Eisenstadt (; hu, Kismarton; hr, Željezni grad; ; sl, Železno,

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: ''Eisnstod'') is a city in

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, the state capital of Burgenland. It had a recorded population on 29 April 2021 of 15,074. In the Habsburg Empire's

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, Kismarton (Eisenstadt) was the seat of the Eszterházy Hungarian noble family. The composer Joseph Haydn lived there as ''Hofkapellmeister'' under Esterházy patronage.

Geography

Eisenstadt lies on a plain leading down to the river Wulka, at the south foot of the

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, about from the Hungarian border. It is the 38st largest city in Austria. Kleinhöflein im Burgenland - Südostansicht

Subdivisions

Eisenstadt is divided into three districts ''(Stadtbezirke)'': *Eisenstadt-Stadt * Kleinhöflein im Burgenland ( hu, Kishöflány; hr, Mala Holovajna) – a town that lies to the west of Eisenstadt proper *

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(''Lajtaszentgyörgy''; ''Svetojurje'') – a town that lies to the east of Eisenstadt proper The city is divided into five ''

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n'': * Eisenstadt-Stadt * Oberberg, or Oberberg-Eisenstadt ( hu, Felsőkismartonhegy; hr, Željezno Brig) – the northern area of Eisenstadt from the Jewish quarter, Jewish cemetery * Unterberg, or Unterberg-Eisenstadt (''Alsókismartonhegy''; ''Željezno Donji Brig'') – the southern area of Eisenstadt from Kalvarienbergplatz, Ruster Strasse * Kleinhöflein im Burgenland * St. Georgen am Leithagebirge Other informal areas of the city include Wiesäcker and Lobäcker, which lie south of the Eisbach, a tributary of the Wulka. The city is surrounded by the

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(''Bezirk'') of Eisenstadt-Umgebung. The city previously included the districts ''(Ortsteile)'' of Eisenstadt-Stadt, Eisenstadt-Oberberg, Eisenstadt-Unterberg, and Eisenstadt-Schloßgrund (''Kismartonváralja'').

Nearby municipalities

* Großhöflein, Müllendorf, Steinbrunn, Neufeld/Leitha and

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* Hornstein * Wulkaprodersdorf, Trausdorf/Wulka (on the Wulka and Eisbach)

Climate

Names and etymology

The city's name means "Iron City" and was first recorded in 1118 as ''Castrum ferrum'', referring to the history of iron mining and iron trade in the area. The first written mention of the town is from 1264 as "minor Mortin", matching the Hungarian name, Kismarton, which recalls Martin of Tours, the patron saint of the main church.

History

Archeological finds prove that the Eisenstadt area was already settled in the

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period.

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and Romans settled somewhat later. During the Migration Period, the area was settled by different Germanic tribes and the

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. Around 800, during the reign of

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, settlement by the

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began. The territory became part of the

in the 11th century. The fortress built on the original earth works was destroyed by the troops of Margrave Leopold III of

. In 1241, it was destroyed by the

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invaders. In 1373, the town came into the possession of the Kanizsai family, who rebuilt the walls surrounding the town and built a fortress at the site of the present day castle between 1388 and 1392. In 1388, Eisenstadt was given the right to hold markets by Emperor Sigismund. From 1440 Archduke Albert VI of Austria held the town as collateral for a loan. In 1451,

Matthias Corvinus Matthias Corvinus, also called Matthias I ( hu, Hunyadi Mátyás, ro, Matia/Matei Corvin, hr, Matija/Matijaš Korvin, sk, Matej Korvín, cz, Matyáš Korvín; ), was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1458 to 1490. After conducting several m ...

ceded it to Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor in return for the Holy Crown of Hungary. Matthias Corvinus reconquered it by force in 1482, but Maximilian I acquired it again in 1490. It remained under Habsburg rule until 1622; however, the

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briefly conquered Kismarton in 1529 and 1532 during their advances on the city of

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(see Ottoman wars in Europe). It was destroyed by fire in 1589. In 1648, it passed under the rule of the

