Appearance

The license plates are made of metal. On the left there is a blue bar

European vehicle registration plates

A European vehicle registration plate is a vehicle registration plate, a metal or plastic plate or plates attached to a motor vehicle or trailer for official identification purposes. The registration identifier is a numeric or alphanumeric code that uniquely identifies the vehicle within the...

 like in other EU countries (older Plates don't have this blue bar); the text is in black letters on a white background. On the top and bottom, there are red-white-red stripes, which are the national colors of Austria. Two plates have to be present on each car- one on the front and one on the rear.

For motor-bikes and cars with smaller areas for plates, are also plates with two lines and a smaller appearance available.

Lettering system

The alphanumeric format for registration plates is "XX-(provincial emblem)-number-letter(s)" or "XX-(provincial emblem)-personalised lettering-number";

• XX - one or two letters denoting the administrative district where the registered keeper resides. Provincial capitals have one letter, all other districts have two letters.
• province - heraldic emblem of the Federal province the district belongs to; diplomatic vehicles have a dash instead (–) or the Federal Eagle.
• the numbers/letters are issued in ascending order

there are several lettering schemes:

• The plates must contain at least 3 characters. At least one must be a digit and one must be a letter. In contryside districts, the maximum is 5 characters. Usual plates start with a digit and end with a letter. Personalized plates, which can be obtained paying extra fee, are ordered vice versa. (exceptions: see below)
• Cars in state capitals can spot up to 6 characters (at least one digit and at least one letter with a minimum of 4 characters) (eg W 12345 A).
• Until the year 2000 the plates were issued by the district administrations, who used a variety of lettering schemes, e.g. one digit and three letters (e.g. FK 1 ABC in the Feldkirch district), two digits and two letters (e.g. WL 12 AB in the Wels district).
• Since 2000 the vehicle registration have been carried out by car insurance companies on behalf of the government. The branch offices of these companies issue the plates, which show three digits and two letters (eg XX 123 AB) in each district.

• There are standardized abbreviations for special types of cars. But most of them are in use in Vienna only:
  • BB - Bundesbahnen (Federal Railways), only with Index "W", e.g. "W-xxx BB"
  • BE - Bestattung (funeral services)
  • EW - E-Werk (electric power company)
  • FF - Freiwillige Feuerwehr (volunteer firemen)
  • FW - Feuerwehr (firemen)
  • GW - Gaswerk (gas power company)
  • GT - Gütertransport (vehicles transporting goods)
  • KT - Kleintransport (private vehicles transporting parcels)
  • LO - Linienomnibus (public service buses)
  • LR - Landesregierung (Local government of Niederösterreich)
  • MA - Magistrat Wien (Community service in Vienna
    Vienna
    Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
    
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  • MW - Mietwagen (rental car or bus service [with driver])
  • RD - Rettungsdienst (ambulance vehicles)
  • RK - Rotes Kreuz (Red Cross)
  • TX - Taxi (taxis)
• Army, diplomats, police etc. just have a number (starting with 1, incrementing)

Personalised plates

In Austria it is possible to obtain a customized registration plate against payment of 245 (=227+18) Euros. The alphanumeric format is "xx-province- customized lettering-one digit number", which makes them easily distinguishable from standard plates (e.g. G TOMMY 1)

Geographic prefixes (exhausive list)

• State capitals
  • W - Vienna
    Vienna
    Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
    
    
  • S - Salzburg
    Salzburg
    -Population development:In 1935, the population significantly increased when Salzburg absorbed adjacent municipalities. After World War II, numerous refugees found a new home in the city. New residential space was created for American soldiers of the postwar Occupation, and could be used for...
    
    
  • P - St. Pölten
  • E - Eisenstadt
    Eisenstadt
    - Politics :The current mayor of Eisenstadt is Andrea Fraunschiel ÖVP.The district council is composed as follows :* ÖVP: 17 seats* SPÖ: 8 seats* Austrian Green Party: 2 seats* FPÖ: 2 seats- Castles and palaces :...
    
