administrative territorial entity of Austria
Let an agent identify the level and type of an Austrian administrative unit, explain the hierarchy and its legal basis, relay codes and counts from official sources, and distinguish administrative from judicial and cadastral units.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent identify the level and type of an Austrian administrative unit, explain the hierarchy and its legal basis, relay codes and counts from official sources, and distinguish administrative from judicial and cadastral units.
A unit of administration in Austria, including the nine federal states, the political districts and statutory cities, the municipalities, and within them cadastral municipalities and, in large cities such as Vienna and Graz, city districts, together with judicial districts used for court organisation and municipal associations formed for joint tasks; the levels are defined by the federal constitution and state laws and coded by Statistics Austria.
What it is for: Organising administration in Austria.
It can be identify the type of a given unit; explain the hierarchy and legal basis; relay codes and counts; distinguish administrative, judicial and cadastral units.
Distinguishing features
Federal structure
Political districts and statutory cities
Municipalities with self-government
Cadastral and judicial layers
What it looks like
Not a physical object; a category shown on maps and in registers.
Physical character
federal states: 9 count
municipalities: about 2090 count - after mergers
How it is recognised
State, district, municipality or subunit in Austria
Defined by federal and state law
Judicial districts and cadastral municipalities serve courts and land registration
Related models
is a kind of - the registry category
is defined by - and state laws
is coded by - the statistical office
is related to - the top level
In practice
Families and kinds
federal states
political districts and statutory cities
municipalities
city districts such as those of Vienna and Graz
cadastral municipalities
judicial districts
municipal associations
Identifiers
municipality code 5 digits official code
NUTS and LAU AT codes statistical codes
Standards and regulation
Federal Constitutional Law
State municipal codes
Court organisation law for judicial districts
Cadastral law
Failure modes and hazards
Confusing political and judicial districts
Stale counts after municipal mergers
Mixing cadastral and administrative municipalities
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Identify What type a unit is.
Identity.
Type
Type and level.
Type
Type.
- What type is a given Austrian unit, and at what level does it sit? definition
- Is the unit administrative, judicial or cadastral? boundary
Hierarchy
Hierarchy.
Hierarchy
Hierarchy.
- How do states, districts, municipalities and subunits relate? definition
- Which entry fits the specific unit? action
Law Legal basis.
Law.
Basis
Legal basis.
Basis
Basis.
- Which laws define each level, and what powers do states and municipalities hold? provenance
- Which entry fits Austrian federalism? action
Cities
Vienna and statutory cities.
Cities
Cities.
- How are Vienna, Graz and other statutory cities organised into districts? provenance
- Which entry fits districts of Vienna? action
Data Codes and statistics.
Data.
Codes
Codes.
Codes
Codes.
- What codes identify units in official registers and in NUTS and LAU? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Counts
Counts.
Counts
Counts.
- How many units exist at each level, from official sources? measurement
- Is the information current? boundary
Context History and comparison.
Context.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did the Austrian system develop from Habsburg crown lands to the federal republic? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Compare
Comparison.
Compare
Compare.
- How does the Austrian system compare with Germany and Switzerland? provenance
- Which entry fits the other country? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should each level be a separate entry?
- How should Statistics Austria codes be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming subunits and city districts; should they be split off?