This article lists the administrative-territorial units of Austria-Hungary, a historical state that existed from 1867 to 1918.
Administrative divisions of Austria-HungaryBohemia Bukovina Carinthia Carniola Dalmatia Galicia and Lodomeria Austrian Littoral Lower Austria Moravia Salzburg Austrian Silesia Styria Tyrol Upper Austria VorarlbergKingdom of Hungary (including Vojvodina and Transylvania) Croatia and Slavonia18. Bosnia and Herzegovina
In political terms, Austria-Hungary was divided into two parts: the Austrian lands, officially called the “Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council” (), governed through the Imperial Council (Reichsrat), and the Kingdom of Hungary, which included the historic lands of the Hungarian Crown and was subordinate to the Hungarian parliament and government.
Informally, these two parts were referred to as Cisleithania and Transleithania respectively. The annexed Condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1908 was not included in either Cisleithania or Transleithania and was administered by special governing authorities.
In administrative terms, Austria-Hungary was divided into the following constituent parts (Crown Lands). No. Land Capital 1 Cisleithania (Austrian Crown lands) 1.1 Archduchy of Lower Austria () Vienna () 1.2 Archduchy of Upper Austria () Linz () 1.3 Duchy of Salzburg () Salzburg () 1.4 Duchy of Styria () Graz () 1.5 Duchy of Carinthia () Klagenfurt () 1.6 Duchy of Carniola () Ljubljana () 1.7 Austrian Littoral Trieste () 1.7.1 Princely County of Gorizia and Gradisca () Gorizia () 1.7.2 Imperial Free City of Trieste () Trieste () 1.7.3 Margraviate of Istria () Poreč () 1.8 Princely County of Tyrol () Innsbruck () 1.9 Land of Vorarlberg () Bregenz () 1.10 Kingdom of Bohemia () Prague () 1.11 Margraviate of Moravia () Brno () 1.12 Duchy of Austrian Silesia () Opava () 1.13 Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Lviv () 1.14 Duchy of Bukovina Chernivtsi () 1.15 Kingdom of Dalmatia Zadar () 2 Transleithania (lands of the Hungarian Crown) 2.1 Kingdom of Hungary Budapest () 2.2 Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia Zagreb () 2.3 City of Fiume Rijeka () 3 Condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina (from 1908) Sarajevo ()
The representative bodies of the constituent parts (Hungary and Croatia) were the regional diets (Landtage), while the executive authorities were the regional governments, consisting of a regional prime minister and regional ministers.
The emperor in the crown lands was represented by the Statthalterei (). The representative bodies of the crown lands were the regional diets (), while the executive authorities were the regional committees (), headed by the regional governor () and regional councillors ().
At district level, the imperial administration was represented by district captaincies (). In cities, the representative bodies were municipal councils (), and the executive bodies were city councils (), consisting of a mayor () and city councillors ().
In municipalities, the representative bodies were municipal assemblies (), while the executive bodies were municipal committees (), consisting of a mayor and municipal councillors.
The division of the crown lands into districts as of 1910 was as follows (settlements serving as seats of district courts are also indicated). Compared to 1875, the administrative division underwent significant changes.
Cisleithania (Austrian Crown lands)
Lower Austria 23 districts (), as well as the statutory cities () of Vienna (the capital of the crown land and of the entire empire), Waidhofen an der Ybbs and Wiener Neustadt.
№District (Politischer Bezirk)Towns with district courts (Gerichtsbezirke) (the flag of the country to which the town currently belongs is indicated alongside)1Amstetten Amstetten Haag Sankt Peter in der Au Waidhofen an der Ybbs 2Baden Baden Pottenstein 3Bruck Bruck an der Leitha Hainburg an der Donau Schwechat 4Floridsdorf-Umgebung Groß-Enzersdorf Wolkersdorf im Weinviertel 5Gänserndorf Marchegg Matzen-Raggendorf Zistersdorf 6Gmünd Gmünd Litschau Schrems Weitra 7Hietzing-Umgebung Liesing Neulengbach Purkersdorf 8Horn Eggenburg Geras Horn 9Korneuburg Korneuburg Stockerau 10Krems Gföhl Krems an der Donau Langenlois Mautern an der Donau Spitz 11Lilienfeld Lilienfeld Hainfeld 12Melk Mank, Austria Melk Ybbs an der Donau 13Mistelbach Feldsberg (now Valtice) Laa an der Thaya Mistelbach Poysdorf 14Mödling Ebreichsdorf Mödling 15Neunkirchen Gloggnitz Neunkirchen 16Oberhollabrunn Haugsdorf Hollabrunn Ravelsbach Retz 17Pöggstall Ottenschlag Persenbeug-Gottsdorf Pöggstall 18Sankt Pölten Herzogenburg Kirchberg an der Pielach Sankt Pölten 19Scheibbs Gaming Scheibbs 20Tulln Atzenbrugg Kirchberg am Wagram Klosterneuburg Tulln an der Donau 21Waidhofen an der Thaya Dobersberg Raabs an der Thaya Waidhofen an der Thaya 22Wiener Neustadt Aspang-Markt Gutenstein Kirchschlag in der Buckligen Welt Wiener Neustadt 23Zwettl Allentsteig Groß Gerungs Zwettl
Upper Austria 12 districts subordinate to the governorship in Linz (German: Statthalterei), as well as statutory cities Linz (capital of the crown land) and Steyr.
