Districts of Austria

Information about Districts of Austria

Austria is divided into 84 political districts (Politische Bezirke), and 15 Statutarstädte which form their own districts.

Function

The Austrian Bezirk is roughly equivalent to the Landkreis in Germany. The administrative office of a district, the Bezirkshauptmannschaft is headed by the Bezirkshauptmann. It is in charge of the administration of all matters of federal and state administrative law and subject to orders from the higher instances, usually the Landeshauptmann (governor) in matters of federal law and the Landesregierung (state government) in state law. Thus, the district is the basic unit of general administration in Austria.

Officials on the district level are not elected, but appointed by the state government. There are also independent cities in Austria. They are called Statutarstadt in Austrian administrative law. These urban districts do have the same tasks as a normal district.

Vienna, which is both a state and a Statutarstadt, is also subdivided into districts, which are divisions used for local administration by the city government.

For more information on Austrian administration, see States of Austria.

List of political districts

Political district Administrative center State
Amstetten (district)AmstettenLower Austria
Baden (district)BadenLower Austria
Bludenz (district)BludenzVorarlberg
Braunau am Inn (district)Braunau am InnUpper Austria
Bregenz (district)BregenzVorarlberg
Bruck an der Leitha (district)Bruck an der LeithaLower Austria
Bruck an der Mur (district)Bruck an der MurStyria
Deutschlandsberg (district)DeutschlandsbergStyria
Dornbirn (district)DornbirnVorarlberg
Eferding (district)EferdingUpper Austria
Eisenstadt-UmgebungEisenstadtBurgenland
Feldbach (district)FeldbachStyria
Feldkirch (district)FeldkirchVorarlberg
Feldkirchen (district)Feldkirchen in KärntenCarinthia
Freistadt (district)FreistadtUpper Austria
Fürstenfeld (district)FürstenfeldStyria
Gänserndorf (district)GänserndorfLower Austria
Gmünd (district)GmündLower Austria
Gmunden (district)GmundenUpper Austria
Graz-UmgebungGrazStyria
Grieskirchen (district)GrieskirchenUpper Austria
Güssing (district)GüssingBurgenland
Hallein (district)HalleinSalzburg
Hartberg (district)HartbergStyria
HermagorHermagor-Pressegger SeeCarinthia
Hollabrunn (district)HollabrunnLower Austria
Horn (district)HornLower Austria
Imst (district)ImstTirol
Innsbruck-LandInnsbruckTirol
Jennersdorf (district)JennersdorfBurgenland
Judenburg (district)JudenburgStyria
Kirchdorf an der Krems (district)Kirchdorf an der KremsUpper Austria
Kitzbühel (district)KitzbühelTirol
Klagenfurt-LandKlagenfurtCarinthia
Knittelfeld (district)KnittelfeldStyria
Korneuburg (district)KorneuburgLower Austria
Krems-LandKremsLower Austria
Kufstein (district)KufsteinTirol
Landeck (district)LandeckTirol
Leibnitz (district)LeibnitzStyria
Leoben (district)LeobenStyria
Lienz (district)LienzTirol
Liezen (district)LiezenStyria
Lilienfeld (district)LilienfeldLower Austria
Linz-LandLinzUpper Austria
Mattersburg (district)MattersburgBurgenland
Melk (district)MelkLower Austria
Mistelbach (district)MistelbachLower Austria
Mödling (district)MödlingLower Austria
Murau (district)MurauStyria
Mürzzuschlag (district)MürzzuschlagStyria
Neunkirchen (district)NeunkirchenLower Austria
Neusiedl am See (district)Neusiedl am SeeBurgenland
Oberpullendorf (district)OberpullendorfBurgenland
Oberwart (district)OberwartBurgenland
Perg (district)PergUpper Austria
Radkersburg (district)Bad RadkersburgStyria
Reutte (district)ReutteTirol
Ried im Innkreis (district)Ried im InnkreisUpper Austria
Rohrbach (district)Rohrbach im MühlkreisUpper Austria
Salzburg-UmgebungSalzburgSalzburg
Sankt Johann im Pongau (district)Sankt Johann im PongauSalzburg
Sankt Pölten-LandSankt PöltenLower Austria
Sankt Veit an der Glan (district)Sankt Veit an der GlanCarinthia
Schärding (district)SchärdingUpper Austria
Scheibbs (district)ScheibbsLower Austria
Schwaz (district)SchwazTyrol
Spittal an der Drau (district)Spittal an der DrauCarinthia
Steyr-LandSteyrUpper Austria
Tamsweg (district)TamswegSalzburg
Tulln (district)TullnLower Austria
Urfahr-UmgebungLinzUpper Austria
Villach-LandVillachCarinthia
Vöcklabruck (district)VöcklabruckUpper Austria
Voitsberg (district)VoitsbergStyria
Völkermarkt (district)VölkermarktCarinthia
Waidhofen an der Thaya (district)Waidhofen an der ThayaLower Austria
Weiz (district)WeizStyria
Wels-LandWelsUpper Austria
Wiener Neustadt-LandWiener NeustadtLower Austria
Wien-UmgebungViennaLower Austria
Wolfsberg (district)WolfsbergCarinthia
Zell am See (district)Zell am SeeSalzburg
Zwettl (district)ZwettlLower Austria


