Jakobsweg Burgenland - 4 Things to Know Before Visiting

The Village Museum Mönchhof is an open-air museum in Mönchhof in northern Burgenland . Established in 1990. It gives an insight into the everyday life of farmers and craftsmen in Heideboden from around 1890 to the late 1960s. Using around 35 buildings with workshops, work tools and furnishings, the village museum tries to bring back to life the everyday life of this time, which was largely characterized by agriculture.

The Zicksee is a small steppe lake in the Seewinkel southeast of Vienna . The water contains soda and it is said to have healing properties. It lies between Lake Neusiedl and the Hungarian border and is partially covered by reeds. All around the Zicksee there are gravel and gravel vineyards.The muddy bottom of the lake contains a lot of sulfur, Glauber's salt and soda , known by the people as "Zick". Hence the name of the lake comes from.

The Halbturn Palace is a baroque palace complex in Halbturn in Burgenland District Neusiedl am See , east of Lake Neusiedl. The castle was built from 1701 to 1711 by Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt as a hunting lodge for Emperor Karl VI. The castle halls are also known as a venue for exhibitions and for the Halbturner Schlosskonzerte. The company, including viticulture and the cellar, is managed by the owner's grandson, Count Markus von Königsegg-Aulendorf.

The only mill that is still fully preserved today and has been restored to the public is located here, in Podersdorf am See. The windmill is around 160 years old, has been a listed building for around 60 years and is still privately owned by the Lentsch family.

The lighthouse Podersdorf at the main pier, located exactly in the middle of the seaside resort, was built as a point of orientation and for storm warnings for water sports enthusiasts in the course of the redesign of the 2 km long lido. It is one of the few lighthouses in the Republic of Austria and at the same time one of the southernmost lighthouses in the entire German-speaking area.

The Lange Lacke is the largest saline than 40 paints in Burgenland Seewinkel , a few kilometers northeast of Apetlon located. It is fed exclusively by rainwater and, depending on the weather, its dimensions vary between more than 10 km² and complete drying out. The Lange Lacke, which is up to 1 m deep, is a paradise for water birds and an important part of the Neusiedlersee-Seewinkel National Park .