List of Austrian flags

This is a list of flags used in Austria. For more information about the national flag, visit the article Flag of Austria.

See also: Flag of Austria

National and state flag
State FlagDateUseDescription
1230–1806
1918–1934
1945–present		 National flag and civil ensign The flag of Austria has three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and red.
1955–present State and war flag and state and naval ensign Three equal horizontal bands of red, white, and red, with the coat of arms surmounted

State flags
Main article: Flags of Austrian states
Civil Flag State Flag State Year adopted Description
Burgenland 1971 Two equal bands of red and yellow (with the state's coat of arms surmounted on the state flag version)
Carinthia (Kärnten) 1946 Three equal bands of yellow, red and white (with the state's coat of arms surmounted on the state flag version).
Lower Austria (Niederösterreich) 1954 Two equal bands of blue and yellow (with the state's coat of arms surmounted on the state flag version).
Salzburg 1921 Two equal bands of red and white(with the state's coat of arms surmounted on the state flag version).
Styria (Steiermark) 1960 Two equal bands of white and green (with the state's coat of arms surmounted on the state flag version).
Tyrol (Tirol) 1945 Two equal bands white of red (with the state's coat of arms surmounted on the state flag version).
Upper Austria (Oberösterreich) 1949 Two equal bands white of red (with the state's coat of arms surmounted on the state flag version).
Vienna (Wien) Two equal bands of red and white (with the state's coat of arms surmounted on the state flag version).
Vorarlberg Two equal bands of red and white (with the state's coat of arms surmounted on the state flag version).

Standards
FlagDateUseDescription
Standard for a Member of the Federal Government or the Federal President used only on army occasions (out of use since 1984)
Standard for a General of the Austrian Armed Forces

Military flags
FlagDateUseDescription
Ceremonial flag of the Gardebataillon (Guard of Honour)

Historical national and state flags
FlagDateUseDescription
1806–1918 Flag of the Austrian Empire Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy and also the flag of the Austrian Empire; from the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, flag of Cisleithanian Austria. Sometimes used as the unofficial national flag of Austria-Hungary
1934–1938 State Flag of the Federal State of Austria This is the state flag of Austria adopted in 1934 and used until Austria was incorporated into Germany from 1938 to 1945. This flag was used during the regime of the Fatherland Front's one-party state.
Flag of the Fatherland Front This flag was declared "equal to the state flag" during the Fatherland Front's one-party state.

Historical standards and ensigns
FlagDateUseDescription
1815–Late 19th Century Standard of the Emperor
Late 19th Century– 1915 Standard of the Emperor
1915–1918 Standard of the Emperor & King Displays both, the Imperial crown of Austria and the Royal crown of Hungary
1786–1915 Naval Ensign, Merchant Ensign (until 1869)
1869–1918 Merchant Ensign of Austria-Hungary
1915–1918 Unimplemented Naval Ensign Created by order of Emperor Francis Joseph I. in 1915 but never formally flown by the navy.
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