Subdivisions of Austria in German, Croatian, Hungarian and Slovenian
Austria is divided into nine states (Bundesländer) and, below them, into political districts (Bezirke) and statutory cities (Statutarstädte). This list gives every district with its seat in German, adds the Croatian and Hungarian names in Burgenland and the Slovenian names in Carinthia and Styria, and records the mergers of 2012 to 2017.
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States of Austria with ISO 3166-2 codes
The nine states numbered AT-1 to AT-9 in the alphabetical order of their German names, with the capital, the code and the names they carry in the minority languages recognised in the state.
Bundesländer 9
| State | Croatian | Hungarian | Slovenian | Capital | ISO 3166-2 |
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Bundesland BurgenlandBurgenland
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Savezna pokrajina Gradišće
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Felsőőrvidék tartomány
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Eisenstadt
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AT-1
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Bundesland KärntenCarinthia
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Zvezna dežela Koroška
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Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
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AT-2
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Bundesland NiederösterreichLower Austria
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Sankt Pölten
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AT-3
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Bundesland OberösterreichUpper Austria
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Linz
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AT-4
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Bundesland SalzburgSalzburg
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Salzburg
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AT-5
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Bundesland SteiermarkStyria
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Zvezna dežela Štajerska
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Graz
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AT-6
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Bundesland TirolTyrol
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Innsbruck
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AT-7
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Bundesland VorarlbergVorarlberg
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Bregenz
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AT-8
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Bundesland WienVienna
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Wien
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AT-9
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Bezirk, Statutarstadt and the minority names
Two kinds of unit share the level below the state. A Bezirk is run by a district authority, the Bezirkshauptmannschaft, whose head is an appointed official. A Statutarstadt is a city with its own charter whose mayor and magistrate carry out the same tasks, so the city stands outside any district. Several districts are named after the statutory city they surround: Eisenstadt-Umgebung, Klagenfurt-Land, Graz-Umgebung.
Three minority languages appear in the names. In Burgenland the Croatian name uses kotar for district and grad for city, so Bezirk Güssing is Kotar Novi Grad, and the Hungarian name turns the seat into an adjective with -i járás: Németújvári járás. In Carinthia and Styria the Slovenian word is okraj, and Klagenfurt am Wörthersee becomes Celovec ob Vrbskem jezeru.
Districts of Burgenland in German, Croatian and Hungarian
Burgenland's seven districts and two statutory cities, each named in all three languages with the seat in all three.
- deu German
- hrv Burgenland Croatian
- hun Hungarian
Bundesland Burgenland Burgenland 9
| District | Croatian | Hungarian | Seat | Seat in Croatian | Seat in Hungarian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Statutarstadt Eisenstadt
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Grad Željezno
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Kismarton város
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Eisenstadt
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Željezno
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Kismarton
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Bezirk Eisenstadt-Umgebung
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Kotar Željezno-okolica
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Kismartoni járás
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Eisenstadt
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Željezno
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Kismarton
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Bezirk Güssing
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Kotar Novi Grad
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Németújvári járás
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Güssing
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Novi Grad
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Németújvár
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Bezirk Jennersdorf
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Kotar Jennersdorf
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Gyanafalvi járás
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Jennersdorf
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Jennersdorf
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Gyanafalva
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Bezirk Mattersburg
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Kotar Matrštof
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Nagymartoni járás
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Mattersburg
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Matrštof
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Nagymarton
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Bezirk Neusiedl am See
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Kotar Niuzalj
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Nezsideri járás
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Neusiedl am See
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Niuzalj
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Nezsider
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Bezirk Oberpullendorf
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Kotar Gornja Pulja
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Felsőpulyai járás
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Oberpullendorf
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Gornja Pulja
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Felsőpulya
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Bezirk Oberwart
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Kotar Borta
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Felsőőri járás
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Oberwart
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Gornja Borta
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Felsőőr
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Statutarstadt Rust (Burgenland)
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Grad Rušta
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Ruszt város
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Rust (Burgenland)
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Rušta
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Ruszt
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Districts of Carinthia in German and Slovenian
Carinthia's eight districts and two statutory cities with their Slovenian names and seats.
