!!!Mörbisch am See

Moerbisch am See, Burgenland, municipality in the district of 
Eisenstadt-Umgebung, alt. 122 m, pop. 2,279, area 
28.05 km%%sup 2/%, tourist resort (134,578 overnight stays) lying 
in a vine-growing region on the western shore (bathing area) of Lake 
Neusiedl, near the Hungarian border. - Border crossing point (for 
cyclists and pedestrians, open April-October) shipping customs post 
(customs boathouse);  Moerbisch Lake Festival on a floating stage in 
the lake every year in July and August, mineral spring (1959 bored) 
with drinking fountain. - Finds from the Neolithic and Roman periods; 
first documented mention 1254. Typical features of the village are 
long rows of small, farm-like houses with covered stairways and 
corridors facing the inner courtyards, and old window shapes, built on 
narrow streets. - Parish church with Gothic east tower and classicist 
façade, nave with annex (1961/62); Protestant parish church 
(1792) with neo-Gothic façade and tower (1853/54).


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