Purbach am Neusiedlersee ( hu, Feketeváros), which is sometimes written as Purbach am Neusiedler See or Purbach am See, is a town in the

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n state of

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known for its

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.Purbach
www.austria.info It lies in the

Eisenstadt-Umgebung The Bezirk Eisenstadt-Umgebung ( hr, Kotar Željezno-okolica) 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 44,257 (2022), and a populatio ...

district. Purbach is located at the western shores of

Neusiedler See 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 ...

, the only

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lake in

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, and the only lake without natural outflow in

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Names

Purbach am Neusiedlersee, literally Purbach on

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 ...

, is often referred to solely as Purbach. It was Feketeváros,

Sopron Sopron (; german: Ödenburg, ; sl, Šopron) is a city in Hungary on the Austrian border, near Lake Neusiedl/Lake Fertő. History Ancient times-13th century When the area that is today Western Hungary was a province of the Roman Empire, a ...

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 ...

prior to the breakup of the

Austro-Hungarian Empire Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire,, the Dual Monarchy, or Austria, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. It was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of ...

. It was known as Porpuh in Croatian.

History

Settlement in Purbach can be traced to the 6th century BCE. During

Roman times In modern historiography, ancient Rome refers to Roman civilisation from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. It encompasses the Roman Kingdom (753–509 BC ...

, it lay on the famous amber trade route. The first documented mention of the town occurred in 1270. In 1918, the city changed from Feketeváros, Sopron, Hungary to present day Purbach am Neusiedlersee, Burgenland, Austria.

Population

References

External links

* — official website (in German) * Midsummer Festival at Lake Neusiedl — Celebrating the longest day of the year... * — Burgenland info
nona.net
— region maps of Purbach am Neusiedlersee

— tourism information Cities and towns in Eisenstadt-Umgebung District Wine regions of Austria {{Burgenland-geo-stub