!!!Ödenburg

Oedenburg (Sopron, Hungary), town, alt. 212 m, pop. about 57,000 
(1993), formerly principal town of Oedenburg county (until 1921), 
"Scarbantia" in Roman times, located south-east of the  Oedenburger 
Pforte Gap on River Ikva; the  Raab Railway crosses Austrian 
territory. After the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy and 
a referendum in 1921 Oedenburg became part of Hungary ( 
Abstimmungsgebiete), whereby the newly created province of  Burgenland 
lost its geographic centre, and Eisenstadt became the capital of the 
province. The Contract of Oedenburg and Wiener Neustadt (July 19,1463) 
laid the foundation for the acquisition of Hungary by the Habsburgs.


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