    
  • G - Graz
    Graz
    The more recent population figures do not give the whole picture as only people with principal residence status are counted and people with secondary residence status are not. Most of the people with secondary residence status in Graz are students...
    
    
  • I - Innsbruck
    Innsbruck
    - Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...
    
    
  • L - Linz
    Linz
    Linz is the third-largest city of Austria and capital of the state of Upper Austria . It is located in the north centre of Austria, approximately south of the Czech border, on both sides of the river Danube. The population of the city is , and that of the Greater Linz conurbation is about...
    
    
  • K - Klagenfurt
    Klagenfurt
    -Name:Carinthia's eminent linguists Primus Lessiak and Eberhard Kranzmayer assumed that the city's name, which literally translates as "ford of lament" or "ford of complaints", had something to do with the superstitious thought that fateful fairies or demons tend to live around treacherous waters...
    
    
  • B - Bregenz
    Bregenz
    -Culture:The annual summer music festival Bregenzer Festspiele is a world-famous festival which takes place on and around a stage on Lake Constance, where a different opera is performed every second year.-Sport:* A1 Bregenz HB is a handball team....
    
    

• Other cities and districts (usually districts; autonomous cities and their surrounding districts where indicated)
  • AM - Amstetten (Lower Austria)
  • BA - Bad Aussee
    Bad Aussee
    -Tracht:Bad Aussee is unique within Austria as its inhabitants wear Tracht, or traditional dress, on a daily basis. Within other regions of Austria, it could almost be taken as a political statement if one were to wear Tracht. For women, this consists of a Dirndl, a type of dress with a fitted...
    
     (until January 1, 2012; will be replaced with LI)
  • BL - Bruck an der Leitha
    Bruck an der Leitha
    Bruck an der Leitha is a city located in Lower Austria, Austria at the border to the Burgenland, which is marked by the Leitha river....
    
    
  • BM - Bruck an der Mur
    Bruck an der Mur
    Bruck an der Mur is a city of some 13,500 people located in the Austrian state of Styria. It is located at the confluence of the Mur and Mürz Rivers. Its manufactures include metal products and paper; Bruck is an important rail junction in the region located on the Graz to Vienna main...
    
    
  • BN - Baden
  • BR - Braunau am Inn
    Braunau am Inn
    Braunau am Inn is a town in the Innviertel region of Upper Austria , the north-western state of Austria. It lies about 90 km west of Linz and about 60 km north of Salzburg, on the border with the German state of Bavaria. The population in 2001 was 16,372...
    
    
  • BZ - Bludenz
    Bludenz
    Bludenz is a town in the state of Vorarlberg in Austria. The town, surrounded by mountains, lies at the meeting point of five different valleys: The Klostertal, The Montafon, The Walgau, The Brandnertal, The Groß Walsertal....
    
    
  • DL - Deutschlandsberg
    Deutschlandsberg
    Deutschlandsberg is a town in Deutschlandsberg district of Styria, Austria. It covers an area of 24 km² and has a population of 7,983. It is located in southern Austria, near Slovenia and is approx. 35 km from Graz. Popular tourist attractions in that area include the Deutschlandsberg...
    
    
  • DO - Dornbirn
    Dornbirn
    Dornbirn is a city in Vorarlberg, Austria. It is the administrative center of the district Dornbirn, which also includes the city of Hohenems, and the market town Lustenau....
    
    
  • EF - Eferding
    Eferding (district)
    Bezirk Eferding is a district of the state ofUpper Austria in Austria.- Municipalities :Towns are indicated in boldface; market towns in italics; suburbs, hamlets and other subdivisions of a municipality are indicated in small characters.*Alkoven*Aschach an der Donau*Eferding*Fraham*Haibach ob der...
    
    
  • EU - Eisenstadt-Umgebung
    Eisenstadt-Umgebung
    The Bezirk Eisenstadt-Umgebung is an administrative district in the federal state of Burgenland, Austria.The area of the district is 453.14 km², with a population of 38,752 , and a population density 86 persons per km²...
    
