List of Austrian flags

See also: Flag of Austria

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 and war flag and state and naval ensign	Three equal horizontal bands of red, white, and red, with the coat of arms surmounted

State Flags

Main article: Flags of Austrian states

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).

Standards

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Standard for a Member of the Federal Government or the Federal President	used only on army occasions (out of use since 1984)
		Standard for a General of the Austrian Armed Forces

Military Flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Ceremonial flag of the Gardebataillon (Guard of Honour)

Historical National and State Flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1806–1918	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
	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.
	1934–1938	Flag of the Fatherland Front	This flag was declared "equal to the state flag" during the Fatherland Front's one-party state.

Historical Standards and Ensigns

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1815–Late 19th Century	Standard of the Emperor
	Late 19th Century– 1915	Standard of the Emperor
	1915–1918	Standard of the Emperor & King	Displays both, the Imperial crown of Austria and the Royal crown of Hungary
	1786–1915	Naval Ensign, Merchant Ensign (until 1869)
	1869–1918	Merchant Ensign of Austria-Hungary
	1915–1918	Unimplemented Naval Ensign	Created by order of Emperor Francis Joseph I. in 1915 but never formally flown by the navy.