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Upper Austria zoning map
Enter an address or tap the map. You will see how the site is zoned and what the official code number means, from core area to green corridor.
Tap the map to see the zoning at a spot.
Zoning: Province of Upper Austria, doris.at (municipal land-use plans), CC BY 4.0
What the zoning tells you
Zoning states what a plot may be used for. It decides whether you may live there, run a business there, or build at all, which makes it the first question before any purchase or change of use. The Upper Austrian plan records every area as a code number; the map groups the classes of the Upper Austrian Spatial Planning Act into these categories:
- Mixed & retail
- Core area, village area, mixed and restricted mixed building land, plus the retail zones. Housing, retail, hospitality and offices side by side.
- Industrial
- Business and industrial areas and the port handling areas. For production, storage and transhipment.
- Residential
- Residential area, purely residential area and second-home zone. Upper Austria adds classes of its own for subsidised and social housing, for instance multi-storey buildings or dense low-rise.
- Green & protected
- Farming and forestry, green corridors, separating green, parks, allotments and sports grounds. Not building land. Existing homes in green land belong here too.
- Other
- Transport areas, spa zones and the special-use building zones. What is permitted there follows from the purpose of the individual zone.
Upper Austrian plans follow plot boundaries. Streets and railway areas are therefore separate zones, and an address point easily lands on the roadway in front: at Linz Hauptplatz the first answer is “moving traffic”. That is why we look for the adjoining building land within a small radius.
How much you may build is recorded elsewhere
The land-use plan says WHAT an area is zoned for. How densely and how high you may build is set by the municipality’s development plan, a separate document. Across 1,430 zones in Linz the density field of the provincial service was empty throughout, so we show no density here rather than printing a zero that looks like a figure.
Two things stand out in Linz. First, “special-use building zone” is the second most common designation of all, and what applies there is stated in the purpose of the individual zone (“tourism business”, “residential use, max. 3 flats”). We show it whenever the plan records one. Second, there is a class of its own for existing homes in green land: the house may stay, but the plot is not building land.
Where the binding information is
This page is guidance, not legal advice. The legally binding sources are the municipal land-use plans; for a building project only the municipality’s statement counts.
DORIS, geodata of the Province of Upper Austria
Limits of this map
- Plot-level detail
- The plans follow plot boundaries. Streets and railway areas are therefore separate zones too.
- Whole province
- The province holds the plans of all municipalities. This map covers the Linz area; the service itself covers all of Upper Austria.
- No building density
- Density is set in the municipal development plan. The provincial service does not carry it in the zoning plan, so we do not show it.
- Data currency
- The service returns the currently published state. Ongoing amendment procedures are not visible in it.
- Not legal advice
- For building projects and rezoning the municipality decides, not this presentation.
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Frequently asked questions
How do I find the zoning for a specific address in Upper Austria?
Enter the address above and pick it from the list. The map jumps there and shows the zoning at that spot. You can also tap the map directly.
Why do I see a code number instead of a name?
The provincial service returns only a code number per area, such as 11006 or 13003. The province publishes the plain-language wording in the symbolisation file that comes with the dataset. We joined the two, which is why this page says “residential area” and “green corridor” instead of a number. We still show the code so you can compare with the official plan.
What is a special-use building zone?
A designation of its own for uses that fit none of the standard categories, such as shopping centres, guest accommodation or municipal facilities. The designation alone says little: what matters is the purpose the plan sets for the individual zone.
What does “existing homes in green land” mean?
That a house stands there which the plan recognises as existing stock, even though the area is green land. New builds, extensions and changes of use are heavily restricted. Anyone buying such a house should clarify with the municipality first what is still possible.
Where can I find out how high I may build?
In the municipality’s development plan, not in the land-use plan. The zoning plan says what the area is intended for; density, height and building style are set by the municipality in a separate plan.
Does this also work outside Linz?
Yes. The province holds the plans of all Upper Austrian municipalities and the service answers across the whole province. This map is centred on the Linz area; for municipalities further out, DORIS is the place to look.
Is this information legally binding?
No. We show the Province of Upper Austria’s official open data in plain language. The plans themselves are legally binding, and for a specific project the municipality’s statement counts.
Last updated: August 2026