UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 13F

                               FORM 13F Cover Page



      Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended December 31, 2012

Check here if Amendment:           |_|; Amendment Number: ____

This Amendment (Check only one):   |_| is a restatement
                                   |_| adds new holding entries.

Institutional Manager Filing this Report:

Name:     Lansdowne Partners Austria GmbH

Address:  Wallnerstrasse 3/21
          1010 Wien
          Austria

13F File Number: 028-XXXXX

The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom
it is signed hereby  represent that the person signing the report is authorized
to submit it, that all information contained  herein is true, correct and
complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements,
schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.


Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:

Name:        Andrea Preslmair-Enzenhofer
Title:       Chief Compliance Officer
Phone:       43 (0) 1 22 789-0


Signature, Place and Date of Signing:

/s/ Andrea Preslmair-Enzenhofer          Vienna, Austria      February 14, 2013
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     [Signature]                         [City, State]           [Date]





Report Type:  (Check only one):

[_]      13F HOLDINGS REPORT.  (Check here if all holdings of this reporting
         manager are reported in this report).

[_]      13F NOTICE.  (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report,
         and all holdings are reported by other reporting managers(s).

[X]      13F COMBINATION REPORT.  (Check here if a portion of the holdings for
         this reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are
         reported by other reporting manager(s).


List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:

Form 13F File Number            Name
--------------------            --------------------------------------
028-11089                       Lansdowne Partners Limited Partnership






                             Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE


Report Summary:


Number of Other Included Managers:       0

Form 13F Information Table Entry Total:  1

Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $6,621
                                         (thousands)


List of Other Included Managers:

NONE





                                                         FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE






COLUMN 1                      COLUMN  2       COLUMN 3     COLUMN 4      COLUMN 5         COLUMN 6    COLUMN 7      COLUMN 8

                                                           VALUE    SHRS OR    SH/ PUT/   INVESTMENT  OTHER      VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER               TITLE OF CLASS   CUSIP       (X$1000)  PRN AMT    PRN CALL   DISCRETION  MNGRS   SOLE     SHARED  NONE
                                                                                        
ALEXZA PHARMACEUTICALS INC   COM NEW          015384209    6,621    1,337,555  SH           SOLE             1,337,555







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