Parndorf Plain (german:
Parndorfer Platte
Parndorf Plain (german: Parndorfer Platte, hu, Parndorfi-fennsík, Pándorfalvi-fennsík, sk, Parndorfská plošina) also called Parndorf Heath (german: Parndorfer Heide) in the northern part of Burgenland, Austria, at an altitude of 160–1 ...
, hu,
Parndorfi-fennsík,
Pándorfalvi-fennsík, sk, Parndorfská plošina) also called Parndorf Heath (german:
Parndorfer Heide) in the northern part of
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 ...
, Austria, at an altitude of 160–180 m, area approx. , with terraced gravel deposited by the River
Danube
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during the
Ice Age
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, situated between
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 ...
and the
Leitha Mountains
The Leitha Mountains or, less frequently, Leitha Hills (german: Leithagebirge; hu, Lajta-hegység), are a range of hills in Austria lying on the boundary between Lower Austria and Burgenland.
The range is an offshoot of the Alps and forms a conn ...
in the southwest and Lower
Leitha
The Leitha (; or , formerly ; Czech and sk, Litava) is a river in Austria and Hungary, a right tributary of the Danube. It is long ( including its source river Schwarza). Its basin area is .
Etymology
The ''Lithaha'' River in the Carolingia ...
in the northeast. An almost treeless plain, it is about higher than its surroundings, without any rivers or streams. Partly heath land with Pannonian
flora
Flora is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring (indigenous) native plants. Sometimes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora, as in the terms '' gut flora'' or '' skin flora''.
E ...
and partly arable land. Wine growing on the steep
loess
Loess (, ; from german: Löss ) is a clastic, predominantly silt-sized sediment that is formed by the accumulation of wind-blown dust. Ten percent of Earth's land area is covered by loess or similar deposits.
Loess is a periglacial or aeolian ...
slopes facing
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 ...
. All towns are situated at the foot of the scarps. Large-scale dairy farming.
The
East railway line and the
A4 autobahn
The (; German plural ) is the federal controlled-access highway system in Germany. The official German term is (abbreviated ''BAB''), which translates as 'federal motorway'. The literal meaning of the word is 'Federal Auto(mobile) Track'. ...
(opened in Autumn 1994) run through the Parndorf plain. Draw-wells give the landscape a
puszta
The Hungarian Puszta () is a temperate grassland biome of the Alföld or Great Hungarian Plain. It is an exclave of the Eurasian Steppe, and lies mainly around the River Tisza in the eastern part of Hungary, as well as in the western part of t ...
character;
Roman road
Roman roads ( la, viae Romanae ; singular: ; meaning "Roman way") were physical infrastructure vital to the maintenance and development of the Roman state, and were built from about 300 BC through the expansion and consolidation of the Roman Re ...
s.
Parndorf Plain is among the windiest areas in inland Europe. The almost continuous reign of the north-easterly wind is occasionally interrupted by a gusty south-easterly. On the plain of the ''Parndorfer Platte'' the biggest modern wind farms in Austria have been set up.
See also
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Parndorf
Parndorf ( hu, Pándorfalu, hr, Pandrof) is a town in the district of Neusiedl am See in the Austrian state of Burgenland. Its original ancient name Perun
In Slavic mythology, Perun (Cyrillic: Перýн) is the highest god of the pantheo ...
( hu,
Pándorfalu,
Pándorfalva
Parndorf ( hu, Pándorfalu, hr, Pandrof) is a town in the district of Neusiedl am See in the Austrian state of Burgenland. Its original ancient name Perun
In Slavic mythology, Perun (Cyrillic: Перýн) is the highest god of the panthe ...
),
Zurndorf
Zurndorf ( hu, Zurány) is a town in the district of Neusiedl am See in the Austrian state of Burgenland.
Population
Personalities
* Andreas Grailich
* Hans Niessl, born here
* Ignaz Aurelius Fessler, born here
*
* Fritz Spiegl
Fritz S ...
,
Nickelsdorf
Nickelsdorf ( hu, Miklóshalma or Miklóshalom, hr, Mikištrof) is a town in the district of Neusiedl am See in the Austrian state of Burgenland.
Geography
Nickelsdorf is the only town in the municipality. It has an important border crossin ...
,
Rohrau,
Potzneusiedl
Potzneusiedl ( hu, Lajtafalu, hr, Lajtica) is the smallest village in the district of Neusiedl am See in Burgenland in Austria.
Geography
Potzneusiedl is the smallest village of the Neusiedl district located on the northern edge of Parndorf ...
,
Gattendorf
Gattendorf is a municipality in Upper Franconia in the district of Hof in Bavaria, Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe aft ...
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Heide·boden (area of
Deutsch Jahrndorf
Deutsch Jahrndorf (; hu, Németjárfalu, Német-Járfalu, sk, Nemecké Jarovce) is a municipality in the district of Neusiedl am See, in the Austrian state of Burgenland. It is within a few kilometres of the borders of both Hungary and Slovakia. ...
)
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Leithagebirge
The Leitha Mountains or, less frequently, Leitha Hills (german: Leithagebirge; hu, Lajta-hegység), are a range of hills in Austria lying on the boundary between Lower Austria and Burgenland.
The range is an offshoot of the Alps and forms a conn ...
*
See·winkel ( hu,
Fertő·zug)
* (german: Waasen, Wasen)
*
Vienna Basin
The Vienna Basin (german: Wiener Becken, cz, Vídeňská pánev, sk, Viedenská kotlina, Hungarian: ''Bécsi-medence'') is a geologically young tectonic burial basin and sedimentary basin in the seam area between the Alps, the Carpathians and t ...
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Little Alföld,
(Great-) Alföld,
Puszta
The Hungarian Puszta () is a temperate grassland biome of the Alföld or Great Hungarian Plain. It is an exclave of the Eurasian Steppe, and lies mainly around the River Tisza in the eastern part of Hungary, as well as in the western part of t ...
,
Pannonian Basin
The Pannonian Basin, or Carpathian Basin, is a large Sedimentary basin, basin situated in south-east Central Europe. The Geomorphology, geomorphological term Pannonian Plain is more widely used for roughly the same region though with a somewh ...
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Győr-Moson-Sopron County
Győr-Moson-Sopron ( hu, Győr-Moson-Sopron megye, ; german: Komitat Raab-Wieselburg-Ödenburg; sk, Rábsko-mošonsko-šopronská župa) is an administrative county (comitatus or '' megye'') in north-western Hungary, on the border with Slovakia ( ...
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Sziget·köz
Landforms of Burgenland
Neusiedl am See District
Plains of Austria
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