!!!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.


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