!!!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. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Neusiedl_am_See|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]