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Last update: 23 May 2005
In general:
a full list of district codes (from 1990) a full list of diplomatic codes (from 1967)
 
  Picture Date
of first
issue		 Date
of last
issue		 Type Description Remarks
1 1919 1930 car A (in Roman the thousands) 123 plate wanted size?
B for Niederösterreich
Europlate
2 1930 1939 car A 12345
A for Wien
B for Niederösterreich
(N.OE Landes Regierung)
3

1939 1945 car front plate
AB 123456


rear plate
codes used:
K = Kärnten
Nd = Niederdonau
Od = Oberdonau		 Sb = Salzburg
St = Steiermark
TV = Tirol and Voralberg
W = Wien
plate wanted
here Niederdonau
with in the seal:
'Der Landrat in Amstetten'
Roovers

the TV is an illuminated numberplate, how the seal was used is unclear Lachs
4 1939 1945 dlr AB 123456 plate wanted
dealer
TV = Tirol and Voralberg
AKS
5 1945 1947 car 123456 plate wanted
only used in Russian Zone: Wien, Niederösterreich, Burgenland, and Oberösterreich (north of the river Donau) Europlate
6
1947 Dec 1989 car front plate
A 123456


rear plate
province (Bundesland)
B = Burgenland
G = Graz (city)
K = Kärnten
L = Linz (city)
N = Niederösterreich		 O = Oberösterreich
S = Salzburg (also city)
St = Steiermark
T = Tirol
V = Voralberg
W = Wien (also city)
7
1947 Dec 1989 mc A 1/234
A 12/345
A 123/456		 motorcycle
Wagner (2nd)
size?
8
1947 Dec 1989 tr A 123456 trailer
the 'O' is the only letter that has a dash before the numbers

here an Army trailer
Wagner (2nd)
9
1947 Dec 1989 dlr A 123456
AB 12345		 plates wanted
dealer (front plate)
Seger (1st)
army dealer (front plate)
Europlate (2nd)
10
1947 Dec 1989 temp A 123456 transfer

here a transfer trailer
11
1967   govt AB 12345 government codes: plate wanted Wagner (2x)
BB = federal railway (Bundesbahn)
BG = federal gendarmerie (Bundesgendarmerie)
BH = federal army (Bundesheer)
BP = federal police (Bundespolizei)
JW = prison service (from 1978) (Justizwache)
PT = posts and telegraph
WD = diplomatic (see next line)
WK =  consular (+ BK, GK, etc)
ZW = customs authority (Zollwache)
12 1967 Dec 1989 CD WD 12345 diplomatic (front plate)
71 = Côte d'Ivoire
a full list of diplomatic codes
13
1968? Nov 1989 temp A 12345 foreign residents
valid for 1 year
Klotz (square)
14 1973 Dec 1989 car A 123B45 one extra letter on the 3rd last digit
first used in Niederösterreich
later also in O, St and T
15


? Dec 1989 mopd A 123
A 12345
A 123456
BH 12345

BP1234

WD 1234
 plate wanted
moped
Seger
here an army moped
van der Valk

BP = federal police (Bundespolizei)
Wagner

diplomatic moped
24 = France
Europlate
16 Jan 1990   car A 12 BCD
A 123 BC
A 1234 B
AB 1 CDE
AB 12 CD
AB 123 C
AB 123 CD
a full list of district codes
plate wanted
Burgenland
long plates (520x120mm)
Goodwin
17 Jan 1990 Nov 2002 car  
Kärnten
18 Jan 1990 Nov 2002 car  
Niederösterreich
19 Jan 1990 Nov 2002 car  
Oberösterreich
20
Jan 1990 Nov 2002 car  
Salzburg
here the Governor of Salzburg
Rope
21 Jan 1990 Nov 2002 car  
Steiermark
22 Jan 1990 Nov 2002 car  
Tirol
23 Jan 1990 Nov 2002 car  
Vorarlberg
24
Jan 1990 Nov 2002 car all combinations as above, plus:

A 12345 B
A 1234 BC
Wien
here one with a very nice chrome frame (1st)
25
Jan 1990 Nov 2002 car
mc		 A/123 B
A 12/345 B?
AB/123 C
AB/12 CD
AB 1/23 CD		 square plates (270x200mm)
also used for motorcycles
26 Jan 1990 now mopd A 12/34 B moped (115x150mm)
27









