Land of the Federal Republic (Austria)
Land of the Federal Republic is the colloquial name for a member state and administrative unit within the Republic of Austria. The Federal Constitution speaks of countries. They have their own legislation (federal state parliament), which is within the framework given by the condition independently legislative organ. Over the Upper House of Parliament they participate also in the legislation of the federation.
The federal state governments are on the one hand the independent executive of the countries and on the other hand part of the indirect federal administration.
There are the following Lands of the Federal Republic:
| Coat of arms | Land of the Federal Republic | capital | population ¹ | surface ² in km ² | populating run gs close ³ | cities | other municipalities | |
| 1. | 
| Castle country | iron city | 276,419 | 3,965 | 69.7 | 13 | 158 |
| 2. | 
| Kärnten | complaint ford | 559,440 | 9,536 | 58.7 | 17 | 115 |
| 3. | 
| Down Austria | pc. 1.552.848 | 19,178 | 81.0 | 74 | 499 | 4 |
| polarized. | 
| Upper Austria | Linz | 1.387.086 | 11,982 | 115.8 | 29 | 416 |
| 5. | 
| Salzburg | Salzburg | 521,238 | 7,154 | 72.9 | 10 | 109 |
| 6. | 
| Steiermark | Graz | 1.190.574 | 16,392 | 72.6 | 34 | 509 |
| 7. | 
| Tirol | Innsbruck | 683,317 | 12,648 | 54.0 | 11 | 268 |
| 8. | 
| Vorarlberg | Bregenz | 356,590 | 2,601 | 137.1 | 5 | 91 |
| 9. | 
| Vienna | - | 1.590.242 | 415 | 3,831, 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Austria | Vienna | 8.117.754 | 83,871 | 96,8 |
¹ data in the column “population” from statistics Austria, statistic yearbook 2005, page 40 and/or section 02 (population), paragraph 2,02 (population 1527 to 2003 after Lands of the Federal Republic), year 2003; Source: http://www.statistik.at/jahrbuch_2005/pdf/k02.pdf.
² data from the column “surface in km ²” from statistics Austria, statistic yearbook 2005, page 37 and/or section 01 (geographical and meteorological overviews, adminstrative organizations), paragraph 1,13 (surface and kinds of using, conditions 1. Jänner 2004); Source: http://www.statistik.at/jahrbuch_2005/pdf/k01.pdf.
³ number of inhabitants per km ²
| To abbreviation | Land of the Federal Republic | 
|
| B | castle country | |
| K | Kärnten | |
| NO | Lower Austria | |
| OÖ | upper Austria | |
| S | Salzburg | |
| sp | Steiermark | |
| T | Tirol | |
| V | Vorarlberg | |
| W | Vienna |
see also
- portal: Austria
- cities in Austria
- political system of Austria
- list of the flags of Austrian countries
- list of the coats of arms of Austrian countries
castle country | Kärnten | Lower Austria | Upper Austria | Salzburg | Steiermark | Tirol | Vorarlberg | Vienna