No.District (Politischer Bezirk)Towns with district courts (Gerichtsbezirke) (the current sovereign state of the town is indicated by the adjacent flag)1Braunau Braunau am Inn
Mattighofen
Mauerkirchen
Wildshut 2Eferding Eferding Waizenkirchen 3Freistadt Freistadt Pregarten Unterweißenbach 4Gmunden Bad Ischl Gmunden 5Grieskirchen Grieskirchen Haag am Hausruck Peuerbach 6Kirchdorf Grünburg Kirchdorf an der Krems Windischgarsten 7Linz Enns Linz Sankt Florian
Neuhofen an der Krems 8Perg Grein Mauthausen Perg 9Ried im Innkreis Obernberg am Inn Ried im Innkreis 10Rohrbach Aigen Haslach
Lembach
Neufelden Rohrbach 11Schärding Engelhartszell Raab Schärding 12Steyr Kremsmünster Steyr Weyer 13Urfahr Bad Leonfelden Ottensheim Urfahr 14Vöcklabruck Frankenmarkt
Mondsee Schwanenstadt Vöcklabruck 15Wels Wels Lambach
Salzburg The crown land Salzburg was divided into 4 district authorities (German: Bezirkshauptmannschaften), subordinate to the Landespresidium in Salzburg. Salzburg was a statutory city.
No.District (Politischer Bezirk)Towns with district courts (Gerichtsbezirke) (the current sovereign state of the town is indicated by the adjacent flag)1Hallein Abtenau Golling Hallein 2Salzburg Mattsee
Neumarkt
Oberndorf Salzburg St. Gilgen Thalgau 3St. Johann Bad Hofgastein Radstadt St. Johann
Werfen 4Tamsweg Sankt Michael Tamsweg 5Zell Lofer Mittersill
Saalfelden
Taxenbach Zell am See
Styria 22 district commissions (German: Bezirkhauptmannschaften), subordinate to the governorate in Graz (the capital of the crown land), as well as the statutory cities of Graz, Cilli (now Celje), Marburg (now Maribor) and Pettau (now Ptuj).
No.District (Politischer Bezirk)Towns with district courts (Gerichtsbezirke) (the current sovereign state of the town is indicated by the adjacent flag)1Bruck Aflenz Bruck an der Mur Mariazell 2Cilli (Landbezirk) Cilli (Celje) Franz (Vransko) Oberburg (Gornji Grad) Sankt Marein (Šmarje pri Jelšah) Tüffer (Laško) 3Deutschlandsberg Deutschlandsberg Eibiswald Stainz 4Feldbach Fehring Feldbach Fürstenfeld Kirchbach 5Gonobitz (Slovenske Konjice) 6Graz (Landbezirk) Frohnleiten Graz-Umgebung 7Gröbming Bad Aussee Gröbming Irdning Schladming 8Hartberg Friedberg Hartberg Pöllau Vorau 9Judenburg Judenburg Knittelfeld Obdach Ober-Zeiring 10Leibnitz Arnfels Leibnitz Wildon 11Leoben Eisenerz Leoben Mautern 12Liezen Liezen Rottenmann Sankt Gallen 13Luttenberg Luttenberg (Ljutomer) Oberradkersburg (Gornja Radgona) 14Marburg (Landbezirk) Marburg (Maribor) Sankt Leonhard in Windischbüheln (Lenart v Slovenskih Goricah) Windisch-Feistritz (Slovenska Bistrica) 15Mürzzuschlag Kindberg Mürzzuschlag 16Murau Murau Neumarkt Oberwölz 17Pettau (Landbezirk) Friedau (Ormož) Pettau (Ptuj) Rohitsch (Rogatec) 18Radkersburg Mureck Radkersburg 19Rann Drachenburg (Kozje) Lichtenwald (Sevnica) Rann (Brežice) 20Voitsberg 21Weiz Birkfeld Gleisdorf Weiz 22Windischgrätz Marenberg (Radlje ob Dravi) Schönstein (Šoštanj) Windischgrätz (Slovenj Gradec)
Carinthia 7 districts, the capital of the crown land and the only statutory city () — Klagenfurt.
