Österreich
Austrian registrations start with a district abbreviation, followed by the federal-state coat of arms and a locally allocated serial. Vienna uses W; other authorities use one to three letters.
The ordinary example follows District · serial.
The opening code and state shield reveal the issuing district and Bundesland.
The integrated or adjacent international identifier is A.
Motorcycles, trailers and restricted mounting spaces may use a dedicated stacked or compact physical format.
Diplomatic, temporary, trade, historic or public-service vehicles use protected combinations that sit outside the ordinary sequence.
Colour and suffixes can completely change a plate's meaning.
The current ordinary District · serial registration.
W identifies Vienna before the state crest and serial.
Eligible electric vehicles use green characters.
Diplomatic and international organisations use reserved combinations.
A reconstructed current plate and concise system timeline, separated from the more extensively documented country archives.
Austrian registrations start with a district abbreviation, followed by the federal-state coat of arms and a locally allocated serial. Vienna uses W; other authorities use one to three letters.
The District · serial system establishes the ordinary plate described above.
The opening code and state shield reveal the issuing district and Bundesland.
Special status, vehicle class or use can change the colour, prefix, suffix or even the entire registration logic.
W identifies Vienna before the state crest and serial.
Eligible electric vehicles use green characters.
Diplomatic and international organisations use reserved combinations.
Austrian registrations start with a district abbreviation, followed by the federal-state coat of arms and a locally allocated serial. Vienna uses W; other authorities use one to three letters.
The ordinary example follows District · serial.
The opening code and state shield reveal the issuing district and Bundesland.
The integrated or adjacent international identifier is A.
Motorcycles, trailers and restricted mounting spaces may use a dedicated stacked or compact physical format.
Diplomatic, temporary, trade, historic or public-service vehicles use protected combinations that sit outside the ordinary sequence.
Colour, prefix, dimensions or a control field can signal a different legal registration class.
The current ordinary District · serial registration.
W identifies Vienna before the state crest and serial.
Eligible electric vehicles use green characters.
Diplomatic and international organisations use reserved combinations.
Search the ordinary District · serial grammar and the principal special registrations represented in this guide.
The opening code and state shield reveal the issuing district and Bundesland.
The A identifier distinguishes the country in international traffic.
Special-series colours and codes are legal status markers rather than decorative alternatives.