Austria: Flag and Facts
Austria's flag is three equal horizontal stripes: red, white, and red.
- Official name
- Republic of Austria
- Capital
- Vienna
- Region
- Central Europe
- Population
- 9.2 million (2025)
- Languages
- Austro-Bavarian German
- Currency
- Euro
- Area
- 83,871 km² (32,383 sq mi)
- People
- Austrian
- Calling code
- +43
- Highest point
- Grossglockner 3,798 m
- Independence
- No single official date
- National symbols
- eagle, edelweiss, Alpine gentian
- Borders
- Czechia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland
About Austria
Few national flags anywhere are older. As the story goes, after hard fighting during the Third Crusade in 1191, Duke Leopold V's white tunic was soaked in blood. When he took off his sash, a clean white band showed underneath, and red-white-red became his banner.
Austria was once the core of the huge Austro-Hungarian Empire but shrank to a small republic after World War I. Nazi Germany annexed it in 1938, and the Allies occupied it from 1945. A 1955 State Treaty ended the occupation and banned union with Germany, and that same year Austria declared itself permanently neutral. It joined the EU in 1995. The Alps fill the west and south, where Grossglockner reaches 3,798 meters.
Did you know?
- Austria has no single official independence date, but the Duchy of Austria was founded in 1156.
- The edelweiss and the Alpine gentian are both national symbols of Austria.
- Austria shares borders with eight countries, including Germany, Italy, and Switzerland.
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Questions about Austria
What is the capital of Austria?
Vienna is the capital of Austria.
Is Austria in NATO?
No. Its duty to stay neutral kept Austria out of NATO, though it joined the Partnership for Peace program in 1995.
Sources
- CIA World Factbook, checked October 8, 2026
- REST Countries data (mledoze/countries), checked October 8, 2026
- Flag artwork: flag-icons (MIT), checked October 8, 2026
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