List of Austrian capitals
Capital of Austria
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Vienna
- 1145–1156 capital of the margravate Austria ( Ostarrichi )
- 1156–1453 capital of the Duchy of Austria
- 1453–1861 Capital of the Archduchy of Austria Since the 15th century, Austria above
the Enns ( Upper Austria ) has gained more and more independence. In 1490 Linz was designated as the capital of this part of the Archduchy for the first time. However, it remained a part of the entire Archduchy until 1861. - 1861–1918 capital of the Archduchy of Austria under the Enns ( Lower Austria )
- 1804–1867 imperial capital in the Austrian Empire
- 1867–1918 imperial capital of Austria-Hungary
- 1918–1919 capital of the Republic of German Austria
- 1919–1938 federal capital of the Republic of Austria
- since 1945 federal capital of the Republic of Austria
Capitals of the countries of Austria-Hungary from 1867–1918
Cisleithanien ( Kingdoms and countries represented in the Imperial Council )
- Bregenz ( Vorarlberg )
- Brno ( Margraviate of Moravia )
- Chernivtsi ( Duchy of Bukovina )
- Graz ( Duchy of Styria )
- Innsbruck ( Fürstete Grafschaft Tirol )
- Klagenfurt ( Duchy of Carinthia )
- Linz ( Archduchy of Austria above the Enns )
- Laibach (Ljubljana) ( Duchy of Carniola )
- Lviv ( Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria )
- Prague ( Kingdom of Bohemia )
- Salzburg ( Duchy of Salzburg )
- Trieste ( coastal region )
- Opava ( Duchy of Silesia )
- Vienna ( Archduchy of Austria under the Enns )
- Zadar ( Kingdom of Dalmatia )
Transleithanien ( lands of the holy Hungarian crown of St. Stephen )
- Agram (Zagreb, Zágráb) ( Kingdom of Croatia and Slavonia )
- Buda (Oven) ( Kingdom of Hungary , until 1873)
- Budapest (Kingdom of Hungary, since 1873)
- Fiume (Rijeka) ( Fiume város )
Others
- Novi Pazar ( Sanjak Novi Pazar , occupied 1878–1908)
- Sarajevo ( Bosnia and Herzegovina , occupied in 1878, annexed in 1908 and part of Austria-Hungary as a condominium for both parts of the empire)
Capitals of the First and Second Republic as well as in the German Empire
Capitals of the federal states from 1918–1938
- Bad Sauerbrunn ( Burgenland , 1921-25 provisional seat of the state government)
- Bregenz ( Vorarlberg )
- Eisenstadt ( Burgenland , since 1925)
- Graz ( Styria )
- Innsbruck ( Tyrol )
- Klagenfurt ( Carinthia )
- Linz ( Upper Austria )
- Salzburg ( State of Salzburg )
- Vienna ( State of Vienna , since 1921)
- Vienna ( Lower Austria )
Capitals of the Reichsgaue from 1938–1945
- Graz ( Styria )
- Innsbruck ( Tyrol-Vorarlberg )
- Klagenfurt ( Carinthia )
- Krems ( Lower Danube )
- Linz ( Upper Danube )
- Salzburg ( Reichsgau Salzburg )
- Vienna ( Reichsgau Vienna )
Capitals of the federal states since 1945
- Bregenz ( Vorarlberg )
- Eisenstadt ( Burgenland )
- Graz ( Styria )
- Innsbruck ( Tyrol )
- Klagenfurt am Wörthersee ( Carinthia )
- Linz on the Danube ( Upper Austria )
- Salzburg ( State of Salzburg )
- Sankt Pölten ( Lower Austria , since 1986)
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Vienna ( State of Vienna )
Vienna was the capital of Lower Austria until 1986 and the seat of the Lower Austrian provincial government until 1996.