The Traunviertel (literally German for the Traun 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, Mühlviertel, and Innviertel. It is so-called because of the river Traun which passes through it. Since Austria is a federal republic according to the constitutional framework of Austrian politics, Austrias nine provinces are customarily referred to as States of Austria or Bundesländer, singular Bundesland. ... Upper Austria (Ober sterreich) is one of the nine federal states or Bundesl nder of Austria. ... The Hausruckviertel (literally German for the Hausruck 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 Traunviertel, Mühlviertel, and Innviertel. ... 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. ... The Inn District (German Innviertel) is an Austrian region southeast of the Inn river, belonging to Upper Austria and bordering Bavaria. ...

Major towns in Traunviertel include Linz (the capital of Upper Austria), Gmunden, Kirchdorf an der Krems and Steyr. Map of Austria, locating Linz Linz is a city and Statutarstadt in northeast Austria, on the Danube river. ... Gmundens lakefront on a cloudy summers day Gmunden is a town in Upper Austria with 15,075 inhabitants. ... Quayside at Enns river Steyr is a town (population 39,495 as of 2001) in the Austrian federal state of Upper Austria, located at the confluence of the rivers Steyr and Enns. ...