Lower Austria (Groß-Deutschland)

Lower Austria (Niederösterreich) is one of the thirty-seven states or Reichsländer in Germany. The capital of Lower Austria (since 1986) is Sankt Pölten &mdash; the most recent capital town in Austria. Prior to 1986, the capital of Lower Austria was Vienna. With a land area of 24,718 km² and a population of 1.9 million people, it is the 12th-largest state in Germany, and in terms of population thirteenth.