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.

National and state flag

State Flag Date Use Description
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 flag, war flag and naval ensign Three equal horizontal bands of red, white, and red, with the coat of arms surmounted.
1945–present Flag of Austria (vertical).

Standards

Flag Date Use Description
1984 Standard for a Member of the Federal Government or the Federal President Used only on army occasions (out of use since 1984).

Personal standards of emperors

Flag Date Use Description
1804–1835 Standard of the Emperor Francis
1848–1915 Standard of the Emperor Franz Joseph
1915–1918 Standard of the Emperor & King Displays both the Imperial crown of Austria and the Royal crown of Hungary.
1915–1918 Standard of Archdukes and Archduchesses Displays both the Imperial crown of Austria and the Royal crown of Hungary.

Austria under National Socialism

Flag Date Use Description
1935–1945 Personal standard of Adolf Hitler, as Führer after the Anschluss. Served also as a command flag as Supreme Commander of the Wehrmacht.

Military flags

Flag Date Use Description
Standard for a General of the Austrian Armed Forces
Commander pennant
Officer pennant
Ceremonial flag of the Gardebataillon (Guard of Honour)

Austro-Hungarian Armed Forces

Flag Date Use Description
The flag used by Habsburg forces during the Hungarian revolution of 1848 and 1849. War flag of the Habsburg Empire
1915–1918 Flag of the Generalfeldmarschall (never used)
1880–1894 Rank flag for the Habsburg Field Marshal's
1880–1894 Rank flag of the Habsburg General
1880–1894 Rank flag of the Habsburg Lieutenant Field Marshal
1880–1894 Rank flag of the Habsburg Major General

Naval flags

Flag Date Use Description
1936–1938 Jack of Austria
1929–1934 State Ensign of Austria
1934–1938 State Ensign of Austria
1926–1934 or 1935 Naval Ensign and Jack of Austria


Austro-Hungarian Navy

Flag Date Use Description
1894–1918 Austro-Hungarian Naval Jack
stipulated by law in 1915 but never used Rank flag of the Austro-Hungarian Groß-Admiral
stipulated by law in 1915 but never used Rank flag of the Austro-Hungarian Admiral
stipulated by law in 1915 but never used Rank flag of the Austro-Hungarian Vice-Admiral
stipulated by law in 1915 but never used Rank flag of the Austro-Hungarian Rear Admiral
1880–1894 Rank flag of the Habsburg Groß-Admiral
1880–1894 Rank flag of the Habsburg Admiral
1880–1894 Rank flag of the Habsburg Vice Admiral
1880–1894 Rank flag of the Habsburg Rear Admiral
1828–1853 Rank flag of the Habsburg Admiral
1853–1880 Rank flag of the Habsburg Admiral

Police

Flag Date Use Description
River police pennant.

State flags

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).

Political flags

Flag Date Party Description
Current
2022–present Austrian People's Party
1999–present Freedom Party of Austria
2012–present The Greens – The Green Alternative
2022–present NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum
2004–present Black-Yellow Alliance Black-Yellow flag, historical flag of the Habsburg Monarchy
2000s–present Identitäre Bewegung Österreich
1945–present Social Democratic Party of Austria White Three Arrows on a red background
Former
1933–1938 Fatherland Front (Austria)
1930–1938 Ostmärkische Sturmscharen

Ethnic groups flags

Flag Date Party Description
1974–present Armenians in Austria Flag of the Austrian–Armenian Cultural Society
???–present Carinthian Slovenes
???–present Burgenland Croats Austrian flag with Coat of arms of Croatia
Unofficial Yeniche people

Historical flags

Flag Date Use Description
976–1136 Medieval banner of the Margetive of Austria (House of Babenberg)
1453–1804 Flag of the Archduchy of Austria
1685–1740 Flag of the Archduchy of Austria A yellow field with a black double headed eagle with a crown on top and carrying the tricolored arms of Austria on his chest.
1749–1786 Merchant flag of the Archduchy of Austria
1804–1918 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.
1869–1918 Unimplemented Naval Ensign
1869–1918 Merchant Ensign 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.
1938–1945 Flag of the German Reich/Greater German Reich

Flag of subdivisions of Austria-Hungary

House flags of austrian freight companies

Flag Date Company Description
1903–1937 Cosulich Line
1829–1993 Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft
1833–1921 Österreichischer Lloyd

Yacht clubs of Austria

Flag Club
Segelclub Mattsee
Union-Yacht-Club Attersee
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