Municipal Debt and Debt Service Accounts for Linz, 2019

The dataset contains municipal financial accounts for the city of Linz, Austria, for the year 2019, focusing on borrowed loans and bonds for investments. It is published under the Preliminary and Financial Statements Ordinance (VRV) by Cooperation OGD Österreich and Wikimedia Österreich. The data is provided in PDF format under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze municipal investment financing based on the description of borrowed loans and bonds.
• Benchmark local government debt levels based on the structured financial accounts.
• Study compliance with financial reporting ordinances based on the VRV framework mentioned.

Strengths

• Data is structured according to a specific financial ordinance (VRV).
• The dataset has a clear geographic focus on the city of Linz.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Cooperation OGD Österreich, Wikimedia Österreich

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official municipal financial statements.

Time Range

2019

Geography

Linz, Austria