Wiesen#

Wiesen, Burgenland, market town in the district of Mattersburg, alt. 306 m, pop. 2,692, area 18.91 km2, at the eastern foot of the Rosaliengebirge Mountains. - Forestry services for torrent and avalanche control, festival area (annual jazz festival and other events); fruit wholesale and furniture businesses, building and construction industry, intensive fruit growing, strawberry fields. - First documented mention 1346; former Catholic parish church (16th century, alterations in the 17th and 18th century); St. Barbara parish church (1958-1962) with statue of the Saints (18th century). Trinity column (1831).