Parndorfer Platte#

Parndorf Plain (also called Parndorf Heath), in northern part of Burgenland, alt. 160-180 m, area approx. 200 km2, terrace gravel deposited by the River Danube during the Ice Age, situated between Lake Neusiedl and the Leithagebirge Mountains in the southwest and Lower Leitha in the northeast. An almost treeless plain, it is about 30 m higher than its surroundings, without any rivers or streams. Partly heath land with Pannonian flora and partly arable land. Wine growing on the steep loess slopes facing Lake Neusiedl. All towns are situated at the foot of the scarps. Large-scale dairy farming. The Eastern Railway line and the A 4 autobahn (opened in autumn 1994) run through the Parndorf plain. Draw-wells give the landscape a puszta character; Roman roads.