the Enns River (Fürstentum ob der Enns), this name being first recorded in 1264.
3. Linz is the capital of Upper Austria and third-largest city in Austria. The Danube is the main tourism and transport connection that runs through the city.
4. Well-known castles in Upper Austria are Clam Castle, which Otto von Machland had built in 1149, Altpernstein and Wildberg Castle and the Schaunburg, Scharnstein and Waxenberg ruins.
5. Important industrial monuments are the Art Nouveau power plant Steyrdurchbruch designed by Mauriz Balzarek
6. Braunau am Inn is a town in Upper Austria on the border with Germany, known for being the birthplace of Adolf Hitler.
7. Mauthausen was a Nazi concentration camp on a hill above the market town of Mauthausen, Upper Austria. It was the main camp of a group with nearly 100 further subcamps located throughout Austria and southern Germany.
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