Oberschützen#

Oberschuetzen, Burgenland, municipality in the district of Oberwart, alt. 355 m, pop. 2,411, area 44.38 km2, in the vicinity of Willersbach stream; since the foundation of the Protestant teacher training institution and Gymnasium secondary school from 1845 to 1847 under pastor G. A. Wimmer (monument next to the Protestant church) cultural centre of southern Burgenland. - Culture Centre (campus of the University of Music and Dramatic Arts in Graz, library), Christophorus-Haus (education and pastoral care centre), Pro-Juventute-Haus, various selective secondary schools, including Bundesgymnasium and Bundesrealgymnasium, Protestant Realgymnasium and Oberstufenrealgymnasium, federal Roman-Catholic boarding school; west of O. Sixtina mineral spring (containing carbon dioxide, in use since the 19th century, today bottling of mineral water). Small-sized businesses; importance of agriculture (livestock breeding, alternative crops). - First documented mention in 1274 as a settlement of archers employed to protect the Kingdom of Hungary from invasions. Roman-Catholic church with Romanesque origins (reconstructions in the 19th century and in 1964), Protestant parish church (1785, developed in 1861/1862), tower in 1803. In the vicinity, the village of Unterschuetzen with six 18th century-storage facilities for agricultural produce ("Kittingen").