Example of a licence plate in Austria used since 2002 ("K" for Klagenfurt), with the Carinthian coat of armsExample of a licence plate in Austria without the EU symbol used 1990–2002
The licence plates are made of metal; the imprinted text is in black letters and digits on a white background. Since November 1, 2002 the common design comprises a blue section on the left with the EU circle of stars and the country code ('A') like other vehicle registration plates of the European Union. On the top and bottom, there are red-white-red tribands, the national colours of Austria. Two plates have to be present on each car (front and rear). Dealer plates show white letters on a green background, temporary plates show white letters on a cyan background, and foreign trailers show white letters on a red background. For motorbikes and cars with smaller areas for plates, smaller licence plates are available with two lines of text. Moped plates are in different appearance and shape, they show white letters on a red background.
Lettering systemedit
Licence plate issued in Vienna ("W" for Wien)A FF plate from former Fürstenfeld district, with the lowest digits 10 and Styrian arms
The alphanumeric format for registration plates is "XX ∇=provincial emblem number+letter(s)" or "XX ∇=provincial emblem personalised letters+number";
XX - one or two letters which indicate the local registration office (district where the registered possessor resides). As a general rule, State capitals have one letter; other districts have two letters.
the coat of arms of the Austrian state the district belongs to (here shown as "∇"); diplomatic vehicles have a dash (–) instead, federal official vehicles wear the Austrian Federal Eagle.
A three to six-letter/number sequence which uniquely distinguishes each of the vehicles displaying the same initial area code. The letter Q is excluded from all sequences.
There are several lettering schemes:
The letter/number sequence must contain at least three characters (at least one digit and one letter). In countryside districts, the maximum is five characters. Regular plates start with a digit and end with a letter. Personalized plates, which can be obtained by paying an extra fee, are ordered vice versa. (exceptions: see below)
The letter/number sequence of state capitals contains up to six characters (at least one digit one letter with a minimum of four characters) (e.g. 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-Land district) or three digits and one letter.
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 (e.g. XX ∇ 123 AB) in each district or four digits and two letters in state capitals respectively.
Chilean ambassador in Vienna
Army, diplomats, police etc. have a number up to five digits only (starting with 1, incrementing)
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 ∇ 1234 BB
In Austria, it is possible to obtain a customized registration plate by payment of €228.30 for registration and €21.00 for the plates themselves.[1] The alphanumeric format is XX ∇ ABC 1, which makes them easily distinguishable from standard plates (e.g. DO ∇ BUS 3)
Export transit plates are vehicle plates that are issued to vehicles that are being exported, the plate is used for vehicles that need to get to their desired export destination, but aren't allowed to use regular licence plates because they have been deregistered abroad. For motor vehicles the cost of an export transit plate is €197.3.[3] The export transit plates are valid for 3 to 21 days.
Obsolete since 2005 when Zollwache merged with federal police
Historyedit
1954 occupation licence plate
From 1906 until 1919, the plates always composed one letter followed by Roman numerals and three numbers (e.g. "BXV 639"). Temporary admission plates always followed by prefix. The prefixes are G= Bosnia and Herzegovina, U= Hungary, Z= All other countries.
From 1919 until 1930, the plates format is the same as before but became authority supplied.
From 1930 until 1939, the plates comprised one letter followed by five digits. (e.g. B 12345) The thousands of digits encoded the districts.[clarification needed]
From 1939 until 1945, the plates comprised two letters followed by a hyphen and seven digits. (e.g. W-1234567) This followed the Nazi German system.
From 1945 until 1946, the plates comprised by a state coat of arms followed by maximum six numbers. They were only issued in the USSR-occupied zone.
