Mühlviertel

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Map of the Mühlviertel district in Upper Austria
Map of the Mühlviertel district in Upper Austria

The Mühlviertel (literally German for the Mühl quarter or district) is an Austrian region belonging to the state of Upper Austria: it is one of four "quarters" of Upper Austria the others being Hausruckviertel, Traunviertel, and Innviertel. It is so-called because of its rivers the Große Mühl and the Kleine Mühl.

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The Mühlviertel consists of the four upper-Austrian districts that lie north of river Danube: Rohrbach, Urfahr-Umgebung, Freistadt and Perg. Also those parts of state capitol Linz that lie north of the Danube belong to the Mühlviertel.

Major cities include Rohrbach, Bad Leonfelden, Freistadt and Perg.

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