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What’s that Car? Plates in AustriaPlates on cars in Austria generally consist of an abbreviation of the district where they are registered (one letter for provincial capitals, two letters for others), the coat of arms of the province where they are registered and a combination of numbers and letters (assigned) or letters and numbers (created according to the car owner’s wishes for a fee, paid at the district’s administration). A typical plate in Austria would look like this: “XY (district), coat of arms (province), 123 AB”. Exceptions to these rules are special plates for certain vehicles – such as some that belong to the army, diplomats and international organisations or the federal police. Therefore, the most telling part about the owner of the vehicle are the first two letters. In the following, you find a list with the abbreviations of all codes by province that are currently available, as well as the abbreviations of the special plates. Note that sometimes you might bump into ancient cars with black plates – to these, the current system does not apply. BurgenlandE - Eisenstadt See also: "Districts & Communities of the Burgenland" Carinthia (Kärnten)K - Klagenfurt See also: "Districts & Communities of Carinthia" Lower Austria (Niederösterreich)P - St. Pölten See also: "Districts & Communities of Lower Austria" SalzburgS - Salzburg See also: "Districts & Communities of Salzburg" Styria (Steiermark)G - Graz See also: "Districts & Communities of Styria" Tyrol (Tirol)I - Innsbruck See also: "Districts & Communities of Tyrol" Upper Austria (Oberösterreich)L - Linz See also: "Districts & Communities of Upper Austria" Vienna (Wien)W - Wien See also: "Districts of Vienna" VorarlbergB - Bregenz See also: "Districts & Communities of Vorarlberg" Special PlatesA - "Austria" - President or members of the federal government back to "background" Further ReadingPolitics & Administration of Austria Wikipedia on Politics in Austria Austrian Motorist Club (conservative) Austrian Motorist Club (social democrats) |