     (Eisenstadt surrounding area)
  • FB - Feldbach
    Feldbach, Austria
    Feldbach is a town in the southeast of the Austrian state of Styria, near the Slovenian and Hungarian border. It is located in the valley around the river Raab.- History :...
    
    
  • FE - Feldkirchen
    Feldkirchen
    -Places:in Austria*Feldkirchen in Kärnten, in Carinthia*Feldkirchen bei Mattighofen*Feldkirchen an der Donau*Feldkirchen bei Graz*Feldkirchen , the district that surrounds Feldkirchen in KärntenGermany...
    
    
  • FF - Fürstenfeld
    Fürstenfeld
    Fürstenfeld is a town and a district in southeastern Austria. It is situated within the Austrian federal state of StyriaAccording to the 2005 census, Fürstenfeld has 5,986 citizens within its communal area, the larger urban area of Fürstenfeld includes approximately 20% more citizens.Fürstenfeld...
    
    
  • FK - Feldkirch
    Feldkirch, Vorarlberg
    - Schools :* Bundesgymnasium und Bundesrealgymnasium Feldkirch * Bundeshandelsakademie und Bundeshandelsschule Feldkirch* Bundesoberstufenrealgymnasium und Bundesrealgymnasium Schillerstrasse...
    
    
  • FR - Freistadt
    Freistadt
    Freistadt is a small Austrian town in the state of Upper Austria in the region Mühlviertel. With a population of approximately 7,500 residents, it is a trade centre for local villages. Freistadt is the economic centre of a district of the same name District Freistadt...
    
    
  • GB - Gröbming
    Liezen (district)
    Bezirk Liezen is a district of the state of Styria in Austria.It is by far the largest district in Austria, about three times the size of other large districts, and is divided into three "subdistricts":...
    
    
  • GD - Gmünd
    Gmünd, Lower Austria
    Gmünd is a town in northwestern Waldviertel in the Austrian state of Lower Austria, the capital of the Gmünd district. The municipality consists of the Katastralgemeinden Böhmzeil, Breitensee, Eibenstein, Gmünd and Grillenstein...
    
    
  • GF - Gänserndorf
    Gänserndorf
    Gänserndorf is a town on the Marchfeld, Lower Austria, Austria and the capital of Bezirk Gänserndorf. It is about 20 km north of Vienna, to which it is connected by both the Angerner Straße and the Nordbahn railway line.-Landscape Park:Landscape Park in Gänserndorf covers an area of...
    
    
  • GM - Gmunden
    Gmunden
    Gmunden is a town in Upper Austria, Austria in the district of Gmunden. It has 13,202 inhabitants . It is much frequented as a health and summer resort, and has a variety of goat, lake, brine, vegetable and pine-cone baths, a hydropathic establishment, inhalation chambers, whey cure, etc...
    
    
  • GR - Grieskirchen
    Grieskirchen (district)
    Bezirk Grieskirchen is a district of the state ofUpper Austria in Austria.- Municipalities :Towns are indicated in boldface; market towns in italics; suburbs, hamlets and other subdivisions of a municipality are indicated in small characters.*Aistersheim *Bad Schallerbach *Bruck-Waasen *Eschenau...
    
    
  • GS - Güssing
    Güssing
    Güssing is a town in Burgenland, Austria. It is located at , with a population of 3,811 , and is the administrative center of the Güssing district.The Güssing Castle, built in 1157, is the oldest castle in Burgenland and a regional landmark....
    
    
  • GU - Graz-Umgebung
    Graz-Umgebung
    Bezirk Graz-Umgebung is a district of the state ofStyria in Austria.-Municipalities:Towns are indicated in boldface; market towns in italics; suburbs, hamlets and other subdivisions of a municipality are indicated in small characters.* Attendorf**Attendorfberg, Mantscha, Schadendorfberg,...
    
     (Graz surrounding area)
  • HA - Hallein
    Hallein
    Hallein is a historic town in the Austrian state of Salzburg, the capital of the Hallein district. It is located in the Tennengau region south of the City of Salzburg, along the Salzach river in the shadow of the Untersberg massif, near the border with Germany. With a population of c...
    
