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Encyclopedia > Austrian car number plates

Austrian car number plates are license plates found on Austrian cars. A license plate (or licence plate), number plate or registration plate is a small plate attached to a vehicle. ...

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Example of a license plate in Austria
Example of a license plate in Austria

The license plates are made of metal. On the left there is a blue bar like in other EU countries; the text is in black letters on a white background. Two plates have to be present on each car- one on the front and one on the rear. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ...


Numbering system

The text format on the plates is "xx state number letters" or "xx state letters number";

  • xx - one or two letters denoting the county of main residence of car holder. State capitals have one letter, all other counties have two letters.
  • state - insignia depicting the state the district is in; diplomatic cars have a dash (–)
  • number/letters - incrementing

there are several numbering schemes: There are many different numbering schemes for assigning numbers to entities. ...

  • Until the year 2000, the plates were issued by the county administrations and a variety of numbering schemes have been used, such as one digit and three letters (eg FK 1 ABC for a car from Feldkirch county, Vorarlberg), two digits and two letters (eg WL 12 AB for a car form Wels county in Upper Austria) etc.
  • Since 2000, the plates are issued by car insurance companies and normally show three digits and two letters (eg xx 123 AB) in each county.
  • Cars in Vienna spot up to 5 digit numbers + 1 letter (eg W 12345 A) or 4 digit numbers + 2 letters (eg W 1234 AB)
    • moreover the letters are standardized for special types of cars:
      • RD - Rettungsdienst (ambulances)
      • BE - Bestattung (funeral services)
      • TX - Taxi (cabs)
      • LO - Linienomnibus (public buses)
      • GT - Gütertransport (trucks)
  • Army, diplomats, police etc. just have a number (starting with 1, incrementing)

Vienna (German: , see also other names) is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. ...

Custom plates

For a fee it is possible to customize license plates; the format on those is "xx state custom_letters custom_number". These plates can easily be distinguished from standard plates because here the letters come before the number.


Location prefixes (complete list)

  • Other
    • WD - Diplomatic corps in Vienna
    • GK - Consular officials in Styria
    • BB - Bundesbahn
    • BD - Kraftfahrlinien Bundesbus (Bus Service)
    • BG - Gendarmerie (local police) - obsolete since 2005 when Gendarmerie and Police merged, but still valid on Gendarmerie/police cars registrated before 2005
    • BP - Bundespolizei (state police) - since 2005 the only prefix for all newly registered police cars
    • BH - Bundesheer (army)
    • PT - Post & Telekom Austria
    • JW - Justizwache
    • ZW - Zollwache

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NodeWorks - Encyclopedia: License plate (2649 words)
A license plate, number plate or registration plate (often referred to simply as a plate) is a small metal or plastic plate attached to a motor vehicle for official identification purposes.
The plate has a serial number on it which is the same on all plates attached to the vehicle, the purpose of which is to identify the vehicle uniquely from others on roads, usually within the same country.
Plates usually are either directly fixed to a vehicle, or may be located in a plate frame which is itself fixed to the vehicle and enables the plates to be easily changed if required.
Crazy Dutch License plates (1094 words)
There are also equivalent Swedish plates (49kB), Austrian plates (36kB, supplied by Eric Hos) and nice plates from Greece (10kB, supplied by John Koldijk), Bolivia (35kB, submitted by Richard Zuidhof) and Spain (39kB, provided by Alex van der Beek).
Lists that tie plates to the cities or regions of their origin are available for plates from Germany: [1], [2] and Spain: [1].
People that spot a car with a strange character combination on the bumper sticker can use the Dork's list for finding out from which country the car is coming.
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