# Outline of Austria

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Austria:
Austria – landlocked sovereign country located in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The capital is the city of Vienna on the Danube River.

## General reference

* Pronunciation: /ˈɒstriə/ or /ˈɔːstriə/
* Common English country name: Austria
* Official English country name: The Republic of Austria
* Common endonym(s):
* Official endonym(s):
* Adjectival(s): Austrian
* Demonym(s):
* Etymology: Name of Austria
* ISO country codes: AT, AUT, 040
* ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:AT
* Internet country code top-level domain: .at

## Geography of Austria

Geography of Austria
* Austria is a:
** Country
*** Developed country
*** Landlocked country
** Sovereign state
*** Member State of the European Union
* Location:
** Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
** Eurasia
*** Europe
**** Central Europe
** Time zone: Central European Time (UTC+01), Central European Summer Time (UTC+02)
** Extreme points of Austria
*** High: Großglockner 3,798 m (12,461 ft)
*** Low: Lake Neusiedl 115 m (377 ft)
Land boundaries: 2,562 km
       Germany 784 km
       Italy 430 km
       Hungary 366 km
       Czech Republic 362 km
       Slovenia 330 km
       Switzerland 164 km
       Slovakia 91 km
       Liechtenstein 35 km
   * Coastline: none
* Population of Austria: 8,316,487 people (2006 estimate) - 97th most populous country
* Area of Austria: 83,872 km$^2$ (32,383 mi$^2$) - 115th largest country
* Atlas of Austria

### Environment of Austria

Environment of Austria
* Climate of Austria
* Environmental issues in Austria
* Renewable energy in Austria
* Geology of Austria
* Protected areas of Austria
** Biosphere reserves in Austria
** National parks of Austria
* Wildlife of Austria
** Fauna of Austria
*** Birds of Austria
*** Mammals of Austria

#### Natural geographic features of Austria

* Glaciers of Austria
* Lakes of Austria
* Mountains of Austria
** Volcanoes in Austria
* Rivers of Austria
** Waterfalls of Austria
* Valleys of Austria
* List of World Heritage Sites in Austria

#### Neighbors of Austria

Austria is bordered by:
* Germany
* Czech Republic
* Slovakia
* Hungary
* Slovenia
* Italy
* Liechtenstein
* Switzerland

### Regions of Austria
#### Administrative divisions of Austria

Administrative divisions of Austria
* States of Austria
** Districts of Austria
*** Municipalities of Austria
** Statutory cities (Statutarstädte)

##### States of Austria

States of Austria
* Burgenland
* Carinthia
* Lower Austria
* Upper Austria
* Salzburg
* Styria
* Tyrol
* Vorarlberg
* Vienna

##### Districts of Austria

Districts of Austria
The districts of Austria, listed by state:

###### Districts of Burgenland

Districts of Burgenland
| Political district | Vehicle registration code | Administrative center | State |
| Eisenstadt-Umgebung | EU | Eisenstadt | Burgenland |
| Güssing (district) | GS | Güssing | Burgenland |
| Jennersdorf (district) | JE | Jennersdorf | Burgenland |
| Mattersburg (district) | MA | Mattersburg | Burgenland |
| Neusiedl am See (district) | ND | Neusiedl am See | Burgenland |
| Oberpullendorf (district) | OP | Oberpullendorf | Burgenland |
| Oberwart (district) | OW | Oberwart | Burgenland |

###### Districts of Carinthia

Districts of Carinthia
| Political district | Vehicle registration code | Administrative center | State |
| Feldkirchen (district) | FE | Feldkirchen in Kärnten | Carinthia |
| Hermagor | HE | Hermagor-Pressegger See | Carinthia |
| Klagenfurt-Land | KL | Klagenfurt | Carinthia |
| Sankt Veit an der Glan (district) | SV | Sankt Veit an der Glan | Carinthia |
| Spittal an der Drau (district) | SP | Spittal an der Drau | Carinthia |
| Villach-Land | VL | Villach | Carinthia |
| Völkermarkt (district) | VK | Völkermarkt | Carinthia |
| Wolfsberg (district) | WO | Wolfsberg | Carinthia |