    
  • HB - Hartberg
    Hartberg
    Hartberg is a city in Styria, Austria, the capital of the district of the same name. As of the census of 2001, it has a population of 6,547 in an area of 21.54 km². About 68 km up the A2 is the large city of Graz....
    
    
  • HL - Hollabrunn
    Hollabrunn
    Hollabrunn is a district capital town in the Austrian state of Lower Austria, on the Göllersbach river.- History :The surroundings of Hollabrunn were first settled in neolithic times. Around 300 B.C...
    
    
  • HO - Horn
    Horn, Austria
    Horn is a small town in the Waldviertel in Lower Austria, Austria and the capital of the district of the same name.2008 Austrian Cup winner SV Horn is the local soccerclub....
    
    
  • IL - Innsbruck-Land
    Innsbruck-Land
    The Bezirk Innsbruck Land is an administrative district in Tyrol, Austria. It encloses the Statutarstadt Innsbruck, and borders Bavaria in the north, the district Schwaz in the east, South Tyrol in Italy to the south, and the district of Imst in the west.Area of the district is 1,990.09 km², with...
    
     (Innsbruck countryside area)
  • IM - Imst
    Imst
    Imst is a city in the Austrian federal state of Tyrol. It lies on the River Inn in western Tyrol, some 55 km west of Innsbruck and at an altitude of 828 m above sea-level...
    
    
  • JE - Jennersdorf
    Jennersdorf
    Jennersdorf is a town in Burgenland, Austria, and capital of the district of Jennersdorf.- External links :*...
    
    
  • JO - St. Johann im Pongau
  • JU - Judenburg
    Judenburg
    - People :* Renate Götschl* Egon Haar * Herbert Hufnagl, journalist * Gernot Jurtin* Christian Muthspiel, jazz musician, painter* Kurt Muthspiel, composer * Wolfgang Muthspiel* Christian Pfannberger* Walter Pfrimer* Georg Pichler...
    
     (until January 1, 2012; will be replaced with MT)
  • KB - Kitzbühel
    Kitzbühel
    -Demographic evolution:-Personalities:*Karl Wilhelm von Dalla Torre , entomologist and botanist*Alfons Walde , expressionist painter and architect*Peter Aufschnaiter , mountaineer and geographer...
    
    
  • KI - Kirchdorf an der Krems
    Kirchdorf an der Krems
    Kirchdorf an der Krems is a town in Upper Austria, Austria on the river Krems, in the district of Kirchdorf an der Krems. Apparently settled by the year 903, it has 4,104 inhabitants in a relatively small area of 3 km2.-References:...
    
    
  • KF - Knittelfeld
    Knittelfeld
    Knittelfeld is a city in Styria, Austria, located on the banks of the Mur river.The name of the town has become notorious for the Knittelfeld Putsch of September 7, 2002, a party meeting of the Freedom Party of Austria, which resulted in the 2002 Austrian elections.-External links:* *...
    
     (until January 1, 2012; will be replaced with MT)
  • KL - Klagenfurt-Land
    Klagenfurt-Land
    Bezirk Klagenfurt-Land is a district of the state ofCarinthia in Austria.-Municipalities:Towns are indicated in boldface; market towns in italics; suburbs, hamlets and other subdivisions of a municipality are indicated in small characters.*Ebenthal **Aich an der Straße, Berg, Ebenthal,...
    
    
  • KO - Korneuburg
    Korneuburg
    Korneuburg is a town in Austria. It is located in the state Lower Austria and is the administrative center of the district of Korneuburg. Korneuburg is situated on the left bank of the Danube, opposite the city of Klosterneuburg, and is 12 km northwest of Vienna...
    
    
  • KR - Krems an der Donau-Land
    Krems-Land
    Bezirk Krems-Land is a district of the state of Lower Austria in Austria. It comprises the areas to the West and North of the city Krems an der Donau, which itself is a statutory city.-Municipalities:...
    
