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Europe


          Austria: State flags
          Most provincial flags in Austria are based on the local arms.
          In many cases they existed before their official adoption.


                        BURGENLAND                        CARINTHIA



          The colors of the flag, officially hoisted  Adopted in 1946, the colors are derived
          in 1971, are based on the red eagle and   rom those of Austria and the yellow
          yellow shield of the arms.         tate shield.


                        LOWER AUSTRIA                     SALZBURG


          Adopted in 1954, the colors are based  The flag, adopted in 1921, uses the
          on the arms which contain a blue shield  raditional colors of the state, based
          and five gold eagles.               n the national colors.


                        STYRIA                            TYROL



          The coat of arms of Styria is a green shield  The bicolored flag is derived from
          bearing a white lion. The flag, adopted in  he arms which depicts a red eagle on
          1960, uses these colors.           white disc. It was adopted in 1945.


                        UPPER AUSTRIA                     VIENNA



          Upper Austria’s flag, adopted in 1949,  The flag dates from 1946. It is based on the
          is derived from the national colors  ity’s arms, but is identical to the flags of
          and the arms of the province.      alzburg and Vorarlberg.


                        VORARLBERG


          Like the flags of Salzburg and Vienna,
          Vorarlberg’s bicolor flag is based on
          the provincial arms.


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