Hornstein (, ) is a town in the district of
Eisenstadt-Umgebung
The Bezirk Eisenstadt-Umgebung (; ) 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 44,787 (2024), and a population density of 99 persons per ...
in the
Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...
n state of
Burgenland
Burgenland (; ; ; Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian: ''Burgnland''; Slovene language, Slovene: ''Gradiščanska''; ) is the easternmost and least populous Bundesland (Austria), state of Austria. It consists of two statutory city (Austria), statut ...
.
Population
Culture
* Tamburica Vorištan, Croatian
tamburica
Tamburica ( or ; sometimes written tamburrizza or tamburitza; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", tamburica, тамбурица, little tamboura) or tamboura (; ) refers to a family of long-necked lutes popular in Southeast Europe and southeastern ...
orchestra
Notable people
* Wilhelm Schmied (1910-2000),
Salesian
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, musician and music pedagogue,
missionary
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in
Macao
Macau or Macao is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China (PRC). With a population of about people and a land area of , it is the most densely populated region in the world.
Formerly a Portuguese colony, the ter ...
(1939-1966)
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Gallery
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References
External links
Cities and towns in Eisenstadt-Umgebung District
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