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The Weinviertel ("wine quarter") or Viertel unter dem Manhartsberg ("area below the Manhartsberg

Manhartsberg

Manhartsberg is a low, flat-lying mountain ridge in Lower Austria. It rises to a maximum height of 537 m. It is the southeastern flank of the granite Bohemian massif....

") is located in the northeast of Lower Austria

Lower Austria

Lower Austria is the northeasternmost state of the nine states in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria since 1986 is Sankt Pölten, the most recently designated capital town in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria had formerly been Vienna, even though Vienna is not officially part of Lower Austria...

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In the east, the Weinviertel borders Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

 at the March River. In the south, it borders Mostviertel

Mostviertel

Mostviertel is the southwestern quarter of the four quarters of Lower Austria . It is bordered on the north by the Danube and to the south and west by the state borders of Styria and Upper Austria respectively...

 and Industrieviertel

Industrieviertel

Industrieviertel , or Viertel unter dem Wienerwald, is the southeastern quarter of the four quarters of Lower Austria . It is bordered on the north by Vienna and to the west and south by the borders of Mostviertel and Styria respectively...

, its limits being the Wagram, the Danube

Danube

The Danube is a river in the Central Europe and the Europe's second longest river after the Volga. It is classified as an international waterway....

 and the Marchfeld. Its western neighbor is Waldviertel

Waldviertel

The Waldviertel is the northwestern region of the Austrian state Lower Austria. It is bounded to the south by the Danube, to the southwest by Upper Austria, to the northwest and the north by the Czech Republic and to the east by the Manhartsberg , which is the survey point dividing Waldviertel...

, the traditional border being the Manhartsberg

Manhartsberg

Manhartsberg is a low, flat-lying mountain ridge in Lower Austria. It rises to a maximum height of 537 m. It is the southeastern flank of the granite Bohemian massif....

. In the north, the Weinviertel is adjacent to the Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

, more specifically Moravia

Moravia

Moravia is a historical region in Central Europe in the east of the Czech Republic, and one of the former Czech lands, together with Bohemia and Silesia. It takes its name from the Morava River which rises in the northwest of the region...

. The river Thaya

Thaya

The Thaya is a river in Central Europe, tributary to the Morava River. It is about 235 km long and meanders from west to east in the border area between Lower Austria and South Moravia , but does not exactly follow the border in most parts...

 runs back and forth across the border.

Viticulture

The name Weinviertel is derived from Viticulture

Viticulture

Viticulture is the science, production and study of grapes which deals with the series of events that occur in the vineyard. When the grapes are used for winemaking, it is also known as viniculture...

. It is Austria's largest wine growing area. The most important grape varieties are:

• Grüner Veltliner
  Grüner Veltliner
  Grüner Veltliner is a variety of white wine grape variety grown primarily in Austria, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic. It has a reputation of being a particularly food-friendly wine...
  
  
• Pinot Blanc
  Pinot Blanc
  Pinot blanc is a white wine grape. It is a point genetic mutation of Pinot noir. Pinot noir is genetically unstable and will occasionally experience a point mutation in which a vine bears all black fruit except for one cane which produced white fruit....
  
  
• Welschriesling
  Welschriesling
  Welschriesling is an ancient variety of white wine grape, unrelated to the Rhine Riesling, that is grown throughout Central Europe. The origin of Welschriesling is uncertain. The German name "Welschriesling" literally means 'Romanic Riesling', and most of the synonyms in Central Europe are...
  
  
• Zweigelt
  Zweigelt
  Zweigelt is a red wine grape variety developed in 1922, at the Federal Institute for Viticulture and Pomology at Klosterneuburg, Austria, by Fritz Zweigelt. It was a crossing of St. Laurent and Blaufränkisch. It is now the most widely-grown red grape variety in Austria, as well as having some...
  
  
• Blauer Portugieser
  Blauer Portugieser
  Blauer Portugieser is a red Austrian and German wine grape found primarily in the Rheinhessen, Pfalz and wine regions of Lower Austria. It is also one of the permitted grapes in the Hungarian wine Egri Bikavér . In Germany, the cultivated area covered or 4.5% of the total vineyard area in 2007...
  
