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

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).

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).

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.

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.

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)

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

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

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

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		River police pennant.

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).

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

Date	Party	Description
1974–present	Armenians in Austria	Flag of the Austrian–Armenian Cultural Society
Unknown date	Carinthian Slovenes	Flag depicting a shield with the Prince’s Stone
Unknown date	Burgenland Croats	Austrian flag with Coat of arms of Croatia
Unofficial	Yeniche people

Date	Use	Description
976–1136	Medieval banner of the Margravate 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	Date	Company	Description
	1903–1937	Cosulich Line
	1829–1993	Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft
	1833–1921	Österreichischer Lloyd

Flag	Club
	Segelclub Mattsee
	Union-Yacht-Club Attersee

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