###### Districts of Lower Austria

Districts of Lower Austria
| Political district | Vehicle registration code | Administrative center | State |
| Amstetten (district) | AM | Amstetten | Lower Austria |
| Baden (district) | BN | Baden | Lower Austria |
| Bruck an der Leitha (district) | BL | Bruck an der Leitha | Lower Austria |
| Gänserndorf (district) | GF | Gänserndorf | Lower Austria |
| Gmünd (district) | GD | Gmünd | Lower Austria |
| Hollabrunn (district) | HL | Hollabrunn | Lower Austria |
| Horn (district) | HO | Horn | Lower Austria |
| Korneuburg (district) | KO | Korneuburg | Lower Austria |
| Krems-Land | KR | Krems an der Donau | Lower Austria |
| Lilienfeld (district) | LF | Lilienfeld | Lower Austria |
| Melk (district) | ME | Melk | Lower Austria |
| Mistelbach (district) | MI | Mistelbach | Lower Austria |
| Mödling (district) | MD | Mödling | Lower Austria |
| Neunkirchen (district) | NK | Neunkirchen | Lower Austria |
| Sankt Pölten-Land | PL | Sankt Pölten | Lower Austria |
| Scheibbs (district) | SB | Scheibbs | Lower Austria |
| Tulln (district) | TU | Tulln | Lower Austria |
| Waidhofen an der Thaya (district) | WT | Waidhofen an der Thaya | Lower Austria |
| Waidhofen an der Ybbs | WY | Waidhofen an der Ybbs | Lower Austria |
| Wiener Neustadt-Land | WB | Wiener Neustadt | Lower Austria |
| Wien-Umgebung | WU; SW for the city of Schwechat | Klosterneuburg | Lower Austria |
| Zwettl (district) | ZT | Zwettl | Lower Austria |

###### Districts of Upper Austria

Districts of Upper Austria
| Political district | Vehicle registration code | Administrative center | State |
| Braunau am Inn (district) | BR | Braunau am Inn | Upper Austria |
| Eferding (district) | EF | Eferding | Upper Austria |
| Freistadt (district) | FR | Freistadt | Upper Austria |
| Gmunden (district) | GM | Gmunden | Upper Austria |
| Grieskirchen (district) | GR | Grieskirchen | Upper Austria |
| Kirchdorf an der Krems (district) | KI | Kirchdorf an der Krems | Upper Austria |
| Linz-Land | LL | Linz | Upper Austria |
| Perg (district) | PE | Perg | Upper Austria |
| Ried im Innkreis (district) | RI | Ried im Innkreis | Upper Austria |
| Rohrbach (district) | RO | Rohrbach im Mühlkreis | Upper Austria |
| Schärding (district) | SD | Schärding | Upper Austria |
| Steyr-Land | SE | Steyr | Upper Austria |
| Urfahr-Umgebung | UU | Linz | Upper Austria |
| Vöcklabruck (district) | VB | Vöcklabruck | Upper Austria |
| Wels-Land | WL | Wels | Upper Austria |

###### Districts of Salzburg

Districts of Salzburg
| Political district | Vehicle registration code | Administrative center | State |
| Hallein (district) | HA | Hallein | Salzburg |
| Salzburg-Umgebung | SL | Salzburg | Salzburg |
| Tamsweg (district) | TA | Tamsweg | Salzburg |
| Sankt Johann im Pongau (district) | JO | Sankt Johann im Pongau | Salzburg |
| Zell am See (district) | ZE | Zell am See | Salzburg |

###### Districts of Styria

Districts of Styria
| Political district | Vehicle registration code | Administrative center | State |
| Bruck-Mürzzuschlag | BM (MZ) | Bruck an der Mur | Styria |
| Deutschlandsberg (district) | DL | Deutschlandsberg | Styria |
| Graz-Umgebung | GU | Graz | Styria |
| Hartberg-Fürstenfeld | HF (FF, HB) | Hartberg | Styria |
| Leibnitz (district) | LB | Leibnitz | Styria |
| Leoben (district) | LN; LE for the city of Leoben | Leoben | Styria |
| Liezen (district) | LI, GB (BA) | Liezen | Styria |
| Murau (district) | MU | Murau | Styria |
| Murtal (district) | MT (JU, KF) | Judenburg | Styria |
| Südoststeiermark (district) | SO (FB, RA) | Feldbach | Styria |
| Voitsberg (district) | VO | Voitsberg | Styria |
| Weiz (district) | WZ | Weiz | Styria |

###### Districts of Tyrol

Districts of Tyrol
| Political district | Vehicle registration code | Administrative center | State |
| Imst (district) | IM | Imst | Tyrol |
| Innsbruck-Land | IL | Innsbruck | Tyrol |
| Kitzbühel (district) | KB | Kitzbühel | Tyrol |
| Kufstein (district) | KU | Kufstein | Tyrol |
| Landeck (district) | LA | Landeck | Tyrol |
| Lienz (district) | LZ | Lienz | Tyrol |
| Reutte (district) | RE | Reutte | Tyrol |
| Schwaz (district) | SZ | Schwaz | Tyrol |

###### Districts of Vorarlberg

Districts of Vorarlberg
| Political district | Vehicle registration code | Administrative center | State |
| Bludenz (district) | BZ | Bludenz | Vorarlberg |
| Bregenz (district) | B | Bregenz | Vorarlberg |
| Dornbirn (district) | DO | Dornbirn | Vorarlberg |
| Feldkirch (district) | FK | Feldkirch | Vorarlberg |

