Austria has a three-level territorial and administrative division. It consists of: 9 federal states (Burgenland, Carinthia, Lower Austria,Upper Austria, Salzburg, Styria, Tyrol, Vorarlberg and
Vienna), each of which has its own system of state bodies, i.e. unicameral parliament (German: Landtag) and an administration headed by the head of government (German: Landeshauptmann),
President of the Republic of Austria. The Prime Minister is also an official of the federal state and the federation. The rest of the government is elected by the national parliament and there are two electoral systems, i.e. a proportional one according to which and depending on the number of seats in the national parliament each political party has a certain number of ministries, and a coalition one according to which the government is formed by groups with a majority in the parliament. Federal states have powers in the field of local policy, environmental protection and shaping cultural policy. The prime minister of the national government has the right to represent the federal state outside, and thus establishing international partnerships, signing cooperation agreements or implementing cross-border projects lie within his powers. The very important powers of the federal states in the field of broadly understood European integration should also be emphasised. Already in the late 1980s, the Austrian federal states intensified their efforts to expand their powers in foreign policy. As a result, the principle of active participation
● 93 districts (German: Bezirk),
● 2094 municipalities (German: Gemeinde).
Federal states and municipalities play a dual role, i.e. they are self-government institutions and representatives of the federation. In Austria, there are also 15 so-called self-governing cities, with the exception of Vienna divided into 23 districts.