Burgenland

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Basic Information

• CAPITAL: Eisenstadt• DISTRICTS: 17• INHABITANS: 283.518

(3,4% of total, from Austria)

• TOTAL AREA: 3.965,46 km²(4,7% of total, from Austria)

• N-S EXPANSION: 143 kmE-W EXPANSION: 85 km

• NEIGHBOUR STATE: Hungary• WWW.BGLD.GV.AT

Districts

• Neusiedl am See (ND)• Rust (E) • Eisenstadt (E) • Eisenstadt-Umgebung

(EU)• Mattersburg (MA)• Oberpullendorf (OP)• Oberwart (OW)• Güssing (GS)• Jennersdorf (JE)

Eisenstadt - Capital

• CAPITAL: Eisenstadt• INHABITANS: 12.798 • TOTAL AREA: 42,91 km²• VIP: Joseph Haydn• SIGHTS:

– Haydn-Museum– Schloss Esterházy– Bergkirche– Dom St. Martin

• WWW.EISENSTADT.AT

Pictures of Eisenstadt

Did you know …

… That the Burgenland is a worldwide synonym for high quality wine ?!

… That the Burgenland is well known for it‘s several hot spring baths ?!

… That even the highst point is just 884 m (Geschriebenstein)

Culture and Festivals

• Nova Rock Festival(Annual Rock Festival)

• Seefestspiele Mörbisch(Most important Festival in Mörbisch)

• Opernfestspielen Römersteinbruch (Opera Festival in the UNSECO Römersteinbruch)

• Schlossspielen Kobersdorf(„Theater-like“ Festival)

Lake Neusiedl

• LAKE-LENGTH: 36 km• LAKE- BREADTH: 6 to 14 km• TOTAL AREA:

– 320 km² (with Reed-belt)– 142 km² (Water area)

• MAXIMUM DEEPNESS: 1,8 m

• WORLD CULTURAL HERITAGE• COVERS AUSTRIA AND

HUNGARY

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