Nickelsdorf ( hu, Miklóshalma or Miklóshalom, hr, Mikištrof) is a town in the district of Neusiedl am See in the

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Geography

Nickelsdorf is the only town in the municipality. It has an important border crossing to

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(german: Straß-Sommerein) in Hungary.

History

The town belonged—like the whole province of

—to Hungary until 1920, when it became part of the Austrian state of Burgenland.

Population

Politics

The seats on the municipal council are distributed as follows: SPÖ 10,

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2, Grüne 1,

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1 and BGL with 5 seats.

Festivals

Since 1985, the annual and internationally famous Jazzfestival ''Konfrontationen'' has taken place in Nickelsdorf. From 9 June to 12 June 2005, the

Nova Rock Festival The Nova Rock Festival, also just Nova Rock, is an Austrian rock festival that has existed since 2005 and takes place each year in June. It is located in Burgenland, the easternmost federal state of Austria, near Nickelsdorf and the Hungarian ...

took place in Nickelsdorf with headliners like

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, The Prodigy, and Green Day. Every day, there were 30,000 fans in this small village next to the border to Hungary. And one year later in 2006, the Nova Rock Festival drew, with over 50 bands, no less than 150,000 visitors. With famous bands like

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, Metallica and Guns N' Roses, it was the largest ever rock festival in Austria.

Image gallery

Nickelsdorfpassportstamp.jpg, A passport stamp from the border crossing before Hungary joined the Schengen Area FeuerwehrhausNickelsdorf.jpg, Fire station

References

Cities and towns in Neusiedl am See District Austria–Hungary border crossings {{Austria-hist-stub