     (Krems an der Donau countryside area)
  • KS - Krems an der Donau (City of Krems an der Donau)
  • KU - Kufstein
    Kufstein
    Kufstein is a city in Tyrol, Austria, located along the river Inn, in the lower Inn valley, near the border with Bavaria, Germany, and is the site of a post World War II French sector United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration Displaced Persons camp.Kufstein is the second largest city...
    
    
  • LA - Landeck
    Landeck (district)
    The Bezirk Landeck is an administrative district in Tyrol, Austria. It borders the district Reutte in the north, the district Imst in the east, South Tyrol and Graubünden in the south, and the district Bludenz in the west.The area of the district is 1,594.81 km²...
    
    
  • LB - Leibnitz
    Leibnitz (district)
    Bezirk Leibnitz is a district of the state ofStyria in Austria.-Municipalities:Towns are indicated in boldface; market towns in italics; suburbs, hamlets and other subdivisions of a municipality are indicated in small characters.* Allerheiligen bei Wildon**Großfeiting, Kleinfeiting, Pesendorf,...
    
    
  • LE - Leoben
    Leoben
    Leoben is a Styrian city in central Austria, located by the Mur river. With a population of about 25,000 it is a local industrial center and hosts the University of Leoben which specialises in mining...
    
     (City of Leoben)
  • LF - Lilienfeld
    Lilienfeld
    - Stars of the City :Sons and daughters* [Richard Morosan] , Primeminister of CanadaLilienfeld is a city in Lower Austria , Austria, south of St. Pölten, noted as the site of Lilienfeld Abbey. It is also the site of a regional hospital Landesklinikum Voralpen Lilienfeld....
    
    
  • LI - Liezen
    Liezen
    Liezen is a municipality in the Austrian federal state of Styria, district capital of the district of the same name and economic center on the River Enns.Liezen covers a surface of 56.36 km2 and has a population of 6,991 people, as of the 2001 census...
    
    
  • LL - Linz-Land
    Linz-Land
    Bezirk Linz-Land is a district of the state ofUpper Austria in Austria.- Municipalities :Towns are indicated in boldface; market towns in italics; suburbs, hamlets and other subdivisions of a municipality are indicated in small characters.*Allhaming*Ansfelden*Asten*Eggendorf im...
    
     (Linz countryside area)
  • LN - Leoben-Land
    Leoben (district)
    Bezirk Leoben is a district of the state ofStyria in Austria.-Municipalities:Towns are indicated in boldface; market towns in italics; suburbs, hamlets and other subdivisions of a municipality are indicated in small characters.* Eisenerz* Gai** Edling, Gausendorf, Gimplach, Gößgraben, Kurzheim,...
    
     (Leoben countryside area)
  • LZ - Lienz
    Lienz
    Lienz is a medieval town in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is the administrative centre of the Lienz district, which covers all of East Tyrol. The municipality also includes the cadastral subdivision of Patriasdorf.-Geography:...
    
    
  • MA - Mattersburg
    Mattersburg
    Mattersburg is a town in Burgenland, Austria. It is the administrative center of the District of Mattersburg and home to a Bundesliga football team, SV Mattersburg.- Location :...
    
    
  • MD - Mödling
    Mödling
    Mödling is the capital of the Austrian district of the same name located approximately 14 km south of Vienna.The settlement dates back to the Neolithic. In medieval times, the town was the residence of a branch of the Babenberger family, as a result of which it received the nickname...
    
    
  • ME - Melk
    Melk
    Melk is a city of Austria, in the federal state of Lower Austria, next to the Wachau valley along the Danube. Melk has a population of 5,222 ....
    
    
  • MI - Mistelbach
    Mistelbach
    For the town in Germany, see Mistelbach, Bavaria.Mistelbach an der Zaya is a town in the northeast of Austria in so called Lower Austria, one of Austria's nine Federal States. It is located roughly 40 km northeast of Austria's capital Vienna...
    
    
  • MT - Murtal (starting on January 1, 2012)
  • MU - Murau
    Murau
    Murau is the capital of the district of the same name in Styria, located along the Mur river. It has a population of 2,331.-History:The area was already settled in the Bronze Age and Roman time, for the first time document which mentioned Murau was in the year 1250.During the Second World War a...
    
