Waldhausen im Strudengau: Oberösterreich, Österreich

Shaped around the Augustinian canons’ abbey founded in 1147, Waldhausen im Strudengau developed into a market town on the southern edge of Upper Austria’s Mühlviertel. It stands above the Danube’s Strudengau reach, a historically feared stretch of river once marked by rapids and whirlpools before modern regulation. The former Waldhausen Abbey, dissolved in 1786 under Emperor Joseph II, remains central to the town’s identity; its church continues as the Roman Catholic parish church. Forested uplands and farmed clearings surround the settlement, while the Danube valley lies to the south. Browse other webcams across Upper Austria to place this Danube setting in a wider geographic context.

Formed around the Danube and Enns corridors, Upper Austria developed into one of Austria’s nine federal states. Linz, its capital on the Danube, combines a major industrial tradition with cultural institutions including the Ars Electronica Center. North of the river, the Mühlviertel rolls towards the Czech border; southward, the terrain rises into the Alpine foothills and the lake country of the Salzkammergut. Hallstatt, beside Hallstätter See, is among the region’s best-known historic settlements and lends its name to the Hallstatt period of early Iron Age Europe. Browse additional webcams from the surrounding area to extend your view of Upper Austria.

Austria stretches from the Bohemian Massif along its northern edge to the Carnic Alps on the Italian border, encompassing high Alpine ranges and the Danube lowlands. The Danube links cities including Linz and Vienna, while the Grossglockner, at 3,798 metres, is the country’s highest mountain. Vienna developed for centuries as the seat of the Habsburg court, leaving imperial architecture around the Hofburg and Schönbrunn Palace. Salzburg is closely associated with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who was born there in 1756. Alpine Tyrol, wine-growing areas east of Vienna and the lakes of Salzkammergut add markedly different regional identities. Browse other webcams across Austria to place this setting in a wider geographic context.