!!!Hornstein

Hornstein, Burgenland, market town in the district of 
Eisenstadt-Umgebung, alt. 273 m, pop. 2,593 (1981: pop. 2,258), 
area 37.09 km%%sup 2/%, small industrial and commercial town on 
the western foot of the Leithagebirge mountains, on the border to 
Lower Austria. 75 % of the 1,038 employed persons (1991) work in 
the manufacturing industry: fittings, ceramic parts for fittings, 
glass fibre and glass textiles, plastic parts, coils and transformers; 
reprographic studio, elastic tape factory, plant manufacturing, 
production of moulded stone and window casings. Parish church (1782) 
with Rococo tabernacle; Pietà column (1715); remains of 
fortress ruins. The Sonnenberg mountain (484 m) east of Hornstein 
is the highest elevation of the Leithagebirge mountains.


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