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| ÖSTERREICH | AUSTRIA |
| Bundesland: Niederösterreich | Lower Austria |
| Bezirk: Horn |
Geras is situated at an altitude of 460 m in the northeastren part of the Waldviertel region of Lower Austria close to the border to the Czech Republic.
The history of Geras is closely tied to that of the Premonstratensian Canons' monastery which was founded in 1153, originally as a double monastery (Geras-Pernegg).
Geras obtained the status of a town in 1928.