###### Districts of Vienna

Districts of Vienna

##### Municipalities of Austria

Municipalities of Austria
* Cities and towns of Austria
** Capital of Austria: Vienna (outline)

### Demography of Austria

Demographics of Austria

## Government and politics of Austria

Politics of Austria
* Form of government: federal parliamentary representative democratic republic
* Capital of Austria: Vienna
* Elections in Austria
* Political parties in Austria
* Taxation in Austria

### Branches of the government of Austria

Government of Austria

#### Executive branch of the government of Austria

Austrian Federal Government
* Head of state: President of Austria, Alexander Van der Bellen.
* Head of government: Chancellor of Austria, Sebastian Kurz.
** Vice-Chancellor of Austria
* Cabinet of Austria

#### Legislative branch of the government of Austria

* Parliament of Austria (bicameral)
** Upper house: National Council of Austria (Nationalrat)
** Lower house: Federal Council of Austria (Bundesrat)

#### Judicial branch of the government of Austria

Courts in Austria
* Constitutional Court of Austria
* Administrative Court of Austria
* Criminal court system of Austria
* Civil court system of Austria

### Foreign relations of Austria

Foreign relations of Austria
* Diplomatic missions in Austria
* Diplomatic missions of Austria

#### International organization membership

International organization membership of Austria The Republic of Austria is a member of:

### Law and order in Austria

Law of Austria
* Animal rights in Austria
** Animal welfare and rights in Austria
* Capital punishment in Austria
* Constitution of Austria
** Federal Constitutional Law (Austrian act)
* Crime in Austria
** Corruption in Austria
** Human trafficking in Austria
* Human rights in Austria
** Abortion in Austria
** LGBT rights in Austria
** Freedom of religion in Austria
* Law enforcement in Austria
** Federal Police (Austria)
** Financial Guard (Austria)
** Gendarmerie (Austria)
** Municipal police (Austria)

### Military of Austria

Military of Austria
* Command
** Commander-in-chief: President of Austria, Heinz Fischer
*** Ministry of Defence of Austria
* Forces
** Army of Austria
** Navy of Austria: None
** Air Force of Austria
** Special forces of Austria
* Military history of Austria
* Military ranks of Austria

### Local government in Austria

Local government in Austria
* Government of Burgenland
* Government of Carinthia
* Government of Lower Austria
* Government of Upper Austria
* Government of Salzburg
* Government of Styria
* Government of Tyrol
* Government of Vorarlberg
* Government of Vienna

## History of Austria

History of Austria
* Timeline of Austrian history
* Current events of Austria
* Military history of Austria
* Rulers of Austria

### By state

* History of Burgenland
* History of Carinthia
* History of Lower Austria
* History of Upper Austria
* History of Salzburg
* History of Styria
* History of Tyrol
* History of Vorarlberg
* History of Vienna

## Culture of Austria

Culture of Austria
* Architecture of Austria
** Austrian architects
* Austrophile
* Cuisine of Austria
** Austrian wine
** Beer in Austria
* Festivals in Austria
* Folk dance
* Languages of Austria
** Minority languages of Austria
* Media in Austria
** Newspapers
** Radio in Austria
** Television in Austria
* National symbols of Austria
** Coat of arms of Austria
** Flag of Austria
** National anthem of Austria
** Honours system of Austria
* People of Austria
** List of Austrians
* Prostitution in Austria
* Public holidays in Austria
* Records of Austria
* Religion in Austria
** Buddhism in Austria
** Christianity in Austria
** Hinduism in Austria
** Islam in Austria
** Judaism in Austria
** Sikhism in Austria
* World Heritage Sites in Austria

### Art in Austria

* Art in Austria
** Austrian painters
* Cinema of Austria
* Literature of Austria
* Music of Austria
** Music of Innsbruck
** Music of Vienna
** Austrian composers
* Theatre in Austria

### Sports in Austria

Sport in Austria
* Basketball in Austria
** Austria national basketball team
* Football in Austria
** Austria national football team
* Austria at the Olympics
* Motorsport in Austria
* Winter sports in Austria

## Economy and infrastructure of Austria

Economy of Austria
* Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 26th (twenty-sixth)
* Agriculture in Austria
* Banking in Austria
** Oesterreichische Nationalbank
** Wiener Börse
* Communications in Austria
** Internet in Austria
* Companies of Austria
* Currency of Austria: Euro (see also: Euro topics)
** Former currency: Austrian schilling
** ISO 4217: EUR
* Energy in Austria
** Energy policy of Austria
** Wind power in Austria
* Health care in Austria
* Mining in Austria
* Tourism in Austria
** Visa policy of the Schengen Area
* Transport in Austria
** Airports in Austria
** Rail transport in Austria
** Roads in Austria
*** Road signs in Austria
** Town tramway systems in Austria

## Education in Austria

Education in Austria
* Academic grading in Austria
* Schools in Austria
* Universities in Austria