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A Statutory city (Statutarstadt in Austria, or Statutární město in Czech Republic) is a city with its own municipal law or city statute.

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Vienna is composed of 23 districts (Bezirke), which although they all have their own names are numbered for the sake of convenience.

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Bezirk Amstetten is a district of the state of Lower Austria in Austria.

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Towns (Städte) are indicated in boldface; market towns (Marktgemeinden) in italics
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Amstetten is a town in Lower Austria, in the historical region of Mostviertel. It is the capital of a separate Amstetten district.

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There are traces of human settlements from Stone Age and Bronze Age in the area.
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Lower Austria (German: Niederösterreich, Czech: Dolní Rakousy) is one of the nine states or Bundesländer in Austria.
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Bezirk Baden is a district of the state of Lower Austria in Austria.

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Towns (Städte) are indicated in boldface; market towns (Marktgemeinden) in italics
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Baden is a spa town and medieval city in Lower Austria, 26 kilometres south of Vienna, with a population of 25,207 (2005). Frequently, the name is given as Baden bei Wien
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The Bezirk Bludenz is an administrative district (Bezirk) in Vorarlberg, Austria.

Area of the district is 1,287.52 km², population is 60,471 (May 15 2001), and population density 47 persons per km². Administrative center of the district is Bludenz.
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Bludenz is a city in the state of Vorarlberg in Austria. The town is surrounded by mountains at the meeting point of five different valleys,
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Vorarlberg is the westernmost state (Land) of Austria. Though it is the second smallest in terms of area (Vienna is the smallest), it borders three countries:
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Bezirk Braunau am Inn is a district of the state of Upper Austria in Austria.

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Towns (Städte) are indicated in boldface; market towns (Marktgemeinden) in italics
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Braunau am Inn is a city in the Innviertel region of Upper Austria (Oberösterreich), the north-western state of Austria.
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Upper Austria (German: Oberösterreich, Czech: Horní Rakousy) is one of the nine states or Bundesländer of Austria. Its capital is Linz.
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The Bezirk Bregenz is an administrative district (Bezirk) in Vorarlberg, Austria. It comprises the Bregenzerwald region, the Leiblach valley, and the Austrian part of Lake Constance.

Area of the district is 863.
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Bregenz is the capital of Vorarlberg, the westernmost federal state of Austria. The town is located on the eastern shores of Lake Constance, the third-largest freshwater lake in Central Europe, between Switzerland in the east and Germany in the northwest.
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Bezirk Bruck an der Leitha is a district of the state of Lower Austria in Austria.

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Towns (Städte) are indicated in boldface; market towns (Marktgemeinden) in italics
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Bruck an der Leitha is a city located in Lower Austria at the border to the Burgenland, which is marked by the Leitha river. It was founded in 1074 and elevated to the status of a city in 1239. Today, it has about 7311 inhabitants.
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Bezirk Bruck an der Mur is a district (Bezirk) in the Austrian state of Styria.

Municipalities

  • Aflenz Kurort
  • Aflenz Land
  • Döllach, Dörflach, Graßnitz, Jauring, Tutschach

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Bruck an der Mur is a city in the Austrian state of Styria. It is located at the confluence of the Mur and Mürz Rivers. Manufactures include metal products and paper; Bruck is an important rail junction in the region.
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