- deu German
- slv Slovenian
Bundesland Kärnten Kärnten (Carinthia) 10
| District | Slovenian | Seat | Seat in Slovenian |
|---|---|---|---|
Bezirk Feldkirchen
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Okraj Trg
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Feldkirchen
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Trg
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Bezirk Hermagor
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Okraj Šmohor
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Hermagor-Pressegger See
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Šmohor-Preseško jezero
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Statutarstadt Klagenfurt
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Mesto Celovec
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Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
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Celovec ob Vrbskem jezeru
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Bezirk Klagenfurt-Land
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Okraj Celovec-dežela
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Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
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Celovec ob Vrbskem jezeru
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Bezirk Sankt Veit an der Glan
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Okraj Šentvid ob Glini
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Sankt Veit an der Glan
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Šentvid ob Glini
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Bezirk Spittal an der Drau
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Okraj Špital ob Dravi
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Spittal an der Drau
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Špital ob Dravi
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Statutarstadt Villach
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Mesto Beljak
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Villach
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Beljak
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Bezirk Villach-Land
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Okraj Beljak-dežela
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Villach
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Beljak
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Bezirk Völkermarkt
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Okraj Velikovec
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Völkermarkt
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Velikovec
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Bezirk Wolfsberg
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Okraj Volčji Breg
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Wolfsberg
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Volčji Breg
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Districts of Styria in German and Slovenian, before and after 2013
Styria's 16 districts and the city of Graz as the list recorded them, with Slovenian names where they exist, and the four districts that replaced eight of them in 2012 and 2013.
- deu German
- slv Slovenian
Bundesland Steiermark Steiermark (Styria) 17
| District | Slovenian | Seat | Seat in Slovenian | Since then |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Bezirk Bruck an der Mur
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Bruck an der Mur
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Merged with Mürzzuschlag into Bezirk Bruck-Mürzzuschlag, 1 January 2013 |
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Bezirk Deutschlandsberg
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Okraj Lonč
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Deutschlandsberg
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Lonč
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Bezirk Feldbach
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Okraj Vrbna
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Feldbach
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Vrbna
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Merged with Radkersburg into Bezirk Südoststeiermark, 1 January 2013 |
Bezirk Fürstenfeld
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Fürstenfeld
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Merged with Hartberg into Bezirk Hartberg-Fürstenfeld, 1 January 2013 |
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Statutarstadt Graz
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Mesto Gradec
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Graz
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Gradec
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Bezirk Graz-Umgebung
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Okraj Gradec-okolica
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Graz
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Gradec
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Bezirk Hartberg
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Hartberg
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Merged with Fürstenfeld into Bezirk Hartberg-Fürstenfeld, 1 January 2013 |
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Bezirk Judenburg
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Judenburg
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Merged with Knittelfeld into Bezirk Murtal, 1 January 2012 |
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Bezirk Knittelfeld
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Knittelfeld
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Merged with Judenburg into Bezirk Murtal, 1 January 2012 |
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Bezirk Leibnitz
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Okraj Lipnica
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Leibnitz
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Lipnica
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Bezirk Leoben
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Okraj Leoben
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Leoben
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Leoben
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Bezirk Liezen
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Liezen
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Bezirk Mürzzuschlag
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Mürzzuschlag
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Merged with Bruck an der Mur into Bezirk Bruck-Mürzzuschlag, 1 January 2013 |
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Bezirk Murau
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Murau
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Bezirk Radkersburg
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Okraj Radgona
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Bad Radkersburg
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Radgona
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Merged with Feldbach into Bezirk Südoststeiermark, 1 January 2013 |
Bezirk Voitsberg
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Voitsberg
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Bezirk Weiz
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Weiz
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The four Styrian districts formed in 2012 and 2013
Each new district joined two older ones. Murtal and Südoststeiermark took landscape names; the other two joined the names of their predecessors.
Steiermark (Styria): new districts 4
| District | Seat | Formed |
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Bezirk Bruck-Mürzzuschlag
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Bruck an der Mur
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Formed 1 January 2013 from Bruck an der Mur and Mürzzuschlag
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Bezirk Hartberg-Fürstenfeld
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Hartberg
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Formed 1 January 2013 from Hartberg and Fürstenfeld
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Bezirk Murtal
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Judenburg
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Formed 1 January 2012 from Judenburg and Knittelfeld
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Bezirk Südoststeiermark
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Feldbach
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Formed 1 January 2013 from Feldbach and Radkersburg
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Districts of the other five states and Vienna
Lower and Upper Austria, Salzburg, Tyrol and Vorarlberg have German names only. Vienna is a state and a statutory city in one and has no districts in this sense.
