Herbicidal triazoloazines of the formula ##STR1## in which A stands for nitrogen or for a radical C--R.sup.3,R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 independently of one another each stand for hydrogen, hydroxyl, halogen, for optionally substituted alkyl, for alkoxy, alkylthio or for optionally substituted aryl, or eitherR.sup.1 and R.sup.3 together or R.sup.3 and R.sup.2 together stand for a fused, optionally substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring,X stands for oxygen, sulphur, a sulphinyl group, or a sulphonyl group andAr stands for in each case optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl.