Have you heard of the Austrian State of Burgenland?
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2021
- Here's a surprising fact not everyone knows: Austria is a federation. Which means it's actually a union of no less than nine states. And if you're curious about them, you're in luck. Cause this series will go through each and every one of them. Starting today with Burgenland.
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1. Burgenland is the easternmost and least populous state or Bundesländer of Austria.
2. The name Burgenland means "castle land" due to the large number of castles in the region. The territory of present-day Burgenland was successively part of the Roman Empire, the Hun Empire, the Kingdom of the Ostrogoths, the Italian Kingdom of Odoacer, the Kingdom of the Lombards, the Avar Khaganate, the Frankish Empire, Dominion Aba belonging to the Aba (family); Aba - Koszegi, the Kingdom of Hungary, the Habsburg Monarchy, the Austrian Empire, Austria-Hungary, Austria.
3. The state capital is Eisenstadt.
4. Burgenland and Hungary share the Neusiedler See (Hungarian: Fertő tó), a lake known for its reeds and shallowness, as well as its mild climate throughout the year. The Neusiedler See is Austria's largest lake, and is a great tourist attraction, bringing ornithologists, sailors, and wind and kite surfers into the region north of the lake.
5. The area once belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary, which was obliged in the Treaty of Trianon in 1920 to cede what was then German West Hungary to the new Republic of Austria.
6. Burgenland is a European pioneer in the field of wind energy. In 2000 around three percent of the electricity produced in the country came from wind turbines, in 2011 it was already half. In 2013, the country was self-sufficient because more than 100 percent of the electricity used in the country was generated from renewable energies. Several large wind farms were also built: The Andau / Halbturn wind farm, for example, has 79 Enercon E-101 wind turbines and an installed capacity of 237 MW. When it was completed, it was the largest wind farm in Central Europe.
7. The tourist numbers in Burgenland have improved continuously over the past few years. However, in terms of the number of overnight stays, it cannot keep up with the tourist strongholds in western Austria. In the absence of ski areas, there is hardly any winter tourism.
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About the Sopron plebiscite: there's a good reason why the Entente allowed it. Burgenland (at the time German Western Hungary) was the only lost territory of Hungary that by the time of signing the Treaty of Trianon wasn't under foreign occupation. The handover to Austria was set to about a year after the signing of the peace treaty. One day before the handover, Hungarian paramilitaries occupied the area and until the eventual referendum, they declared it as an independent state under the name of Lajatbánság or in German, Leitha-Banat. Officially the Hungarian government had nothing to do with them but the Entente started negotiations with Horthy. They reached an agreement that divided the disputed territories into two zones: Zone A (modern day Burgenland) and Zone B (Sopron and the surrounding villages). Zone A had to be handed over to Austria and Zone B was allowed to have a plebiscite under Entente supervision. Burgenland, being an agricultural territory had to be given to Austria, otherwise Vienna would have starved. Hungary accepted this as the only historically significant city in the area with a notable Hungarian population was Sopron, plus they wouldn't want to deteriorate their relations with the Entente even more, as they hoped for additional border adjustments with Czechoslovakia (something that never happened until Hitler). One last interesting thing is that while Zone B voted for Hungary, it still had a German majority population, showing that in early 20th century Mitteleuropa, loyalty to a state didn't neccesarily correlate with one's native language.
🎶Dort ist mein Heimatland, im wunderschönen Burgenland🎶
Your mix of geography, history and tourism is amazing!
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Ich bin ein stolzer Burgenlander!
Are you a Croat from burgenland?
Nope I am in Austrian both my parents were born in burgenland Austria
Fact Number 2 is wrong!!
It isn't called that bc of the large number of castles but rather the historic hungarian Komitate making up the area!
Their names were Vas - Eisenburg & Moson - Wieselburg. At first Bratislava also known as Preßburg was to be included the original idea for the name was Vierburgenland (Four Castle Land) . Then changed to Dreiburgenland as Bratislava became part of Czechoslovakia. when Sopron (Ödenburg) didnt join in they just called it Burgenland.
As you can see all their german names include "burg" so they came up with Burgenland.
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Fantastic video!
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So interesting!
Thank you for this. I am trying to learn all I can about Burgenland. My great grandparents were both born there and I still have family in Austria. My grandmother went to visit many times during her life, but now that she is no longer living and I am doing genealogical research, I want so very much to visit on my own. I hope to one day find my cousins. On that side of my family, I have more relatives in Austria and Germany than I do here in the US.
I have Austrian and German ancestry on both paternal and maternal sides of my family, I identify more with that background more than anything. Oftentimes, I feel as if I am in the wrong place, here in the US.
Beautiful video, thank you. ♥️
Hi! That's so interesting! I'm from Burgenland, and would be happy to tell you more about it/ try to guide you into directions where you could find out more about your family. Where did your great grandparents live?
My great grandparents were from Eisenhuttl- they settled in Detroit. I grew up eating cabbage strudel!!!
Very interesting! For me totally new!
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