!!!Bezirke

Districts, administrative areas forming links between the provinces 
and municipalities. In contrast to these, they are not corporate 
bodies and are not administered by a democratically elected head, but 
by appointed professional organs.

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1)	 Political districts: Austria is divided into 15 town districts and 
84 country districts. Town districts (for chartered towns) are led by 
an elected mayor together with the municipal authorities. The country 
districts form the administrative units of the local government  
Bezirkshauptmannschaft, which is headed by the district commissioner 
(Bezirkshauptmann).

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2) Court districts: Most political districts in Austria are subdivided 
in court districts. They form the administrative unit of the district 
courts. Austria is divided into 200 court districts.

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3) Municipal districts: Vienna, which is a municipality, a federal 
province and a political district at the same time, consists of 23 
districts headed by elected officers (Bezirkshauptmann ) with 
restricted areas of competence. In the individual districts, separate, 
legally subordinate departments of the municipal authorities 
(Magistratische Bezirks-Aemter) handle certain matters of business of 
the municipal authorities. In Vienna, these departments have a long 
tradition and - unlike their equivalents in other Austrian cities - 
show distinctive features of their own and play an important role in 
the relations of the Viennese with their city.


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