''For people with the surname, see
Jois (surname) Jois is a surname from Indian state of Karnataka. It is mainly found among Hindus of the Brahmin community.
Notable people
Notable people with the surname include:
* K. Pattabhi Jois (1915–2009), Indian yoga teacher and Sanskrit scholar
* M. N. ...
.''
Jois (; hu, Nyulas) is a small town in the district of
Neusiedl am See
Neusiedl am See (; cs, Nezider; hr, Niuzalj; hu, Nezsider; sk, Nezider) 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 the Neusiedler See.
...
in
Burgenland
Burgenland (; hu, Őrvidék; hr, Gradišće; Austro-Bavarian: ''Burgnland;'' Slovene: ''Gradiščanska'') is the easternmost and least populous state of Austria. It consists of two statutory cities and seven rural districts, with a total of ...
in Eastern
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
. It is on the northern shore of
Lake Neusiedl
Lake Neusiedl (german: Neusiedler See), or Fertő ( hu, Fertő (tó); hr, Nežidersko jezero, Niuzaljsko jezero; sl, Nežidersko jezero; sk, Neziderské jazero; cs, Neziderské jezero) is the largest endorheic lake in Central Europe, straddl ...
, which straddles the border with
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...
.
The picturesque wine-producing area is popular with tourists, who visit Jois's parish church with its
Baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
statues dating back to 1757, the local heritage museum with the district's school museum,
wayside shrine
A wayside shrine is a religious image, usually in some sort of small shelter, placed by a road or pathway, sometimes in a settlement or at a crossroads, but often in the middle of an empty stretch of country road, or at the top of a hill or mo ...
s, cycling trails, and the wine trail.
JOIS - Das kleine Juwel am Neusiedler See
Population
References
External links
www.jois.info
(in German)
Map: location of Jois
Museum Jois
(in German)
Cities and towns in Neusiedl am See District
{{Burgenland-geo-stub