!!!Illmitz Illmitz, Burgenland, market town in the district of Neusiedl am See, alt. 117 m, pop. 2,517, area 91,85 km%%sup 2/%; summer tourist resort (overnight stays: 147,729); wine-growing in the Seewinkel Area, a flat marshy area dotted with small lakes and ponds or Lacken (Zicklacke, Kirchsee, Woertenlacken, etc); since 1993 national park "Lake Neusiedl - Seewinkel" (on the shores of Lake Neusiedl near Tadten (Great bustards) and around Lange Lacke with steppe flora; 9,500 hectares on Austrian territory; 12,700 hectares on Hungarian territory); aquatic bird sanctuary. - St. Bartholomew´s Fountain (artesian spring, supplies drinking-water to Illmitz); excavations dating from the Neolithic and Roman periods; parish church (consecrated in 1792) with high altar dating from the 17%%sup th/% century. !Literature A. Wegleitner, Die geschichtliche Entwicklung der Gemeinde Illmitz mit besonderer Beruecksichtigung der Siedlungs- und Wirtschaft.-Geschichte, doctoral thesis, Vienna 1973. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Illmitz|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]