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. These Hungarian princes permanently changed the face of the city due to their extensive construction, especially on their castle,

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. During this period, the city was captured by the army of Imre Thököly in 1683, and it saw the defeat of the rebel

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army of Sándor Károlyi by the Habsburgs in 1704. It was again destroyed by fire in 1776. The appointment of Joseph Haydn as the prince's ''Hofkapellmeister'' (court orchestra director, composing and performing music) began the great artistic period in the city's history. In 1809, Eisenstadt was occupied by

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troops during the

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; in 1897, it was joined to the railway network. Until the end of

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, it was the seat of Kismarton district in Sopron county in the

. Without plebiscite, the city and the entire Hungarian territory of Burgenland (with the exception of the city of Sopron and 11 other villages in which referendums were held) was annexed to Austria by the Saint-Germain and Treaties of Trianon in 1921. Since 30 April 1925, Eisenstadt has been the seat of the Burgenland state government and thus the state capital. During

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, Eisenstadt was heavily bombarded. On 2 April 1945, it was captured by

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troops of the 3rd Ukrainian Front in the course of the Vienna Offensive, and the city remained under Soviet occupation until 1955. In 1960, Eisenstadt became the see of its own

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Politics

The current mayor of Eisenstadt is

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ÖVP. The district council is composed as follows (): * Austrian People's Party (ÖVP): 17 seats * Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ): 8 seats * Austrian Green Party (Die Grünen): 2 seats * Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ): 2 seats The total annual city budget of Eisenstadt in 2021 is €42.256.600 with total expenditure of €42.255.800.

Main sights

Castles and palaces

and '' Schlosspark'', the Esterházy castle and park. ** Orangerie * Gloriette, the former Esterházy hunting lodge.

Religious edifices

* '' Bergkirche'', housing Haydn's tomb * Eisenstadt Cathedral, late Gothic former military church, began in 1460 * '' Franziskanerkirche ''(Franciscan church), built in 1629, it contains the crypt of the

* Jewish quarter **

Jewish Community of Eisenstadt Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites"" ...

(1732–1938, 1945–) ** A private synagogue Österreichisches Jüdisches Museum, formerly Samson Wertheimer's house ** Jewish cemetery of Eisenstadt Eisenstadt - Rathaus

Buildings

* Haydn-Mausoleum * '' Rathaus ''(City Hall) * '' Pulverturm'' (lit. "Powder tower")

Museums

* '' Haydnmuseum'', a museum dedicated to Joseph Haydn, who lived in the building between 1766 and 1778. * ''

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'' (regional museum). * '' Österreichisches Jüdisches Museum'' (Austrian Jewish Museum). * '' Diözesanmuseum'' (museum of the local Roman Catholic diocese). * '' Feuerwehrmuseum'' (fire department museum).

Gallery

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Culture

Eisenstadt hosts a Haydn festival, the ''Haydnfestspiele''.

Twin towns — sister cities

Eisenstadt is twinned with: * Bad Kissingen,

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* Colmar,

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* Manassas,

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* Lignano Sabbiadoro, Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia,

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* Sanuki,

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* Sopron,

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Notable people

Natives

Moritz Benedikt Moritz Benedikt also spelt Moriz (4 July 1835, in Eisenstadt, Sopron County – 14 April 1920, in Vienna) was a Hungarian-Austrian neurologist who was a native of Eisenstadt. He was an instructor and professor of neurology at the University ...

(1835–1920) neurologist * Isaiah Berlin (1725–1799) rabbi *

Stefan Billes Stefan may refer to: * Stefan (given name) * Stefan (surname) * Ștefan, a Romanian given name and a surname * Štefan, a Slavic given name and surname * Stefan (footballer) (born 1988), Brazilian footballer * Stefan Heym, pseudonym of German writ ...

