Dutch Numberplate Archives

nr.

Picture

Date of
first issue

Date of
last issue

Type

Description

Remarks

1919

1930

car

A (in Roman the thousands) 123

plate wanted size?
B for Niederösterreich
Europlate

1930

1939

car

A 12345

A for Wien
B for Niederösterreich
(N.OE Landes Regierung)

Apr 1939

1945

car

AB 123456

codes used:
K = Kärnten
Nd = Niederdonau
Od = Oberdonau

Sb = Salzburg
St = Steiermark
TV = Tirol and Voralberg
W = Wien

plate wanted
here Niederdonau
with in the seal:
'Der Landrat in Amstetten'
Roovers

the TV is an illuminated numberplate, how the seal was used is unclear Lachs

Apr 1939

1945

dlr

AB 123456

plate wanted
dealer
TV = Tirol and Voralberg
AKS

1945

1947

car

123456

plate wanted
only used in Russian Zone: Wien, Niederösterreich, Burgenland, and Oberösterreich (north of the river Donau) Europlate

1947

Dec 1989

car

front plate

A 123456

rear plate

province (Bundesland)
B = Burgenland
G = Graz (city)
K = Kärnten
L = Linz (city)
N = Niederösterreich

O = Oberösterreich
S = Salzburg (also city)
St = Steiermark
T = Tirol
V = Voralberg
W = Wien (also city)

1947

Dec 1989

A 1/234
A 12345
A 123456

motorcycle
Wagner (2nd)
size?

1947

Dec 1989

A 123456

trailer
the 'O' is the only letter that has a dash before the numbers

here an Army trailer
Wagner (2nd)

1947

Dec 1989

dlr

A 123456
AB 12345

plates wanted
dealer (front plate)
Seger (1st)
dealer federal railway (Bundesbahn)(front plate)
Alpca(2nd)
dealer federal gendarmerie (Bundesgendarmerie)(front plate)
Europlate (3rd)
army dealer (front plate)
Europlate (4th)
trailer dealer (rear plate)
Europlate (5th)

1947

Dec 1989

temp

A 123456

transfer

here a transfer trailer

1947

Dec 1989

mopd

A 123
A 12345
A 123456

BH 12345

BP1234

WD 1234

plate wanted
moped
Seger
here an army moped
van der Valk

BP = federal police (Bundespolizei)
Wagner

diplomatic moped
24 = France
Europlate

1967

govt

AB 12345

government codes: plate wanted Wagner (2x)
BB = federal railway (Bundesbahn)
BG = federal gendarmerie (Bundesgendarmerie)
BH = federal army (Bundesheer)
BP = federal police (Bundespolizei)
JW = prison service (from 1978) (Justizwache)
PT = posts and telegraph
WD = diplomatic (see next line)
WK = consular (+ BK, GK, etc)
ZW = customs authority (Zollwache)

1967

Dec 1989

WD 12345

diplomatic (front plate)
71 = Côte d'Ivoire
a full list of diplomatic codes

1968?

Dec 1989

temp

A 12345

foreign residents
valid for 1 year
Klotz (square)

1973

Dec 1989

car

A 123B45

one extra letter on the 3rd last digit
first used in Niederösterreich
later also in O, St and T

<73

Dec 1989

A 123456

plate wanted
foreign trailer behind an Austrian truck
de Kort

Jan 1990

car

A 12 BCD
A 123 BC
A 1234 B
AB 1 CDE
AB 12 CD
AB 123 C
AB 123 CD

a full list of district codes
plate wanted
Burgenland
long plates (520x120mm)
Goodwin

Jan 1990

Nov 2002

car

A 12 BCD

Kärnten

Jan 1990

Nov 2002

car

A 12 BCD

Niederösterreich

Jan 1990

Nov 2002

car

A 12 BCD

Oberösterreich

Jan 1990

Nov 2002

car

A 12 BCD

Salzburg
here the Governor of Salzburg
Rope

Jan 1990

Nov 2002

car

A 12 BCD

Steiermark

Jan 1990

Nov 2002

car

A 12 BCD

Tirol

Jan 1990

Nov 2002

car

A 12 BCD

Vorarlberg

Jan 1990

Nov 2002

car

all combi-
nations as above, plus:

A 12345 B
A 1234 BC

Wien
here one with a very nice chrome frame (1st)

Jan 1990

Nov 2002

car
mc

A 123 B
A 12345 B?
AB 123 C
AB 12 CD
AB 123 CD

square plates (270x200mm)
also used for motorcycles

Jan 1990

now

mopd

A 1234 B

moped (115x150mm)

