Diplomatic relations between the two countries were established on January 15, 1992, following Croatia's independence from SFR Yugoslavia.

Croatia has an embassy in Vienna, and honorary consulates in Graz, Linz, St. Pölten, and Salzburg.

The Croatian Parliament met in 1527 in the town of Cetin and chose Ferdinand I of the House of Habsburg as new ruler of Croatia, under the condition that he provides protection to Croatia against the Ottoman Empire in the Croatian–Ottoman War while respecting its political rights, although he later failed to fulfill this promise.

[5] Many famous Croats like Janko Drašković, Dimitrije Demeter, Ljudevit Gaj, Stanko Vraz, Vatroslav Lisinski, Blagoje Bersa, Božidar Širola, Jakov Gotovac, Ivan Zajc and Ivan Meštrović have acquired higher education at the Universities of Vienna and Graz.

Goals of this organisation are mutual communication, discussion and coordination of the points of interest of the member states, development of cooperation and exchanges in the Alpine-Adriatic region, strengthening of the Central European cultural identity and participation in the processes of the European cooperation and integration.

In 1889, Austrian government officially declared Opatija as the first climatic seaside resort on the Adriatic.

Some of them are:[3] Burgenland Croats have all kind of their own newspapers, radio, news portals (like kroativ.at) and TV programs in the framework of the ORF.

[3] Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz choose Croatia as the first destination that he visited upon his appointment.

On 20 December 2013 mr. Kurz met in Zagreb with Croatian Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Vesna Pusić.