!!!Rust

Rust, town in the province of Burgenland, chartered city, alt. 
123 m, pop. 1,696, area 20.01 km%%sup 2/%, "the wine 
capital of Austria" is situated near the western shore of Lake 
Neusiedl; since 1975 Rust, together with Salzburg and Krems, has been 
a model city regarding the preservation of historical monuments. - 
Regional school board, Austrian Wine Academy (with vinotheque), 
lakeshore swimming area; Rust is well known in Austria for growing and 
selling its own wine (principally Qualitaetsweine, around 
500 hectares of vineyards, as far back as the Middle Ages an 
important wine-growing area, in 1524 Rust was granted the privilege of 
branding its wine barrels with an "R"), summer tourism 
(139,606 overnight stays in 1992), production of reed mats. 
-Settlement going back to Roman times, first mentioned in a document 
in 1317 as "Ceel". In 1681 Rust was elevated to "royal 
free city"; until 1921 situated in Hungary. - Partially preserved 
fortifications with city walls and a powder magazine (1614); 
Romanesque-Gothic fishermen´s church containing the most 
significant medieval frescoes (Romanesque and Gothic) in Burgenland 
and a Gothic statue of the Virgin Mary (around 1450), early Baroque 
Catholic parish church (consecrated in 1651); Protestant parish church 
(1784/1785); Rust boasts houses with both village and city 
characteristics, often with decorative façades (Rathaus (town 
hall), Haus zum Auge Gottes, Nattl-Haus, Feiler-Haus, Seehof); stork 
nests (together with the WWF, Rust has established a stork protection 
programme); town hall (1673). Dam and canal which flows into the lake 
through the reed belt surrounding Lake Neusiedl.

!Literature
O. Aull, Die Freistadt Rust am Neusiedler See, 1933; 
Oesterreichisches Staedtebuch vol. II, Burgenland, 1970; G. 
Roth-Fuchs, Rust. 300 Jahre Freistadt, 1981.


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