Neufeld an der Leitha (, , meaning "new village on the Leitha") is a town in the district of

Eisenstadt-Umgebung The Bezirk Eisenstadt-Umgebung (; ) is an administrative district (''Bezirk'') in the federal state of Burgenland, Austria. The area of the district is 455.5 km2, with a population of 44,787 (2024), and a population density of 99 persons per ...

in the

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 ...

n state of

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 ...

. It lies on the river

Leitha The Leitha (; , formerly ; ; Czech language, Czech and ) is a river in Austria and Hungary, a right tributary of the Danube. It is long ( including its source river Schwarza (Leitha), Schwarza). Its basin area is . Etymology The ''Lithaha'' Riv ...

, which forms the border with

Lower Austria Lower Austria ( , , abbreviated LA or NÖ) is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Major cities are Amstetten, Lower Austria, Amstetten, Krems an der Donau, Wiener Neustadt and Sankt Pölten, which ...

Population

Nearby places

Notable residents

* Hans Bögl (1899–1974), Governor of Burgenland 1964–1966, National Council 1959–1962 * Franz Erntl (1902–1990), painter * Ludwig Leser (1890–1946), Governor of Burgenland 1945–1946 * Jürgen Mansberger (born 1988), footballer * Fred Sinowatz (1929–2008), Federal Chancellor 1983–1986

Literature

* Albert G. Absenger: ''350 Jahre Neufeld. Eine chronikartige Geschichtsdarstellung''. Stadtgemeinde Neufeld an der Leitha, Neufeld an der Leitha 2002. * Albert Gernot Absenger: ''Chronik Neufeld III'', Verdichtung der gesamten Ortshistorie als Folge- und Erweiterungsband von Lang- und Kurzfassung der 2002 erschienen chronikartigen Darstellung, Stadtgemeinde Neufeld an der Leitha, Neufeld an der Leitha 2007. * Reinhold Arthofer: ''Festschrift 100 Jahre Evangelische Kirche A.B. Neufeld an der Leitha. 1904 - 2004''. Selbstverlag der Evangelischen Pfarrgemeinde Eisenstadt, Eisenstadt 2004, . * Peter Krajasich: ''Die jüdische Bevölkerung von Eisenstadt und Neufeld im Jahre 1735''. In: Hanns Schmid (Hrsg.): ''Urgeschichte - Römerzeit - Mittelalter''. Band 2: ''Festschrift Alois-J. Ohrenberger''. Amt der Burgenländischen Landesregierung, Abteilung 7, Landesmuseum, Eisenstadt 1985, , (''Wissenschaftliche Arbeiten aus dem Burgenland'' 71), S. 241–248. * Harald Prickler: ''Zur Frühgeschichte der Neufelder Industrie''. Amt der Burgenländ. Landesregierung, Abt. 7 - Kultur, Wiss. und Archiv, Hauptreferat Landesarchiv und Landesbibliothek, Eisenstadt 2008, , (''Burgenländische Forschungen'' 97).

References

{{Authority control Cities and towns in Eisenstadt-Umgebung District Populated places on the Leitha