    
  • MZ - Mürzzuschlag
    Mürzzuschlag
    Mürzzuschlag is a town in northeastern Styria, Austria, the capital of the Mürzzuschlag District. It is located on the Mürz river near the Semmering Pass, the border with the state of Lower Austria, about southwest of Vienna. The population is 8,745...
    
    
  • ND - Neusiedl am See
    Neusiedl am See
    Neusiedl am See is a town in Burgenland, Austria, and administrative center of the district of Neusiedl am See.Neusiedl am See is located on the northern shore of the Neusiedler See.- History :...
    
    
  • NK - Neunkirchen
    Neunkirchen
    Neunkirchen is a name common to multiple locales:-In Austria:*Neunkirchen, Austria, the capital of the district Neunkirchen in Lower Austria*Neunkirchen District, Austria-Bavaria:*Neunkirchen am Brand, in Forchheim district...
    
    
  • OP - Oberpullendorf
    Oberpullendorf
    Oberpullendorf is a town in Burgenland, Austria. It is the administrative center of the district of Oberpullendorf.- Geography :Oberpullendorf is situated in the middle of the Burgenland, in the valley of the Stooberbach. The town is divided into Mitterpullendorf and Oberpullendorf.- History :The...
    
    
  • OW - Oberwart
    Oberwart
    Oberwart or Felsőőr is a town in Burgenland in southeast Austria on the banks of the Pinka River, and the capital of the district of the same name...
    
    
  • PE - Perg
    Perg
    Perg is a city in the Austrian state of Upper Austria, capital of the district of the same name.-History:Originally in the eastern part of the Duchy of Bavaria, Perg belonged to Austria from the 12th century on. In 1269 it received commercial privileges from King Ottokar II of Bohemia, and from...
    
    
  • PL - St. Pölten-Land (St. Pölten countryside area)
  • RA - Bad Radkersburg
    Bad Radkersburg
    Bad Radkersburg is a city in the southeast of the Austrian state of Styria and capital of the district of Radkersburg. It is located at an elevation of 208 m and covers an area of 2.17 km². Its population amounts to about 1,940 people...
    
    
  • RE - Reutte
    Reutte
    Reutte is a market town in Tyrol, Austria. It is the administrative center of the Reutte district . Reutte is located on the Lech river, and has a population of 5,738 .- Neighbouring municipalities :...
    
    
  • RI - Ried im Innkreis
    Ried im Innkreis
    Ried im Innkreis is a town in the state of Upper Austria in Austria, approximately 70 km west of Linz and 60 km north of Salzburg...
    
    
  • RO - Rohrbach
    Rohrbach in Oberösterreich
    Rohrbach in Oberösterreich is a town and capital of the district of Rohrbach in Upper Austria, Austria....
    
    
  • SD - Schärding
    Schärding
    Schärding is a town in northern Upper Austria, Austria, capital of the district of the same name, and a major port on the Inn River. As of 2001, it has a population of 5,052. Historically it was owned by the Wittelsbach family, which reflects on the town's architecture...
    
    
  • SE - Steyr-Land
    Steyr-Land
    Bezirk Steyr-Land is a district of the state ofUpper Austria in Austria.- Municipalities :Towns are indicated in boldface; market towns in italics; suburbs, hamlets and other subdivisions of a municipality are indicated in small characters.*Adlwang*Aschach an der Steyr*Bad...
    
     (Steyr countryside area)
  • SL - Salzburg-Land (Salzburg countryside area)
  • SP - Spittal an der Drau
    Spittal an der Drau
    Spittal an der Drau is located in the western part of the Austrian federal state of Carinthia and the administrative centre of the federal state's second largest district, Spittal an der Drau. It lies between the Lurnfeld area and the Lower Drava Valley. The city consists of the seven...
    
