!!!Jois

Jois, Burgenland, market town in the district of Neusiedl am See, alt. 
150 m, pop. 1,277, area 25.91 km%%sup 2/%, in the 
north-eastern part of the Leithagebirge Mountains, north of Lake 
Neusiedl. - Summer tourism (25,156 overnight stays), wine-growing and 
fruit-growing (especially cherries). - Site of archaeological finds 
from the Neolithic to Roman times, first documented mention in 1214; 
Baroque old parish church (1757-1770), with high altar (1749-1752) 
from the parish church of Sopron (transferred 1865); new parish church 
(1898, enlarged 1937); lantern (15%%sup th/%  century), 
Russenkreuz (1747, stone monument, name derives from 
Russenbaum=Ruestenbaum=elm tree), Mariensaeule (monument dedicated to 
the Virgin Mary,1877).

!Literature
W. Hicke, Huegel- und Flachgraeber der Fruehbronzezeit aus 
Jois und Oggau, 1987.


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