Districts of Austria
Administrative subdivision of Austria
Districts of Austria
A district (German: Bezirk [bəˈtsɪʁk] ; pl. Bezirke [bəˈtsɪʁkə] ) is a second-level division of the executive arm of the Austrian government. District offices are the primary point of contact between residents and the state for most acts of government that exceed municipal purview: marriage licenses, driver licenses, passports, assembly permits, hunting permits, or dealings with public health officers for example all involve interaction with the district administrative authority (Bezirksverwaltungsbehörde). Austrian constitutional law distinguishes two types of district administrative authority: district commissions (Bezirkshauptmannschaften), district administrative authorities that exist as stand-alone bureaus; statutory cities (Städte mit eigenem Statut or Statutarstädte), cities that have been vested with district administration functions in addition to their municipal responsibilities, i.e. district administrative authorities that only exist as a secondary role filled by something...
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