!!!Bernstein Bernstein, Burgenland, market town in the district of Oberwart, 617 m, 2,493 inhabitants, 38.99 km%%sup 2/%, situated north of Oberwart in the Tauchen valley, on the Southern slope of the Bernstein mountains. - Museum of rocks, extraction and processing of magnesium silicate, tourism. - First mentioned in a document from 1249, castle (13%%sup th/% , 16%%sup th/% and 17%%sup th/% centuries, today a hotel), hall with a Renaissance vault and stucco ceiling; pillory. !Literature H. Prickler, Geschichte der Herrschaft Bernstein, 1960. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Bernstein|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]