Flag of Austria

What the flag means

• 🔴Red-white-red — legend: a duke's white tunic soaked red in battle, except where his belt was

Design set by: ⁨Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz (B-VG), Art. 8a Abs. 2; Wappengesetz 1984, BGBl. Nr. 159/1984⁩ · Adopted 1984

Highlights

• 🎼 Mozart and musical Vienna
• 🏰 Habsburg imperial heritage
• 🎿 Alpine ski resorts
• ☕ Elegant Viennese coffee houses
• 🎻 The New Year's Concert tradition

Quick facts

Region

Europe · Central Europe

Population

9,208,163 people (2025)

Area

83,871 km²

Capital

Vienna

Languages

German, Serbian

Currency

Euro (EUR)

Organizations

United Nations, European Union, OECD

Neighboring countries

• Czechia
• Germany
• Hungary
• Italy
• Liechtenstein
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Switzerland

Land neighbors, approximated from simplified map outlines.

Symbols in History (1)

Coats of arms and emblems whose historic seat lies within this country’s present-day territory.

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  Habsburg-Lorraine or Austrian Imperial Arms

  Austria, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire and other parts of Central and Southern Europe · 1273–1918 · dynastic and imperial composite arms

  Sources do not confirm exactly who bore this design or in which version, so no description is given.

  Source: Der Doppeladler: Habsburgs allgegenwärtiges Zeichen · Die Welt der Habsburger — Schloß Schönbrunn Kultur- und Betriebsges.m.b.H. (Schönbrunn Group); text by Martin Mutschlechner · Image source: Wikimedia Commons — Imperial Coat of Arms of the Empire of Austria.svg · Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sodacan