From 1947 until 1989, the plates comprised one or two letters to indicate the state or federal code followed by up to six digits (e.g. W 123.456), the first number block was reserved for vehicles, the second one was the serial, when they run out of serials they began to issue XX 999.A99. The background is black with white characters for private vehicles (unknown for all other vehicles). One or two letters are the prefixes set by state and federals, they are:
^"Codes, Austria, diplomatic codes". Dutch Numberplate Archives. Herman Hallo. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
External linksedit
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Austrian car number plates are mandatory vehicle registration plates displaying the registration mark German Kennzeichen of motor vehicles in Austria They are used to verify street legality proof of a valid liability insurance and to identify and recognise the vehicle Example of a licence plate in Austria used since 2002 K for Klagenfurt with the Carinthian coat of armsExample of a licence plate in Austria without the EU symbol used 1990 2002 Contents 1 Appearance 2 Lettering system 3 Personalised plates 4 Electric plates 5 Other plates 5 1 Export transit plates 5 2 Provisional plates 6 Prefixes 7 History 8 Diplomatic codes 4 9 References 10 External linksAppearance edit nbsp Moped plateThe licence plates are made of metal the imprinted text is in black letters and digits on a white background Since November 1 2002 the common design comprises a blue section on the left with the EU circle of stars and the country code A like other vehicle registration plates of the European Union On the top and bottom there are red white red tribands the national colours of Austria Two plates have to be present on each car front and rear Dealer plates show white letters on a green background temporary plates show white letters on a cyan background and foreign trailers show white letters on a red background For motorbikes and cars with smaller areas for plates smaller licence plates are available with two lines of text Moped plates are in different appearance and shape they show white letters on a red background Lettering system edit nbsp Licence plate issued in Vienna W for Wien nbsp A FF plate from former Furstenfeld district with the lowest digits 10 and Styrian armsThe alphanumeric format for registration plates is XX provincial emblem number letter s or XX provincial emblem personalised letters number XX one or two letters which indicate the local registration office district where the registered possessor resides As a general rule State capitals have one letter other districts have two letters the coat of arms of the Austrian state the district belongs to here shown as diplomatic vehicles have a dash instead federal official vehicles wear the Austrian Federal Eagle A three to six letter number sequence which uniquely distinguishes each of the vehicles displaying the same initial area code The letter Q is excluded from all sequences There are several lettering schemes The letter number sequence must contain at least three characters at least one digit and one letter In countryside districts the maximum is five characters Regular plates start with a digit and end with a letter Personalized plates which can be obtained by paying an extra fee are ordered vice versa exceptions see below The letter number sequence of state capitals contains up to six characters at least one digit one letter with a minimum of four characters e g 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 Land district or three digits and one letter 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 e g XX 123 AB in each district or four digits and two letters in state capitals respectively nbsp Chilean ambassador in ViennaArmy diplomats police etc have a number up to five digits only starting with 1 incrementing 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 1234 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 Gutertransport vehicles transporting goods KT Kleintransport private vehicles transporting parcels LO Linienomnibus public service buses LR Landesregierung Local government of Niederosterreich LV Landesregierung Local government of Tyrol MA Magistrat Wien Local government of Vienna MW Mietwagen private hire car or bus service with driver RD Rettungsdienst ambulance vehicles RK Rotes Kreuz Red Cross TX Taxi taxis Personalised plates edit nbsp Personalised plate from Dornbirn with Vorarlberg armsIn Austria it is possible to obtain a customized registration plate by payment of 228 30 for registration and 21 00 for the plates themselves 1 