Burgenland - 56 Attractions You Must Visit

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About Burgenland

Burgenland is the easternmost and least populous state of Austria. It consists of two statutory cities and seven rural districts. With 300 days of sunshine and a wide range of excursion destinations, Burgenland offers exciting experiences for the whole family. UNESCO World Heritage site Lake Neusiedl, castles, palaces, museums and impressive natural landscapes are just waiting to be discovered.

Types of Attractions in Burgenland

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List of Attractions in Burgenland

Hölzlstein

Hölzlstein

Outdoors- Other

The Hölzlstein is a 10 by 20 meter large limestone with a height of 157 meters, in the cadastral community of Oggau and forms part of the Rust foothills. The rock is a prehistoric sea reef and dates from the time when the area was still below sea level. From a geological point of view, the Hölzlstein is a Leithakalkklippe, which consists of tertiary sand-lime stone, which comes to the surface at its highest point in the form of a small, widely visible rock formation.

Írott-kő

Írott-kő

Iconic Buildings

Írott-kő is the highest point in the Kőszeg Mountains and Transdanubia at 882 meters. It is one of the highest mountain peaks in Hungary. Scanning the landscape from northeast to southeast we may admire the scenic view of Austria on the left and that of Hungary on the right. The two countries used to be separated by the Iron Curtain and the landscape still bears some conspicuous traces of it.

Jakobsweg Burgenland

Jakobsweg Burgenland

Outdoors- Other

The Jakobsweg Burgenland is an approximately 55 kilometer long branch of the Austrian Jakobsweg network that runs mainly in Burgenland and partly in Lower Austria. The trail, which has been signposted from Frauenkirchen since 2013, takes on a variant of the Jakobsweg in Halbturn that comes from Hungary , leaves Burgenland between Neusiedl am See and Bruck an der Leitha and joins the Austrian Jakobsweg in Haslau-Maria Ellend.

Kellerviertel Heiligenbrunn

The cellar district of Heiligenbrunn in Heiligenbrunn in Burgenland extends across the vineyards of Stifterberg, Zeinerberg and Zeinergraben on a ridge west of the southern Burgenland village of Heiligenbrunn and is part of the "Nature Park in the Wine Idyll". In total, the cellar district consists of around 150 press houses and wine cellars, which, however, are not cellars per se, but mostly wooden block buildings on a rammed earth floor.

Landesgalerie Burgenland

The Landesgalerie Burgenland, is a venue for modern and contemporary art in all its forms: fine arts, plastic and sculpture, installations and media art. Changing exhibitions - work shows of individual artists, themed exhibitions and collaborative exhibitions with other, also international institutions - contribute to the diversity in the Landesgalerie Burgenland.

Landesmuseum Burgenland

The Landesmuseum Burgenland in Eisenstadt shows the development of Burgenland in the Pannonian region. Its sub-areas include, on the one hand, natural history such as geology and biology of the country and, on the other hand, the impact of humans with archeology, art, culture, folklore, economic and contemporary history.

Lange Lacke

Lange Lacke

Lake/ River/ Ponds

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 .

Leopoldinentempel

Leopoldinentempel

Iconic Buildings

The Leopoldinentempel is in the eastern part of the park of Esterházy Palace in Eisenstadt .It was built between 1818 and 1819 on a pond above a cave and cascade system formed from boulders. The round temple has a flat dome and is surrounded by 19 columns with palmette capitals. The interior has a painted coffered ceiling above a console cornice. Here on a pedestal is a copy of the statue "Principessa Leopoldina Esterházy" by the sculptor Antonio Canova.

Liszthaus Raiding

Liszthaus Raiding

Iconic Buildings

Old Ruins

The Liszthaus Raiding is the birthplace of Franz Liszt in Raiding in Burgenland, Austria. Liszt was born here in 1811. Today it is a museum. The stone building was built in the 16th century; it was part of an estate created by von Guniafalva, a noble, and extended in the mid-17th century by his son-in-law Johann Illesy. The estate was bought in 1805 by the Esterházy family.The building had a roof of wooden shingles, and had six rooms, a kitchen and a room for wine fermentation.

