Politics

• ÖVP
  OVP
  OVP is a three-letter abbreviation that may refer to:*The Office of the Vice President of the United States*The Office of the Vice President of the Philippines*OVP , a light sub-machine gun developed in Italy...
  
  : 17 seats
• SPÖ
  SPO
  - Technology :SPO: Microsoft SharePoint Online, Microsoft Cloud Computing, Office 365. See Microsoft Online Services-Economics:* Secondary Public Offering, an equity capital market instrument...
  
  : 8 seats
• Austrian Green Party
  Austrian Green Party
  The Greens – The Green Alternative is a political party in the Austrian parliament.The party was formed in 1986 with the name Grüne Alternative, following the merger of the more conservative Green party Vereinte Grüne Österreichs and the more progressive party Alternative Liste Österreichs The...
  
  : 2 seats
• FPÖ
  FPO
  FPO may refer to:*Fleet Post Office, a "city" designation in military mail *Field post office, a term for military post offices in military mail systems *For position only, a designation for placeholder graphics...
  
  : 2 seats

Castles and palaces

• Schloss Esterházy
  Schloss Esterházy
  ----The Schloss Esterházy is a palace in Eisenstadt, Austria, the capital of the Burgenland state. It was constructed in the late 13th century, and came under ownership of the Hungarian Esterházy family in 1622...
  
   and Schlosspark, the Esterházy castle and park.
  • Orangerie
  • Lindenstadion
• Gloriette, the former Esterházy hunting lodge.

Religious edifices

• Bergkirche, housing Haydn
  Joseph Haydn
  Franz Joseph Haydn , known as Joseph Haydn , was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. He is often called the "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet" because of his important contributions to these forms...
  
  's tomb
• Domkirche, late Gothic former military church, began in 1460
• Franziskanerkirche (Franciscan church), Built in 1629, it contains the crypt of the Esterházy family
• Jewish quarter
  Jewish quarter (diaspora)
  In the Jewish Diaspora, a Jewish quarter is the area of a city traditionally inhabited by Jews. Jewish quarters, like the Jewish ghettos in Europe, were often the outgrowths of segregated ghettos instituted by the surrounding Christian authorities. A Yiddish term for a Jewish quarter or...
  
    of city central (Oberberg)
  • Jewish Community of Eisenstadt (1732–1938, 1945-)
  • Jerusalemplatz & gate, Judengasse (Unterberggasse)
  • Österreichisches Jüdisches Museum and Samnson Wertheimer's house ' onMouseout='HidePop("54095")' href="/topics/Synagogue">Synagogue
    Synagogue
    A synagogue is a Jewish house of prayer. This use of the Greek term synagogue originates in the Septuagint where it sometimes translates the Hebrew word for assembly, kahal...
    
     of Eisenstadt); there was the chief rabbinate
    Chief Rabbi
    Chief Rabbi is a title given in several countries to the recognized religious leader of that country's Jewish community, or to a rabbinic leader appointed by the local secular authorities...
    
     of Hungarian Kingdom: Around Gloriettenallee, Alexander Wolf-Gasse, Meierhofgasse, Museumsgasse, Wertheimergasse, Carl Moreau-Strasse, Alois Tomasini-Gasse, Weingartenstrasse, etc.
  • Jewish cemeteries
    Jewish cemetery
    A Jewish cemetery is a cemetery where members of the Jewish faith are buried in keeping with Jewish tradition....
    
     of Eisenstadt

Buildings

• Haydn-Mausoleum
• Rathaus (City Hall)
• