!!!Städtebund, Österreichischer

Association of Austrian Cities and Towns, founded in 1915, continued 
until 1938, started again in 1945. Its members are cities and towns as 
opposed to smaller communities, which form the "Association of 
Austrian Municipalities"). The Association of Austrian Cities and 
Towns represents the interests of Austrian cities and towns in the 
system of revenue-sharing and supports efforts to promote local 
progress in economic, social and cultural fields with committees and 
meetings. Its deliberative organ is the annual Staedtetag, its legal 
domicile is Vienna; it is presided over by the mayor of Vienna. 
"Oesterreichische Gemeindezeitung" magazine.

!Literature
H. Lackner, 75 Jahre Oesterreichischer Staedtebund, 1990.


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