Can I Fly a Drone in Hallstatt?
What the law requires before you fly a drone over the village, a quick pre-flight check, and — if a drone is bothering you — exactly who to report it to.
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What the law requires before you fly a drone over the village, a quick pre-flight check, and — if a drone is bothering you — exactly who to report it to.
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Hallstatt is a working village of about 760 people, and drones over gardens, balconies and into living-room windows are one of residents' oldest grievances. Here is what actually applies before you fly here, a quick check of whether you are ready, and — if a drone is bothering you — who to tell.
This page can’t give you permission to fly
Over a built-up place like the Hallstatt village centre, and over any crowd, you effectively cannot fly without a special authorisation that is very rarely granted — and the village is crowded almost year-round.
Austro Control's official map of where you may and may not fly. Zones change, so check it for your exact spot every time — it, not this page, is the final word.
Open the official drone map — Dronespace mapUp to €22,000 for flying without the proper authorisation. Imposed by the district authority (Bezirkshauptmannschaft). In the law: §136 Luftfahrtgesetz (LFG); flights over crowds can be banned under §171 Abs 1 LFG.
Filming into homes and gardens
Register on Dronespace — Across the EU almost every drone with a camera needs its operator registered with Austro Control — about €31, valid three years. You carry the registration number on the drone.
Tick what’s true. Nothing you tick is saved or sent — it stays on your device. This checks the basics; it does not decide whether your flight is allowed.
Required across the EU for almost every camera drone — about €31, valid three years.
Zones change. Dronespace is Austro Control's official map and the final word — not this page.
Hallstatt is crowded almost year-round, so in the village this is often impossible.
Residents live here. This is the intrusion the village has organised against.
Tick the points above as you go through them.
Flying a drone without the proper authorisation is an administrative offence, and any resident can report it.
Bezirkshauptmannschaft Gmunden
The district authority — it opens and pursues the case
Print the "No Drone Zone" sign (PDF) — From the Bürgerliste; aluminium signs are available locally at cost.
Source: Austro Control / Bürgerliste Hallstatt, checked 28 June 2026 (last month).
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133 is the Austrian police number, for a flight happening now. For something already over, report it to the Bezirkshauptmannschaft above.
After the Bürgerliste raised this, the Bezirkshauptmann said the authority will open and complete proceedings for unlawful drone flights, and asked the local police to give them special attention. (Source: bfhallstatt.at)