The flags of the Austrian states show two (or three) stripes in the main colours of the respective arms. The arms might be added to the flag or not. Frequently, the flags are used in vertical variants. Since Austria is a federal republic according to the constitutional framework of Austrian politics, Austrias nine provinces are customarily referred to as States of Austria or Bundesländer, singular Bundesland. ... Heraldry is the science and art of describing coats-of-arms (also referred to as armorial bearings or simply as arms). Its origins lie in the need to distinguish participants in battles or jousts and to describe the various devices they carried or painted on their shields. ...
Flag of Carinthia (Kärnten) Image File history File links Flag_of_Kärnten. ... Carinthia (German Kärnten, Slovenian KoroÅ¡ka) is a state or Land, located in the south of Austria. ...
Flag of Lower Austria (Niederösterreich) Image File history File links Flag_of_Niederösterreich. ... Map of Lower Austria showing districts and the four quarters (Waldviertel in green, Weinviertel in red, Mostviertel in yellow and Industrieviertel in blue) Lower Austria (de: Niederösterreich) is one of the nine states or Länder in Austria. ...
Flag of Salzburg Image File history File links Flag_of_Salzburg. ... Salzburg (area 7154 sq. ...
Flag of Styria (Steiermark) Image File history File links Flag_of_Steiermark. ... Styria (die Steiermark in German, Å tajerska in Slovenian) is a state or Land, located in the south east of Austria. ...
Flag of Tyrol (state) (Tirol) Image File history File links Flag_of_Tirol. ... Robotech anime series, please see Tirol (planet). ...
Flag of Upper Austria (Oberösterreich) Image File history File links Flag_of_Oberösterreich. ... Upper Austria (Ober sterreich) is one of the nine federal states or Bundesl nder of Austria. ...
This overview contains the flags of self-proclaimed states that have declared their independence, exert control over (at least part of) the claimed territory and population, but have not been acknowledged as independent states by the international community at large.
Flag of Chechnya (as used by the independentist forces)
Flag of State of Palestine and of the Palestinian Authority
Netherlands, Austrian and Spanish, that part of the Low Countries that, from 1482 until 1794, remained under the control of the imperial house of Hapsburg.
Finally, late in 1789, the States-General of the Austrian Netherlands officially deposed Joseph and proclaimed the republic of the United States of Belgium.
The Austrian recovery of Belgium was short-lived, for by 1794 the French Revolutionary Wars had brought the entire area under French control.