(1909, Kleinhöflein – 2002) politician *

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(1782-1813) composer, cellist, brother of

George Bridgetower George Augustus Polgreen Bridgetower (11 October 1778 – 29 February 1860) was a British musician, of African descent. He was a virtuoso violinist who lived in England for much of his life. His playing impressed Beethoven, who made Bridg ...

Akiva Eiger Rabbi Akiva Eiger (, also spelled Eger; , yi, עקיבא אייגער), or Akiva Güns (17611837) was an outstanding Talmudic scholar, influential halakhic decisor and foremost leader of European Jewry during the early 19th century. He was also ...

(1761–1837)

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and champion of

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(1635–1713) * Prince Paul II Anton Esterházy (1711–1762) soldier and patron of music * Gyula Farkas (1894–1958) linguist *

Andrea Fraunschiel Andrea Fraunschiel (8 May 1955 – 4 August 2019) was an Austrian politician who was a member of the Federal Council of Austria, member of the of Burgenland, and mayor of Eisenstadt. Politics On 10 November 1992, Fraunschiel was first elect ...

(1955–2019) mayor *

Josef Hyrtl Josef Hyrtl (7 December 1810 – 17 July 1894) was an Austrian anatomist. Biography Hyrtl was born at Kismarton, Hungary (now Eisenstadt, Austria). He began his medical studies in Vienna in 1831, having received his preliminary education in h ...

(1810–1894) anatomist *

Andreas Ivanschitz Andreas Ivanschitz ( hr, Ivančić; born 15 October 1983) is an Austrian retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. During the career, Ivanschitz played for Rapid Wien, Red Bull Salzburg, Panathinaikos, 1.FSV Mainz 05, Levante ...

(1983 – ) football player, lived in Baumgarten, about from Eisenstadt *

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(1930, Kleinhöflein – ), politician * Johann Luif (1959, Kleinhöflein – ), BG, Commander Provincial Military Headquarters Burgenland *

Maria Perschy Herta-Maria Perschy (23 September 1938 – 3 December 2004) was an Austrian actress whose career included performances on screen with actor Rock Hudson and on American television in both daytime and prime time. Early life Perschy was born in E ...

(1938–2004, Vienna) actress * Rudolf Simek (1954– ) Germanist and Philologian. *

Martin Vukovich Martin Vukovich (born October 20, 1944 in Eisenstadt) is a former Austrian diplomat. After obtaining a Baccalauréat from Lycée Francais de Vienne in 1962 and a PhD in law from University of Vienna in 1967 Vukovich entered into the Austrian Forei ...

(1944 – ) diplomat *

Joseph Franz Weigl Joseph Franz Weigl (19 May 1740 - 25 January 1820) was a Bavarian and Austrian cellist. He was a cellist in the orchestra of the Esterházy family. He played under the directorship of Joseph Haydn, who also was godfather to the cellist's son, and ...

(1740–1820) cellist *

Joseph Weigl Joseph Weigl (28 March 1766 – 3 February 1846) was an Austrian composer and conductor, born in Eisenstadt, Hungary, Austrian Empire. The son of Joseph Franz Weigl (1740–1820), the principal cellist in the orchestra of the Esterházy ...

(1766–1846) composer and conductor *

Anton Pauschenwein Anton Pauschenwein (born 24 January 1981) is an Austrian former professional association footballer, who played for SV Mattersburg SV Mattersburg was an Austrian association football club from Mattersburg, Burgenland. History The club w ...

(1981 – ) football player *

Thomas Mandl Thomas Mandl (born February 7, 1979, in Eisenstadt) is an Austrian football goalkeeper, who currently plays for First Vienna in the Austrian Football First League. Club career He started his career at Austrian giants FK Austria Wien in 1997 wher ...

(1979 – ) football player * Michael Mörz (1980 – ) football player *

Johann Dihanich Johann Dihanich (born 24 October 1958, in Eisenstadt) is a retired Austrian football player. Club career A Rapid Wien fan by origin, ''Hansi'' Dihanich started his professional career at city rivals Austria Wien and played 8 seasons for them, spl ...