The alphanumeric format is XX ABC 1 which makes them easily distinguishable from standard plates e g DO BUS 3 Electric plates edit nbsp Electric plate from FeldkirchSince 2017 electric plates have been introduced in Austria 2 these special plates are given only to electric vehicles and are exempt from parking charges in Vienna Innsbruck Klagenfurt Wels Linz Graz Modling Zell am See Klosterneuburg and Krems Other plates editExport transit plates edit nbsp Export transit platesExport transit plates are vehicle plates that are issued to vehicles that are being exported the plate is used for vehicles that need to get to their desired export destination but aren t allowed to use regular licence plates because they have been deregistered abroad For motor vehicles the cost of an export transit plate is 197 3 3 The export transit plates are valid for 3 to 21 days Provisional plates edit nbsp Provisional platesPrefixes editCode City District and official vehicles NotesA Federal officials nbsp Federal president s plateAM AmstettenB Bregenz Burgenland officialBA Bad Aussee sub district Suspended on July 1 2013 replaced with LI BB Bundesbahnen Federal Railways Obsolete OBB vehicles now use W XXX BB platesBD Kraftfahrlinien Bundesbus Bus Service nbsp Since 2008 for Postbus coaches only until 1997 also for OBB coachesBG Bundesgendarmerie Federal gendarmerie nbsp Obsolete since July 2005 when Gendarmerie and police mergedBH Bundesheer Federal Army nbsp BL Bruck an der LeithaBM Bruck Murzzuschlag Since 2013 Bruck an der Mur until 2012 BN BadenBP Bundespolizei Federal police nbsp Since July 2005 for all new registered police carsBR Braunau am InnBZ BludenzDL DeutschlandsbergDO DornbirnE Eisenstadt Also for the city of Rust Burgenland EF EferdingEU Eisenstadt Umgebung Eisenstadt surrounding areaFB Feldbach Suspended on July 1 2013 replaced with SO FE FeldkirchenFF Furstenfeld Suspended on July 1 2013 replaced with HF FK FeldkirchFR FreistadtFV Finanzverwaltung Financial Administration nbsp since 2005FW Feuerwehr Fire brigade nbsp since February 2020G GrazGB Grobming sub districtGD GmundGF GanserndorfGK Consular corps in StyriaGM GmundenGR GrieskirchenGS GussingGU Graz Umgebung Graz surrounding area HA HalleinHB Hartberg Suspended on July 1 2013 replaced with HF HE HermagorHF Hartberg Furstenfeld Since July 1 2013 HL HollabrunnHO HornI InnsbruckIL Innsbruck Land Innsbruck countryside area IM ImstJE JennersdorfJO St Johann im PongauJU Judenburg Suspended on July 1 2012 replaced with MT JW Justizwache Justice police K KlagenfurtKB KitzbuhelKG KlosterneuburgKI Kirchdorf an der KremsKF Knittelfeld Suspended on July 1 2012 replaced with MT KK Consular corps in CarinthiaKL Klagenfurt LandKO KorneuburgKR Krems Land Krems countryside area KS Krems CityKU KufsteinL LinzLA LandeckLB LeibnitzLE Leoben CityLF LilienfeldLI LiezenLL Linz Land Linz countryside area LN Leoben district Leoben countryside area LZ LienzMA MattersburgMD ModlingME MelkMI MistelbachMT Murtal Since July 1 2012 MU MurauMZ Murzzuschlag Suspended on July 1 2012 replaced with BM N Lower Austria officialND Neusiedl am SeeNK NeunkirchenO Upper Austria officialOP OberpullendorfOW OberwartP St PoltenPE PergPL St Polten Land St Polten countryside area PT Post amp Telekom Austria national mail and phone company Actually for postal cars only RA Bad Radkersburg Suspended on July 1 2013 replaced with SORE ReutteRI Ried im InnkreisRO RohrbachS Salzburg City and officialSB ScheibbsSD Scharding Diplomatic corps in SalzburgSE Steyr Land Steyr countryside area SK Consular corps in SalzburgSL Salzburg Umgebung Salzburg countryside area SP Spittal an der DrauSO Sudoststeiermark Since July 1 2013 SR Steyr CityST Styria officialSV St Veit an der GlanSW Schwechat CitySZ SchwazT Tirol officialTA TamswegTD Diplomatic corps in TirolTK Consular corps in TirolTU TullnUU Urfahr UmgebungV Vorarlberg officialVB VocklabruckVD Diplomatic corps in VorarlbergVI Villach CityVK Volkermarkt Consular corps in VorarlbergVL Villach Land Villach countryside area VO VoitsbergW Vienna Wien WB Wiener Neustadt Land Wiener Neustadt countryside areaWD Diplomatic corps in ViennaWK Consular corps in ViennaWE Wels CityWL Wels Land Wels countryside areaWN Wiener Neustadt CityWO WolfsbergWT Waidhofen an der ThayaWU Wien Umgebung Vienna surrounding area suspended on January 1 2017 replaced with BL KO PL TUWY Waidhofen an der YbbsWZ WeizZE Zell am SeeZT ZwettlZW Zollwache Customs officials Obsolete since 2005 when Zollwache merged with federal policeHistory edit nbsp nbsp nbsp 1954 occupation licence plateFrom 1906 until 1919 the plates always composed one letter followed by Roman