Bundesland Niederösterreich Niederösterreich (Lower Austria) 25
| District | Seat | Since then |
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Bezirk Amstetten
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Amstetten
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Bezirk Baden
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Baden bei Wien
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Bezirk Bruck an der Leitha
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Bruck an der Leitha
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Bezirk Gänserndorf
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Gänserndorf
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Bezirk Gmünd
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Gmünd
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Bezirk Hollabrunn
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Hollabrunn
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Bezirk Horn
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Horn
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Bezirk Korneuburg
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Korneuburg
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Statutarstadt Krems an der Donau
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Krems an der Donau
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Bezirk Krems-Land
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Krems an der Donau
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Bezirk Lilienfeld
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Lilienfeld
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Bezirk Melk
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Melk
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Bezirk Mistelbach
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Mistelbach an der Zaya
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Bezirk Mödling
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Mödling
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Bezirk Neunkirchen
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Neunkirchen
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Statutarstadt Sankt Pölten
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Sankt Pölten
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Bezirk Sankt Pölten-Land
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Sankt Pölten
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Bezirk Scheibbs
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Scheibbs
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Bezirk Tulln
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Tulln an der Donau
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Bezirk Waidhofen an der Thaya
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Waidhofen an der Thaya
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Statutarstadt Waidhofen an der Ybbs
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Waidhofen an der Ybbs
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Statutarstadt Wiener Neustadt
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Wiener Neustadt
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Bezirk Wiener Neustadt-Land
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Wiener Neustadt
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Bezirk Wien-Umgebung
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Klosterneuburg
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Dissolved on 1 January 2017; its 21 municipalities went to neighbouring districts |
Bezirk Zwettl
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Zwettl
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Bundesland Oberösterreich Oberösterreich (Upper Austria) 18
| District | Seat | Since then |
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Bezirk Braunau am Inn
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Braunau am Inn
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Bezirk Eferding
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Eferding
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Seat moved to Grieskirchen in 2016 |
Bezirk Freistadt
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Freistadt
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Bezirk Gmunden
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Gmunden
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Bezirk Grieskirchen
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Grieskirchen
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Bezirk Kirchdorf an der Krems
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Kirchdorf an der Krems
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Statutarstadt Linz
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Linz
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Bezirk Linz-Land
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Linz
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Bezirk Perg
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Perg
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Bezirk Ried im Innkreis
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Ried im Innkreis
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Bezirk Rohrbach
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Rohrbach
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Seat now Rohrbach-Berg, after the municipal merger of 2015 |
Bezirk Schärding
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Schärding
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Statutarstadt Steyr
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Steyr
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Bezirk Steyr-Land
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Steyr
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Bezirk Urfahr-Umgebung
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Linz
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Bezirk Vöcklabruck
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Vöcklabruck
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Statutarstadt Wels
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Wels
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Bezirk Wels-Land
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Wels
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Bundesland Salzburg Salzburg 6
| District | Seat | Since then |
|---|---|---|
Bezirk Hallein
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Hallein
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Statutarstadt Salzburg
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Salzburg
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Bezirk Salzburg-Umgebung
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Salzburg
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Seat moved to Seekirchen am Wallersee in 2023 |
Bezirk Sankt Johann im Pongau
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Sankt Johann im Pongau
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Bezirk Tamsweg
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Tamsweg
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Bezirk Zell am See
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Zell am See
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Bundesland Tirol Tirol (Tyrol) 9
| District | Seat | Since then |
|---|---|---|
Bezirk Imst
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Imst
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Statutarstadt Innsbruck
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Innsbruck
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Bezirk Innsbruck-Land
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Innsbruck
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Bezirk Kitzbühel
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Kitzbühel
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Bezirk Kufstein
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Kufstein
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Bezirk Landeck
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Landeck
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Bezirk Lienz
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Lienz
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Bezirk Reutte
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Reutte
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Bezirk Schwaz
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Schwaz
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Bundesland Vorarlberg Vorarlberg 4
| District | Seat | Since then |
|---|---|---|
Bezirk Bludenz
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Bludenz
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Bezirk Bregenz
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Bregenz
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Bezirk Dornbirn
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Dornbirn
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Bezirk Feldkirch
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Feldkirch
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Bundesland Wien Wien (Vienna) 1
| District | Seat | Since then |
|---|---|---|
Statutarstadt Wien
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Wien
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Divided into 23 Gemeindebezirke, municipal districts with an elected head |
What changed between 2012 and 2023
The map of districts held for decades and then changed quickly. Styria merged eight districts into four: Judenburg and Knittelfeld became Murtal on 1 January 2012, and on 1 January 2013 Bruck an der Mur joined Mürzzuschlag, Hartberg joined Fürstenfeld and Feldbach joined Radkersburg, the last pair as Südoststeiermark. Lower Austria dissolved Wien-Umgebung on 1 January 2017 and handed its 21 municipalities to the districts around it.
Three seats moved without a change of name. Eferding has been run from Grieskirchen since 2016, Rohrbach from Rohrbach-Berg since the town merged with its neighbour in 2015, and Salzburg-Umgebung from Seekirchen am Wallersee since 2023. Austria now has 79 districts and 15 statutory cities, Vienna included.
Questions about Austria's subdivisions
How many districts does Austria have?
79 political districts and 15 statutory cities, counted on 1 January 2017 after Wien-Umgebung was dissolved. Before the Styrian mergers of 2012 and 2013 there were 84 districts.
What is a Statutarstadt?
A city with its own charter that does the work of a district administration itself. Eisenstadt, Graz, Linz and Vienna are examples; Bregenz is the only state capital without one.
Which Austrian districts have names in other languages?
Those in Burgenland, which have Croatian and Hungarian names, and those in Carinthia and parts of Styria, which have Slovenian names.