No.District (Politischer Bezirk)Towns with district courts (Gerichtsbezirke) (the current sovereign state of the town is indicated by the adjacent flag)1Hermagor Hermagor Kötschach 2Klagenfurt (Landbezirk) Feldkirchen Ferlach Klagenfurt 3Sankt Veit Althofen Eberstein Friesach Gurk Sankt Veit 4Spittal Gmünd Greifenburg Millstatt Obervellach Spittal Winklern 5Villach Arnoldstein Paternion Rosegg Tarvis (Tarvisio) Villach 6Völkermarkt Bleiburg Eberndorf Eisenkappel Völkermarkt 7Wolfsberg Sankt Leonhard Sankt Paul Wolfsberg
Carniola 11 districts, the capital of the crown land — the statutory city () of Laibach (now Ljubljana, Slovenia).
No.District (Politischer Bezirk)Towns with district courts (Gerichtsbezirke) (the current sovereign state of the town is indicated by the adjacent flag)1Adelsberg Adelsberg (Postojna) Illyrisch-Feistritz (Ilirska Bistrica) Senosetsch (Senožeče) Wippach (Vipava) 2Gottschee Gottschee (Kočevje) Großlaschnitz (Velike Lašče) Reifnitz (Ribnica) 3Gurkfeld Gurkfeld (Krško) Landstraß (Kostanjevica) Nassenfuß (Mokronog) Ratschach (Radeče) 4Krainburg Bischoflack (Škofja Loka) Krainburg (Kranj) Neumarktl (Tržič) 5Laibach (Landbezirk) Laibach (Ljubljana) Oberlaibach (Vrhnika) 6Littai Littai (Litija) Weichselburg (Višnja Gora) 7Loitsch Idria (Idrija) Laas (Lož) Loitsch (Logatec) Zirknitz (Cerknica) 8Radmannsdorf Kronau (Kranjska Gora) Radmannsdorf (Radovljica) 9Rudolfswerth Rudolfswerth (Novo Mesto) Seisenberg (Žužemberk) Treffen (Trebnje) 10Stein Egg (Brdo pri Lukovici) Stein (Kamnik) 11Tschernembl Möttling (Metlika) Tschernembl (Črnomelj)
Austrian Littoral The crown land of the Austrian Littoral (German: Küstenland) consisted of three parts:
the city of Trieste and its surroundings, the Princely County of Gorizia and Gradisca, the Margraviate of Istria.
All of them were subordinate to the governorate (German: Statthalterei) in Trieste, namely 12 districts (German: Bezirkhauptmannschaften).
No.District (Politischer Bezirk)Towns with district courts (Gerichtsbezirke) (the current sovereign state of the town is indicated by the adjacent flag)Princely County of Gorizia and Gradisca Statutory city () — Görz (Gorizia).1Görz Canale (Kanal ob Soči) Görz (Gorizia) Haidenschaft (Ajdovščina) 2Gradisca Cormons (Cormons) Gradisca (Gradisca d'Isonzo) 3Monfalcone Cervignano (Cervignano del Friuli) Monfalcone 4Sesana Komen Sesana (Sežana) 5Tolmein Flitsch (Bovec) Karfreit (Kobarid) Kirchheim (Cerkno) Tolmein (Tolmin) Margraviate of Istria Statutory city () — Rovigno (Rovinj).6Capodistria Capodistria (Koper) Pinguente (Buzet) Pirano (Piran) 7Lussin Cherso (Cres) Lussin (Mali Lošinj) 8Mitterburg, Pisino Albona (Labin) Mitterburg, Pisino (Pazin) 9Parenzo Buje Montona (Motovun) Parenzo (Poreč) 10Pola Dignano (Vodnjan) Pola (Pula) Rovigno (Rovinj) 11Veglia (Krk) 12Volosca-Abbazia Castelnuovo (Podgrad) Volosca (Opatija)
Tyrol The crown land of Tyrol was divided into 23 districts and 4 statutory cities () having district status (Innsbruck, Bozen (Bolzano), Trient (Trento), and Rovereto).
No.District (Politischer Bezirk)Towns with district courts (Gerichtsbezirke) (the current sovereign state of the town is indicated by the adjacent flag)1Ampezzo Ampezzo (Cortina d'Ampezzo) Buchenstein (Livinallongo del Col di Lana) 2Borgo Borgo Levico Strigno 3Bozen (Landbezirk) Bozen (Bolzano) Kaltern (Caldaro) Kastelruth (Castelrotto)