!!!Purbach am Neusiedler See

Purbach am Neusiedler See, Burgenland, town in the district of 
Eisenstadt-Umgebung, alt. 128 m, pop. 2,348, area 
45.84 km%%sup 2/%, Wine cultivation and summer tourism resort 
(26,326 overnight stays in 1992) situated on the north-western shore 
of the lake. - Recreation centre; production of insulation materials, 
wood processing. - First documented mention in 1270; settlement on the 
Burgstall mountain dates back to Hallstatt period, archaeological 
finds date back to the Romans; parish church (Baroque construction in 
1674-1677, altars around 1780); St. Anne´s Chapel (1742); 
Baroque wayside shrines; the settlement´s core is closed in by 
city walls (1630-1634) and three gates; old wine-grower farm houses, 
one of which bears a stone bust of a Turk on its chimney.

!Literature
S. Schmidt-Luttenberger, Purbach am Neusiedler See, 
doctoral thesis, Vienna 1984.


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