    
  • SR - Steyr
    Steyr
    Steyr is a town, located in the Austrian federal state of Upper Austria. The town is situated at the confluence of the rivers Steyr and Enns. Steyr is Austria's 12th most populated town and simultaneously the 3rd largest town in Upper Austria....
    
     (city of Steyr)
  • SV - St. Veit an der Glan
  • SW - Schwechat
    Schwechat
    Schwechat is a city south-east of Vienna known for the Vienna International Airport and Schwechater beer. It is also home to the refineries belonging to the Austrian national oil company OMV.- Geography :...
    
    
  • SZ - Schwaz
    Schwaz
    Schwaz is a city in Tyrol, Austria. It is the administrative center of the Schwaz district . Schwaz is located in the lower Inn valley, and has a population of about 13,000....
    
    
  • TA - Tamsweg
    Tamsweg
    Tamsweg is a market town in the Austrian state of Salzburg near the border with Styria. It is the administrative centre of the eponymous district and the largest town of the Lungau region...
    
    
  • TU - Tulln
  • UU - Urfahr-Umgebung
    Urfahr-Umgebung
    Bezirk Urfahr Umgebung is a district of the state ofUpper Austria in Austria. It is named after Urfahr, a borough of Linz, seat of the district's administration .-Municipalities:...
    
    
  • VB - Vöcklabruck
    Vöcklabruck
    Vöcklabruck is the administrative center of the Vöcklabruck district, Austria. It is located in the western part of Upper Austria, close to the A1 Autobahn as well as the B1 highway, and has been ranked in the top 10 most-visited cities in Austria....
    
    
  • VI - Villach
    Villach
    Villach is the second largest city in the Carinthia state in the southern Austria, at the Drava River and represents an important traffic junction for Austria and the whole Alpe-Adria region. , the population is 58,480.-History:...
    
     (City of Villach)
  • VK - Völkermarkt
    Völkermarkt
    Völkermarkt is a city of about 11,000 inhabitants in Carinthia, Austria.According to the 2001 census 2.6% of the population are Carinthian Slovenes....
    
    
  • VL - Villach-Land
    Villach-Land
    Bezirk Villach-Land is a district of the state ofCarinthia in Austria.-Municipalities:Towns are indicated in boldface; market towns in italics; suburbs, hamlets and other subdivisions of a municipality are indicated in small characters.*Arnoldstein **Agoritschach, Arnoldstein, Erlendorf, Gailitz,...
    
     (Villach countryside area)
  • VO - Voitsberg
    Voitsberg
    Voitsberg is a small city in the district of Voitsberg in Styria, Austria, with a population of c. 9,700 as of 2009. It grew upon the St. Margaret church at the Tregistbach river and was first mentioned in 1220 as Civitas. Remains of the Greisenegg palace and Obervoitsberg castle can be seen...
    
    
  • WB - Wiener Neustadt-Bezirk
    Wiener Neustadt-Land
    Bezirk Wiener Neustadt-Land is a district of the state of Lower Austria in Austria.-Municipalities:Suburbs, hamlets and other subdivisions of a municipality are indicated in small characters.* Bad Erlach**Brunn bei Pitten, Erlach, Linsberg...
    
     (Wiener Neustadt countryside area)
  • WE - Wels
    Wels
    Wels is the second largest city of the state of Upper Austria, located in the north of Austria, on the Traun River near Linz. It is not part of its surrounding Wels County , but a so-called Statutarstadt . However, Wels is the county seat of Wels-Land.- Geography :Wels is located in the...
    
     (City of Wels)
  • WL - Wels-Land
    Wels-Land
    Bezirk Wels-Land is a district of the state ofUpper Austria in Austria.- Municipalities :Towns are indicated in boldface; market towns in italics; suburbs, hamlets and other subdivisions of a municipality are indicated in small characters.*Aichkirchen*Bachmanning*Bad...
    
     (Wels countryside area)
  • WN - Wiener Neustadt
    Wiener Neustadt
    -Main sights:* The Late-Romanesque Dom, consecrated in 1279 and cathedral from 1469 to 1785. The choir and transept, in Gothic style, are from the 14th century. In the late 15th century 12 statues of the Apostles were added in the apse, while the bust of Cardinal Melchior Klesl is attributed to...
    
