!!!Zentrale Orte

Zentrale Orte ("Central Places", i.e. central or main towns and/or 
villages), settlements of greater or lesser importance, whose central 
institutions provide the population of the surrounding area with goods 
and services. They are related to each other in a hierarchical way, 
each superior centre also fulfilling the duties of places of an 
inferior level. In Austria the following "central places" 
are distinguished: the capital city of Vienna (level 10), capitals of 
the federal provinces (levels 9 and 8), capitals of "Viertels" 
("quarters") (level 7), central places of medium level (levels 6-4), 
central places of minor levels (levels 3, 2 and 1) and the lowest or 
village level (level 0). The settlements are classified according to 
the central institutions (semi-official, public and private-sector 
services) available.

!Literature
H. Bobek and M. Fesl, Das System der Zentralen Orte 
Oesterr., 1978.


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