  

Geography

Other important rivers are Göllersbach, Hamelbach, Pulkau

Pulkau

Pulkau is a city in the district of Hollabrunn in Lower Austria, Austria.- External links :* * * * * *...

, Rußbach

Rußbach

Rußbach is a town in the district of Korneuburg in the Austrian state of Lower Austria....

, Schmida, Waidenbach, Weidenbach and Zaya

Zaya

Zaya is a village in the municipality of Dryanovo, in Gabrovo Province, in northern central Bulgaria.-References:...

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Beside viticulture and agriculture, other industries contribute to the Weinviertel's economy. Most notably, there are some oil field

Oil field

An oil field is a region with an abundance of oil wells extracting petroleum from below ground. Because the oil reservoirs typically extend over a large area, possibly several hundred kilometres across, full exploitation entails multiple wells scattered across the area...

s in its eastern part, which are exploited by OMV

OMV

OMV is Austria's largest oil-producing, refining and gas station operating company with important activities in other Central European countries...

 and located in the "oil communities of Neusiedl an der Zaya

Neusiedl an der Zaya

Neusiedl an der Zaya is a town in the district of Gänserndorf in the Austrian state of Lower Austria....

, Zistersdorf

Zistersdorf

Zistersdorf is a town in the district of Gänserndorf in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.-References:...

, Matzen

Matzen-Raggendorf

Matzen-Raggendorf is a town in the district of Gänserndorf in the Austrian state of Lower Austria....

, Auersthal

Auersthal

Auersthal is a town in the district of Gänserndorf in Lower Austria in Austria....

 und Prottes

Prottes

Prottes is a town in the district of Gänserndorf in the Austrian state of Lower Austria....

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Important rail connections are Franz Josef Railway

Franz Josef Railway

The Emperor Franz Joseph Railway is an Austrian railway line originally named after Emperor Franz Joseph....

, the North railway and the East railway

East railway (Austria)

The Eastern Railway is a two-track, electrified railway line that runs from Vienna towards Hungary. The name Eastern Railway refers to several branches of the line as well. At present the western terminus of the railway line in Vienna, Wien Südbahnhof, is being replaced by the new Hauptbahnhof...

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Districts

The following administrative districts of Lower Austria are considered to be parts of the Weinviertel

• Gänserndorf (district)
  Gänserndorf (district)
  Bezirk Gänserndorf is a district of the state of Lower Austria in Austria.-Municipalities:Towns are indicated in boldface; market towns in italics; suburbs, hamlets and other subdivisions of a municipality are indicated in small characters.*Aderklaa*Andlersdorf*Angern an der March**Angern an der...
  
  
• Hollabrunn (district)
  Hollabrunn (district)
  Bezirk Hollabrunn is a district of the state ofLower Austria in Austria.-Municipalities:Towns are indicated in boldface; market towns in italics; suburbs, hamlets and other subdivisions of a municipality are indicated in small characters.* Alberndorf im Pulkautal* Göllersdorf** Bergau,...
  
  
• Korneuburg (district)
  Korneuburg (district)
  The political district Bezirk Korneuburg is located in Lower Austria and borders Vienna to the north.- Communities :*Bisamberg**Bisamberg*Enzersfeld**Enzersfeld, Königsbrunn*Ernstbrunn...
  
  
• Mistelbach (district)
  Mistelbach (district)
  Bezirk Mistelbach is a district of the state of Lower Austria in Austria.-Municipalities:Suburbs, hamlets and other subdivisions of a municipality are indicated in small characters.*Altlichtenwarth*Asparn an der Zaya...
  
  
• The court district of Kirchberg am Wagram
  Kirchberg am Wagram
  Kirchberg am Wagram is a municipality in the district of Tulln in Lower Austria, Austria....
  
  , which is part of the administrative district of Tulln
  Tulln (district)
  Bezirk Tulln is a district of the state of Lower Austria in Austria.-Municipalities:Suburbs, hamlets and other subdivisions of a municipality are indicated in small characters.* Absdorf** Absberg* Atzenbrugg...
  
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