Apetlon (, ) is a

market town A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city. In Britain, small rura ...

in the district of

Neusiedl am See Neusiedl am See (; ; ; ; ) is a town in Burgenland, Austria, and administrative center of the district of Neusiedl am See. Neusiedl am See is located on the northern shore of Lake Neusiedl. Geography Neusiedl am See is located in eastern Au ...

Burgenland Burgenland (; ; ; Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian: ''Burgnland''; Slovene language, Slovene: ''Gradiščanska''; ) is the easternmost and least populous Bundesland (Austria), state of Austria. It consists of two statutory city (Austria), statut ...

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

. It is located in a region to the east of

Lake Neusiedl Lake Neusiedl (, ; or ; ; ; ), or Fertő (), is the largest endorheic lake in Central Europe, straddling the Austrian– Hungarian border. The lake covers , of which is on the Austrian side and on the Hungarian side. The lake's drainage basi ...

(German: Neusiedler See; Hungarian: Fertő tó) which is named the ''Seewinkel'' (lake corner).

Geography

Apetlon is in the

National Park Neusiedler See-Seewinkel Neusiedler See-Seewinkel National Park () is a national park in eastern Austria. The park extends over an area of 97 square kilometres of the province of Burgenland and protects parts of the westernmost lake of the Eurasian Steppe. History Thi ...

on the eastern shore of Lake Neusiedl. The town itself is 120 m above sea level, but part of the municipality is 114 m above sea level, the lowest point in Austria. Characteristic of the area are wide open plains and salt marsh flora, with many small salt lakes around.Lange Lacke
- Neuseidlersee.com The Lange Lacke (Long Lake) is the largest of about forty such lakes nearby.

History

The community was first mentioned in records in 1318. In 1867, the

Austrian Empire The Austrian Empire, officially known as the Empire of Austria, was a Multinational state, multinational European Great Powers, great power from 1804 to 1867, created by proclamation out of the Habsburg monarchy, realms of the Habsburgs. Duri ...

was dissolved, and

Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary, also referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Dual Monarchy or the Habsburg Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe#Before World War I, Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. A military ...

was formed, with separate governments in Vienna and Budapest. Since 1898, due to the Pro- Magyar politics in Budapest, the Hungarian village name Bánfalu was used. After the

First World War World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

was named Westungarn (West Hungary) in the 1919 Treaty of St. Germain and the

Treaty of Trianon The Treaty of Trianon (; ; ; ), often referred to in Hungary as the Peace Dictate of Trianon or Dictate of Trianon, was prepared at the Paris Peace Conference (1919–1920), Paris Peace Conference. It was signed on the one side by Hungary ...

and was awarded to Austria in 1919. Since 1921, the town has been part of the newly founded State of Burgenland. Apetlon has been a market town since 1991. In December 2001, the National Park Neusiedlersee was named a

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Economy and infrastructure

In Apetlon the primary business is

wine Wine is an alcoholic drink made from Fermentation in winemaking, fermented fruit. Yeast in winemaking, Yeast consumes the sugar in the fruit and converts it to ethanol and carbon dioxide, releasing heat in the process. Wine is most often made f ...

production. The town is surrounded by vineyards. Tourism is also significant. Every year in May, many come from all over Europe to watch birds. Long before the establishment of the National Park, the Lange Lacke (Long Lake) already was an important nature reserve. The Lange Lacke is the largest of about forty salt lakes near the town. Scientific records about the bird life of the area have been collected for over a century. Wine producers can come into conflict with the birdlife in the area, with the population of

common starling The common starling (''Sturnus vulgaris''), also known simply as the starling in Great Britain and Ireland, and as European starling in North America, is a medium-sized passerine bird in the starling family, Sturnidae. It is about long and ha ...

s sometimes causing issues for farmers.

Language

''Apetlonerisch'' is a German dialect with borrowings from Hungarian.Guten Morgen Apetlon
(Good Morning Apetlon) ORF Österreichischer Rundfunk, March 27, 2019. Translated from German: "Eva Pölzl and Martin Ganster spend the Burgenland week in the Neusiedl am See district. On Wednesday they stop in Apetlon." "If you want to learn a new foreign language, you could try Apetlonerisch. The dialect is something of an ideal symbol of the town."

References

External links

Official Website of the townWebsite of the Tourism Association of ApetlonNeusiedler See-Seewinkel National Park
{{Burgenland Cities and towns in Neusiedl am See District