Großhöflein ( hu, Nagy-Höflány, Nagyhöflány, hr, Velika Holovajna) is a market town in eastern Austria, in the state of Burgenland. It is located near the state capital

Eisenstadt Eisenstadt (; hu, Kismarton; hr, Željezni grad; ; sl, Železno, Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian: ''Eisnstod'') is a city in Austria, the state capital of Burgenland. It had a recorded population on 29 April 2021 of 15,074. In the Habsburg ...

History

BCE, the area was part of the Celtic kingdom of Noricum. Under the Roman Empire, today's Großhöflein was in the province of

Pannonia Pannonia (, ) was a province of the Roman Empire bounded on the north and east by the Danube, coterminous westward with Noricum and upper Italy, and southward with Dalmatia and upper Moesia. Pannonia was located in the territory that is now wes ...

. Like all of Burgenland, Großhöflein was in Hungary until 1920/21.

Population

People

Nikolaus Esterházy de Galántha Nicholas is a male given name and a surname. The Eastern Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Anglican Churches celebrate Saint Nicholas every year on December 6, which is the name day for "Nicholas". In Greece, the name and its ...

, lived and died here in 1645

Nearby municipalities

* Kleinhöflein im Burgenland (now a part of

) *

Müllendorf Müllendorf ( hu, Szárazvám) is a town in the district of Eisenstadt-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Burgenland. Population References

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Wulkaprodersdorf Wulkaprodersdorf ( hr, Vulkaprodrštof, hu, Vulkapordány, Vulka-Pordány) is a town in the district of Eisenstadt-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Burgenland. Population See also * Wulka * Leithaprodersdorf Leithaprodersdorf, also (Leitha ...

Steinbrunn Steinbrunn (''till 1958:'' Stinkenbrunn, hu, Büdöskút, hr, Štikapron) is a town in the district of Eisenstadt-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Burgenland Burgenland (; hu, Őrvidék; hr, Gradišće; Austro-Bavarian: ''Burgnland;'' Slo ...

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