Coats of arms of the statutory cities of Austria

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the 15 statutory cities in red

This list shows and explains the coats of arms of the 15 statutory cities in Austria with their own city statute .

Statutory cities are managed by the mayor, with the administration being carried out by the magistrate. They do not belong to any district and exercise the district administration themselves.

list

coat of arms city state Remarks
Coat of arms of the free city of Eisenstadt Eisenstadt Burgenland Square tower with half-lowered portcullis
eagle with the insignia F III = Ferdinand III.
AUT Graz COA.svg Graz Styria 1245
crowned panther in green = based on the Styrian coat of arms
AT Innsbruck COA.svg innsbruck Tyrol 1267
Bridge over the Inn from a bird's eye view
AUT Klagenfurt COA.svg Klagenfurt Carinthia 1287
City tower with dragon = lindworm on the tower
AUT Krems an der Donau COA.svg Krems at the Donau Lower Austria 1463
Double-headed eagle with imperial crown = from Emperor Friedrich III. awarded
Coat of arms Linz.svg Linz Upper Austria 1242
open city gate with two towers
Austrian shield sign = reference to the former princely city.
Wavy beam = location on the Danube
Coat of arms Rust (Burgenland) .jpg Rust Burgenland Entry on Rust in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
AUT Salzburg (City) COA.svg Salzburg Salzburg 1249
City gate with open gate wings, surrounded by a city wall
gate tower,
two smaller city towers
AUT Sankt Poelten COA.svg St. Polten Lower Austria 1538
Austrian Bindenschild = sovereign membership
Wolf = Diocese of Passau
AUT Steyr COA.svg Steyr Upper Austria 1160
flame-breathing panther = margraves of Styria
green-white
Villach CoA.svg Villach Carinthia 1240
four-clawed eagle catch on a rock = coat of arms of a city judge ( Typar = seal stamp)
AUT Waidhofen an der Ybbs COA.jpg Waidhofen an der Ybbs Lower Austria Two towers with the Freising Mohr = Diocese of Freising
Catfish coat of arms.svg catfish Upper Austria 1295
Austrian binding shield = sovereign affiliation
City gate with portcullis
Vienna Wappen.svg Vienna Vienna 1934
shield with a silver cross on a red background = shield of the double-headed eagle coat of arms from the imperial era
Coat of arms Wiener Neustadt.jpg Wiener Neustadt Lower Austria 1452
Imperial eagle with crown in the first and fourth quarters = award for loyalty to the empire
Coat of arms of the Duke of Austria in the second and third quarters = patron of the city

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