(1958 – ) football player

Other residents

* Samuel Löw Brill (1814–1897), rabbi and Talmudical scholar; born in

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; attended yeshiva * Meir Eisenstadt (1670–1744) rabbi of the Siebengemeinden * Joseph Haydn (1732–1809), musician, born in Rohrau * Azriel Hildesheimer (1820–1899), German rabbi, founder of Torah im Derech Eretz; in 1851, he was called to the rabbinate of Eisenstadt *

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(1844–1915), German rabbi and historian; born March 14, 1844, in Tiszaladány, Hungary, pursued his rabbinical studies at the yeshiva * Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778–1837), musician *

Paul Iby Paul Iby ( hu, Iby Pál; born on January 23, 1935, Doborján (german: Raiding)) is Bishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Eisenstadt, Austria. Views Clerical celibacy Bishop Iby is convinced the Catholic church should drop its celi ...

(born 1935), a reformist Roman Catholic bishop *

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(1776–1827), musician, father of Franz Liszt *

Leopold Löw Judah Leib "Leopold" Löw ( he, יהודה לייב לעף, hu, Lőw Lipót; 22 May 1811 – 13 October 1875) was a Hungarian rabbi, regarded as the most important figure of Neolog Judaism. Biography 220px, Portrait of L. Löw Löw was born ...

(1811–1875), born in Černá Hora,

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, studied at the yeshiva of Eisenstadt *

Mordecai Mokiach Mordecai Mokiach (Eisenstadt, also Mordechai Ben Hayyim of Eisenstadt) (c. 1650 in Alsace – May 18, 1729 in Pressburg) was a Jewish Sabbatean prophet and Messiah claimant. The death of Sabbatai Zevi (1676) seems to have encouraged his followe ...

(ca. 1650–1724), "pseudo"-

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, born in

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* Robert Musil (1880–1942), author * Ignaz Pleyel (1757–1831), composer * Emanuel Schreiber (1852–1932), rabbi * Fritz Spiegl (1926–2003) musician, journalist, broadcaster, humorist and collector * Isaac Hirsch Weiss (1815–1905), talmudist and historian of literature; born at

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, Moravia; studied at yeshiva *

Samson Wertheimer Samson Wertheimer (17 January 1658 – 6 August 1724) was chief rabbi of Hungary and Moravia, and rabbi of Eisenstadt. He was also an Austrian financier, court Jew and ''Shtadlan'' to Austrian Emperor Leopold I. Family Wertheimer was born i ...

(1658–1724), rabbi *

Aaron Wise Aaron Wise (May 2, 1844 – March 30, 1896) was an American rabbi. Life and work Wise was educated in the Talmudic schools of Hungary, including the seminary at Eisenstadt, where he studied under Azriel Hildesheimer. Later he attended the uni ...

(1844–1896), rabbi, born in Eger, Hungary, studied at yeshiva; the father of Stephen Samuel Wise

As a surname

Eisenstadt ''(also Ajzenstat, Eisenstaedter, Asch, etc.)'', a Jewish surname, derives from this city.Asch and its variants are an abbreviation for Eisenstadt. see Some people with this surname or its variants include: * Alfred Eisenstaedt * Meir Eisenstadt *

Shmuel Eisenstadt Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt (Hebrew: שמואל נח אייזנשטדט‎ 10 September 1923, Warsaw – 2 September 2010, Jerusalem) was an Israeli sociologist and writer. In 1959 he was appointed to a teaching post in the sociology department ...

Israeli sociologist * Stuart E. Eizenstat * Moses Asch

References

External links

Official website

Official Eisenstadt Tourism Site

Eisenstadt on the official Burgenland site

Österreichisches Jüdisches Museum (Austrian Jewish Museum)

Jewish Encyclopedia article on the Jewish community of Eisenstadt

Schloss Esterházy (Esterházy Castle)

Haydn festival

Fachhochschul-Studiengänge Burgenland
University of applied sciences.
"Iron City"
Eisenstadt page for young adult activities.
Eisenstadt in English
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