This region, meaning `lower Austria` lies on the fertile Danube plain to the west of Vienna. Here there are a number of different regions, such as Wagram, Wachau, Kremstal and Kamptal, producing quality dry wines, mainly from the Riesling and Gruner Veltliner grape varieties. The Kamptal wine growing region, the area around StraB, in the Strasser Valley, traces back its origins of cultivating plants thousands of years with vines having been planted for hundreds of years. During medieval times, monastries and the nobility owned vineyards in this area.