!!!Neusiedl am See

Neusiedl am See, Burgenland, municipality in the district of Neusiedl 
am See, alt. 131m, pop. 4,684 (1981: 4,123), area 
57.16 km%%sup 2/%, summer tourism and lake bathing resort 
(122,977 overnight stays), situated at the northern end of Lake 
Neusiedl at the edge of the Parndorfer Platte tableland; separated 
from the water by a wide reed belt, access to bathing places via a 
passable causeway dike. - District administration authorities, 
district court, Employment services, tax and surveyor´s office, 
Economic Chamber, Chamber of Labour, Bergerkaserne barracks, federal 
vintners´ inspectorate, agricultural district authorities, 
monastery of the Sisters of the Redeemer, workshop for the disabled, 
welfare centre, several secondary and vocational training schools: 
Gymnasium and Realgymnasium secondary schools, commercial academy, 
secondary schools for commercial professions and tourism, vocational 
schools of agriculture), school for make-up artists (private), sailing 
school (private), experimental plant for vegetable gardening of the 
secondary vocational training school for horticulture in 
Vienna-Schoenbrunn (BVA), recreation and sports centre, Museum of 
Pannonian History and Culture, Lake Museum (since 1951, animals in 
outdoor enclosure). Primary sector: service industries, especially 
personal, social and public services, trade, about 83% of all 2,727 
(1991) gainfully employed persons; canning industry. In spite of a 
decline in agricultural production (esp. vegetable gardening), the 
agricultural sector (esp. wine and fruit cultivation) is still of 
importance. - Abundant Roman grave findings, German name first 
documented in 1282 as "Niusidel", wine cultivation first mentioned in 
1313. Up to 1921 in Hungarian territory, municipality since 1926. - 
Parish church with Gothic core, Baroque alterations, ceiling frescoes 
(1951), high altar with altar piece from 1738, side altars 
(1%%sup st/%  half of the 18%%sup th/%  century), remarkable pulpit 
("Fischerkanzel" pulpit, 18%%sup th/%  century), Baroque 
Johanneskapelle chapel (1739); Plague Column (1713); Christ Column 
(1609); Baroque houses on the main square, remains of the Tabor tower, 
remains of a mediaeval castle and a corner pillar of an old 
entrenchment ("Alte Schanze"), which reached as far as the Danube in 
the 18%%sup th/%  century.

!Literature
J. Rittsteuer, Neusiedl am See. Ein Beitrag zur 
Orts- und Kirchengeschichte des Burgenlandes, 1949; Oesterr. 
Staedtebuch, vol. II, Burgenland, 1970; Stadtgemeinde 
Neusiedl am See (ed.), Neusiedl am See - 50 Jahre 
Stadt, 1976.


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