W 1234 AB

the first two are 2002 Euro versions
(with slightly smaller dies) Seger (BE)

extra combinations used in Wien (ending on:)
BE = hearse (bestattung)
EW = electricity works (E-werk)
FW = fire brigade (feuerwehr)
GT = big trucks (guetertransport)
GW = gas works (gaswerk)
KT = small trucks (kleintransport)

Eric (GT, KT)
Rope (EW, FW, GW)

W 1234 AB
ZE 1234 T

plate wanted

extra combinations used in Wien (ending on:)
LO = service bus (linienonmibus)
MA = municipal dep. (magistrat)
MW = hire car (mietwagen)
RD = ambulance (rettungsdienst)
TX = taxi (taxi)
VB = traffic authority (verkehrsbetriebe)

Eric (LO, MW, TX. VB)
Rope (MA, RD)

extra combination used in ZE (ending on:)
T = Taxi

Rope (T)

Jan 1990

Nov 2002

pers

A 12*
A 123
A 1234
A 12345
AB 1*
AB 1**
AB 12
AB 123
AB 1234
ABC 1
ABC 12
ABC 123
ABCD 1
ABCD 12
ABCDE 1

personalized (cost € 145)
must start with a letter and must end with a number
5-7 characters (incl. the city code)

also possible in a short version
(42 cm, used until 19??)

* or by a 2 letter city code with A 12 and AB 1
(5 characters minimum)
Rope (3rd)

the letters Ä, Ö, Ü and Q are not issued
so the 'umlaut' is home made Seger (4th)
** also with 4 characters minimum?
Lachs (5th)

Jan 1990

now

dlr

AB 12 CD

plates wanted
dealer
Rope
motorcycle dealer

government dealer (here an army dealer)
Europlate (2nd and 3rd)

government dealer (here a Bundespolizei dealer)
Tamas

also personalized (from 2000)
Brekke (4th)

moped dealer
Kanters (5th)

Jan 1990

Nov 2002

govt

plates wanted
all government plates have the country seal
BG stands for federal gendarmerie
BH is the federal army
PT is the postal service
FV (2002 version) is customs authority (Finanzverwaltung)
A 1000 is the federal president
for all other codes see: district codes
van der Krogt (1st), Kooper (2nd)
Hess (3rd) and Seger (4th and 5th)

1990?

now

govt

coat of arms

plate wanted (haha)
the President
for official use only (see A 1000 above)
Europlate/Schrober

army

12345 A

not a real plate, but a registration number painted on the army vehicle
here the L for Leopard tank
Kooper

Jan 1990

1992?

temp

A 123 BC
AB 1 CDE

transfer

Jan 1990

now

temp

A 123 B
A 1 BCD

foreign residents
valid for 1 year
(last seen 05)
square version
Kanters

also moped version
Kanters

Jan 1990

Nov 2002

WD 12345

diplomatic
first 2 digits are the country code
a full list of diplomatic codes
11 = Belgium
plate wanted
the ambassador only uses the country code
7 = Egypt Eric

Jan 1990

Nov 2002

AK 12

plate wanted
consular corps (here Salzburg)
no country codes Europlate

Jan 1990

now

A 1234 B
A 1234 BC
AB 12 CD
AB 123 CD

plate wanted
foreign trailer behind an Austrian truck
Goodwin (1st)
Seger (2nd)
from Aug 2007 also used on a bikerack
van Wersch

1992?

1999

temp

A 123 BC
AB 12 CD
AB 1 CDE

transfer
with sticker

1999

now

temp

A 123 BC
A 1234 B
AB 12 CD
AB 1 CDE

transfer, with sticker reflective
Seger (2nd)

2001

2002

car

A 12 BCD

'A' sticker
not legal, but used
easy to see: combination should be in the middle of the white (on the right side of the sticker, border not included)

Nov 2002

now

car

A 12 BCD

the new Euro version (520x120mm)
Seger (2nd and Wien)

new dies (38mm)

old dies (42mm)

here the Governor of Niederösterreich
Kriechhammer (3rd)

here the 'first' diplomatic
1 = Vatican
Europlate

Nov 2002

now

car

A 12 BCD

plate wanted
new size Euro square (300x200mm)

new dies Seger
has up to 5 digits on the bottom line

old size (270x200mm) and old dies
had up to 4 digits on the bottom line

Nov 2002

now

A 12 BCD

plate wanted
new size Euro motorcycle (250x200mm)
there are 2 versions: one with 38mm dies (up to 4 characters on the second line) and with 32 mm dies (for 5 characters)
Seger (2x)

here a diplomatic motorcycle
24 = France
Europlate

Apr 2005

now

A 12 BCD

plate wanted
new size motorcycle (210x170mm)
Seger