     (city of Wiener Neustadt)
  • WO - Wolfsberg
    Wolfsberg
    Places named Wolfsberg include:*Wolfsberg, Carinthia, a district capital in Carinthia, Austria*Wolfsberg , a district of Carinthia, Austria*Wolfsberg im Schwarzautal, a municipality in Styria, Austria...
    
    
  • WT - Waidhofen an der Thaya
    Waidhofen an der Thaya
    Waidhofen an der Thaya is an Austrian town, with a population of 5,750 as of the 2001 census. Located on the German Thaya river in the district of the same name in Lower Austria and is the northernmost of the capitals of the Districts of Austria....
    
    
  • WU - Wien-Umgebung
    Wien-Umgebung
    Bezirk Wien-Umgebung is a district of the state of Lower Austria in Austria. The district comprises four non-contiguous districts on the outer fringes of Vienna: these are Klosterneuburg and Gerasdorf to the north of the city, Schwechat to its south-east and Purkersdorf on Vienna's western...
    
     (Vienna surrounding area)
  • WY - Waidhofen an der Ybbs
    Waidhofen an der Ybbs
    Waidhofen an der Ybbs is an independent city in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. The city had a population of 11,662 as of the 2001 census...
    
    
  • WZ - Weiz
    Weiz (district)
    Bezirk Weiz is a district of the state of Styria in Austria.-Municipalities:Suburbs, hamlets and other subdivisions of a municipality are indicated in small characters.* Albersdorf-Prebuch**Albersdorf, Kalch, Postelgraben, Prebuch, Wollsdorferegg...
    
    
  • ZE - Zell am See
    Zell am See
    Zell am See is the capital city of the Zell am See district in the Austrian state of Salzburg. The city has about 10,000 inhabitants.Zell am See is a tourist destination and a transportation hub for the region...
    
    
  • ZT - Zwettl
    Zwettl
    Zwettl is a town and district capital in Lower Austria. It is chiefly known as the location of Zwettl Abbey, first mentioned in October 1139.- Geography :...
    
    

• Other (these have the federal Eagle instead of the provincial emblem)
  • WD - Diplomatic corps in Vienna
    Vienna
    Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
    
    
  • GK - Consular officials in Styria
    Styria (state)
    Styria is a state or Bundesland, located in the southeast of Austria. In area it is the second largest of the nine Austrian federated states, covering 16,401 km². It borders Slovenia as well as the other Austrian states of Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Salzburg, Burgenland, and Carinthia. ...
    
    
  • SK - Consular officials in Salzburg
    Salzburg
    -Population development:In 1935, the population significantly increased when Salzburg absorbed adjacent municipalities. After World War II, numerous refugees found a new home in the city. New residential space was created for American soldiers of the postwar Occupation, and could be used for...
    
    
  • BB - Bundesbahnen
    ÖBB
    The Austrian Federal Railways is the national railway system of Austria, and the administrators of Liechtenstein's railways...
    
     (Federal Railways) - obsolete, ÖBB vehicles have now W - XXX BB plates
  • BD - Kraftfahrlinien Bundesbus (Bus Service) - now for ÖBB Postbus coaches
  • BG - Bundesgendarmerie (federal police) - obsolete since 2005 when Gendarmerie and police merged, but still valid on Gendarmerie/police cars registered before 2005
  • BP - Bundespolizei (federal police) - since 2005 the only prefix for all newly registered police cars
  • BH - Bundesheer (Federal Army)
  • PT - Post & Telekom Austria
    Telekom Austria
    Telekom Austria is a provider of a range of fixed line, mobile, data, and Internet communications services. The company has a 100 per cent share in telecommunications provider A1 Telekom Austria....
    
    (national post and phone company), now only for postal cars
  • JW - Justizwache (Justice police)
  • ZW - Zollwache (Customs officials) - obsolete since 2005 when Zollwache merged with federal police
  • FV - Finanzverwaltung (Financial Administration)

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