      W 1234 AB the first one is a 2002 Euro version
(with slightly smaller dies) Seger (BE)


plate wanted

extra combinations used in Wien (ending on:)
BE = hearse (bestattung)
EW = electricity works (E-werk)
FW = fire brigade (feuerwehr)
GT = big trucks (guetertransport)
GW = gas works (gaswerk)
KT = small trucks (kleintransport)
LO = service bus (linienonmibus)
MA = municipal dep. (magistrat)
MW = hire car (mietwagen)
RD = ambulance (rettungsdienst)
TX = taxi (taxi)
VB = traffic authority (verkehrsbetriebe)

Eric (GT, KT, LO, MW, TX. VB)
Rope (FW, GW, MA, RD)
 

 
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Jan 1990 Nov 2002 pers A 12*
A 123
A 1234
A 12345
AB 1*
AB 1**
AB 12
AB 123
AB 1234
ABC 1
ABC 12
ABC 123
ABCD 1
ABCD 12
ABCDE 1 		personalized (cost € 145)
must start with a letter and must end with a number
5-7 characters (incl. the city code)

also possible in a short version
(42 cm, used until 19??)

* or by a 2 letter city code with A 12 and AB 1
(5 characters minimum)
Rope (3rd)

the letters Ä, Ö, Ü and Q are not issued
so the 'umlaut' is home made Seger (4th)
** also with 4 characters minimum?
Lachs (5th)
29



Jan 1990 now dlr AB 12 CD plates wanted
dealer
Rope
motorcycle dealer

government dealer (here an army dealer)
Europlate (2nd and 3rd)

also personalized (from 2000)
Brekke (4th)

moped dealer
Kanters (5th)
30


Jan 1990 Nov 2002 govt  
plates wanted
all government plates have the country seal
BG stands for federal gendarmerie
BH is the federal army
PT is the postal service
A 1000 is the federal president
for all other codes see: district codes
van der Krogt (1st), Kooper (2nd)
and Seger (3rd and 4th)
31 1990? now govt coat of arms plate wanted (haha)
the President
for official use only (see A 1000 above)
Europlate/Schrober
32     army 12345 A

not a real plate, but a registration number painted on the army vehicle
here the L for Leopard tank
Kooper
33 Jan 1990 1992? temp A 123 BC
AB 1 CDE		 transfer
34

Jan 1990 now temp A 123 B 
A 1 BCD		 foreign residents
valid for 1 year
(last seen 05)
square version
Kanters

also moped version
Kanters
35
Jan 1990 Nov 2002 CD WD 12345 diplomatic
first 2 digits are the country code
a full list of diplomatic codes
 11 = Belgium
plate wanted
the ambassador only uses the country code
7 = Egypt Eric 
36 Jan 1990 Nov 2002 CC AK 12 plate wanted
consular corps (here Salzburg)
no country codes Europlate
37
Jan 1990 now tr A 1234 BC
AB 12 CD
AB 123 CD		 plate wanted
foreign trailer behind an Austrian truck
Goodwin (1st)
Seger (2nd)
38 1992? 1999 temp A 123 BC
AB 12 CD
AB 1 CDE		 transfer
with sticker
39
1999 now temp A 123 BC
A 1234 B
AB 12 CD
AB 1 CDE		 transfer, with sticker reflective
Seger (2nd)
40 2001 2002 car   'A' sticker
not legal, but used
easy to see: combination should be in the middle of the white (on the right side of the sticker, border not included)
41


Nov 2002 now car   the new Euro version (520x120mm)
Seger (2nd and Wien)

new dies (38mm)

old dies (42mm)

here the Governor of Niederösterreich
Kriechhammer (3rd)

here the 'first' diplomatic
1 = Vatican
Europlate
42 Nov 2002 now car   plate wanted
new size Euro square (300x200mm)

new dies Seger
has up to 5 digits on the bottom line

old size (270x200mm) and old dies
had up to 4 digits on the bottom line
43

Nov 2002 now mc   plate wanted
new size Euro motorcycle (250x200mm)
there are 2 versions: one with 38mm dies (up to 4 characters on the second line) and with 32 mm dies (for 5 characters)
Seger (2x)

here a diplomatic motorcycle
24 = France
Europlate
44 Apr 2005 now mc   plate wanted
new size motorcycle (210x170mm)
Seger

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