numerals and three numbers e g BXV 639 Temporary admission plates always followed by prefix The prefixes are G Bosnia and Herzegovina U Hungary Z All other countries From 1919 until 1930 the plates format is the same as before but became authority supplied From 1930 until 1939 the plates comprised one letter followed by five digits e g B 12345 The thousands of digits encoded the districts clarification needed From 1939 until 1945 the plates comprised two letters followed by a hyphen and seven digits e g W 1234567 This followed the Nazi German system From 1945 until 1946 the plates comprised by a state coat of arms followed by maximum six numbers They were only issued in the USSR occupied zone From 1947 until 1989 the plates comprised one or two letters to indicate the state or federal code followed by up to six digits e g W 123 456 the first number block was reserved for vehicles the second one was the serial when they run out of serials they began to issue XX 999 A99 The background is black with white characters for private vehicles unknown for all other vehicles One or two letters are the prefixes set by state and federals they are B Burgenland BH Bundesheer Federal Army G Graz K Carinthia L Linz N Lower Austria O Upper Austria the dash after the letter O prevents misunderstandings with the number 0 PT Post amp Telekom Austria Federal Mail and Telekom S Salzburg state St Styria the only prefix with a lower case letter T Tirol V Vorarlberg W Vienna Wien Diplomatic codes 4 editCode Country1 nbsp Vatican City2 nbsp South Africa3 nbsp Albania4 nbsp Germany5 nbsp United States6 nbsp Saudi Arabia7 nbsp Egypt8 nbsp Argentina9 nbsp Australia11 nbsp Belgium12 nbsp Brazil13 nbsp Bulgaria14 nbsp Canada15 nbsp Chile16 nbsp Colombia17 nbsp South Korea18 nbsp Cuba19 nbsp Denmark21 nbsp Luxembourg formerly nbsp El Salvador 22 nbsp Spain23 nbsp Finland24 nbsp France25 nbsp United Kingdom26 nbsp Greece27 nbsp Hungary28 nbsp India29 nbsp Indonesia31 nbsp Iraq32 nbsp Iran33 nbsp Israel34 nbsp Italy35 nbsp Japan36 nbsp Lebanon37 nbsp Mexico38 nbsp Norway39 Sovereign Military Order of Malta41 nbsp Pakistan42 nbsp Panama43 nbsp Netherlands44 nbsp Peru45 nbsp Poland46 nbsp Portugal47 nbsp Romania48 nbsp Sweden49 nbsp Switzerland51 nbsp Czech Republic52 nbsp Thailand53 nbsp Turkey54 nbsp Russia55 nbsp Ukraine56 nbsp Venezuela57 nbsp Serbia formerly nbsp Serbia and Montenegro 58 nbsp Ecuador59 nbsp Tunisia61 nbsp Morocco62 nbsp Democratic Republic of the Congo formerly nbsp Zaire 63 nbsp Algeria formerly nbsp Gabon 64 nbsp China65 nbsp Syria66 nbsp Libya67 nbsp Costa Rica68 Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization formerly nbsp East Germany 69 nbsp Guatemala71 nbsp Ivory Coast72 nbsp Malaysia73 nbsp New Zealand74 nbsp Philippines75 nbsp Nigeria76 nbsp Oman77 nbsp Ireland78 nbsp North Korea79 nbsp Qatar81 nbsp International Atomic Energy Agency82 nbsp United Nations Industrial Development Organization83 nbsp United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees84 nbsp United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime85 nbsp United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East86 nbsp Nicaragua87 nbsp International Atomic Energy Agency88 nbsp Kuwait89 nbsp United Nations Industrial Development Organization91 nbsp Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries92 International Organization for Migration93 nbsp United Arab Emirates94 nbsp Senegal95 nbsp Jordan96 nbsp OPEC Fund for International Development97 nbsp Arab League98 nbsp European Union99 247 Organization for Security and Co operation in Europe515 nbsp Slovakia532 Organization for Security and Co operation in Europe551 nbsp Vietnam622 nbsp Kenya623 nbsp Azerbaijan nbsp Namibia nbsp Zimbabwe 624 nbsp Cape Verde677 nbsp Ethiopia678 nbsp Armenia681 712 nbsp Slovenia718 nbsp North Macedonia723 nbsp Montenegro726 nbsp Estonia728 nbsp Latvia846 nbsp Malta848 853 nbsp Tajikistan854 nbsp Belarus858 nbsp Kazakhstan859 nbsp Georgia872 nbsp China 891 nbsp Angola982 nbsp Cyprus995 nbsp BoliviaReferences edit Wunschkennzeichen oesterreich gv at Bundesministerium fur Verkehr Innovation und Technologie Green license plates now also available for e trucks in Austria oevz com Osterreichische Verkehrszeitung 10 August 2017 Uberstellungskennzeichen www oesterreich gv at Codes Austria diplomatic codes Dutch Numberplate Archives Herman Hallo Retrieved 4 May 2016 External links edit nbsp Media related to License plates of Austria at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Vehicle registration plates of Austria amp oldid 1176258972, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
