Parndorf#
Parndorf, Burgenland, municipality in the district of Neusiedl am See, alt. 182 m, pop. 2,648 (1981: pop. 2,352), area 59.31 km2, railway junction situated north of Lake Neusiedl, between the north-eastern spur of Leithagebirge Mountains and the Parndorf Plain. Influential Croatian minority (1991: 857 persons, approx. 32 % of the total population). - Autobahn maintenance agency, seed industry, building industry and trade, production of insulation glass, metal processing, factory outlet ("Fashion Factory") for textile products. - Prehistoric and Roman finds, documented mention in 1268, around 1570 re-settled by Croatians. Parish church (re-opened in 1572), Romanesque east tower with apse, Baroque nave (1716-1718) with hall; sepulchral chapel of the Harrach family (1826); Baroque plague chapel. North of the town is an entrenchment built by the Kuruc rebels after 1705.