Federal State of Austria

This article is about the sovereign state between 1934 and 1938. For the federated states of current Austria, see States of Austria.

Federal State of Austria Bundesstaat Österreich  (Austrian German)
Flag Coat of arms
The Federal State of Austria in 1938
Capital	Vienna
Common languages	German (Austrian German)
ISO 3166 code	AT
Today part of	Austria

The Federal State of Austria (Austrian German: Bundesstaat Österreich; also known as the Ständestaat) was a country that existed in Europe between 1934 and 1938.

History

See also: History of Austria

The Federal State of Austria started on 1 May 1934 after the First Austrian Republic ended.

It ended on 13 March 1938 with the Anschluss (when Nazi Germany took over Austria).

Ideology

Its government was authoritarian, conservative and similar to Italian fascism. The most common religion was Christianity (Catholicism).