Maerchenpark Neusiedlersee

Austria's largest amusement park is located in the immediate vicinity of Lake Neusiedl . A destination for the whole family. It offers fun and adventure for the whole family on an area of ​​145,000 m².

Nationalpark Neusiedler See - Seewinkel Informationszentrum auf der Hauswiese

The Neusiedler See - Seewinkel National Park impresses with its incredible diversity of flora and fauna. Nestled between the last foothills of the Alps and the Little Hungarian Plain, you will find an incomparable mosaic of meadows, salt lakes and, last but not least, the Neusiedler See with its reed belt. The national park was founded in 1993 and attracts thousands of visitors every year with its dense network of trails and optimal infrastructure.

Naturpark Rosalia-Kogelberg

Naturpark Rosalia-Kogelberg

Outdoors- Other

Parks

The Rosalia-Kogelberg Nature Park, is the youngest nature park in Burgenland and has a lot to offer. Characterized by the ridges of the Rosalien and Ödenburger Mountains as well as the extensive Wulkatal, numerous orchards, dry grasslands, reed ponds and forests form a magnificent, richly structured landscape.

Neufelder See

Neufelder See

Lake/ River/ Ponds

The Neufelder See is a much-visited bathing lake and a diving opportunity in the greater Vienna area . It is located approx. 50 km south of the Austrian capital on the border with Lower Austria in Burgenland. The lake did not come into being naturally. In the years 1807 to 1932 was in the area Zillingdorf-Neufeld-Zillingtal lignite in opencast mined. After the cessation of coal mining, the groundwater was no longer pumped out.

Oberer Stinkersee

Oberer Stinkersee

Lake/ River/ Ponds

The Oberer Stinkersee is a lake near Podersdorf am See.The lake can be reached from the surrounding towns of Illmitz (about 5 km from the lake), Apetlon and Apetlon. Even if the lake offers at best little tourist potential, a visit to the region is of course worthwhile: There are numerous other lakes around the Upper Stinkersee, which are characterized by a high recreational value.

Ödes Schloss

Ödes Schloss

Iconic Buildings

The Lame Castle was a castle above the Faludi Valley in the market town of Rechnitz in the district of Oberwart in Burgenland . Remaining wall remains are under monument protection. Today all of this has fallen into disrepair and covered with high forest. There is historical evidence that the "Barren Castle" had to be surrendered in 1289 after a long siege as part of the "Güssing feud" of Count Iwan against Duke Albrecht I of Austria and Styria.

Österreichisches Jüdisches Museum

A beautiful jewish museum located in a place where a well-known Jewish community was settled for more than 250 years. The museum was founded in 1972 as the first Jewish museum in Austria after 1945.During a visit you can not only see the oldest synagogue in Austria preserved in its original function and the museum collections , but also get an impression of the old 'Jewish houses' and the two Jewish cemeteries .

Podersdorf Lighthouse

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.

Rosalia Mountains

Rosalia Mountains

1 Day Treks

Mountain Peaks

The Rosalia Mountains, sometimes called the Rosalie Mountains or Rosalien Mountains, are an outlier of the Alps on the state border between Lower Austria and Burgenland in Austria. It is one of the iconic attraction in this area and also it offers various trekking routes and also there are options for so many other adventures oo.

Rosalienkapelle, Forchtenstein

This is a pilgrimage church in the municipality of Forchtenstein in Burgenland. It is located in the area of ​​the Forchtensteiner cadastral community Neustift an der Rosalia on the Heuberg, the highest point of the Rosaliengebirge. special feature of the Rosalienkapelle is the baroque high altar , which dates from the construction period. It used to be a glazed shrine with the reclining Rosalia integrated into it, which is now isolated in the chapel.

Schloss Deutschkreutz

Schloss Deutschkreutz

Iconic Buildings

Old Ruins

A magnificent renaissance castle consisting of a mighty four-wing building with two-story courtyard arcades and corner towers. There is stucco work to see the castle chapel with old frescoes , furniture and tapestries . The long-time owner Anton Lehmden ran a painting exhibition in the castle. The castle in its current form was built in 1625 by Paul Nádasdy, who also had the chapel built in 1632.

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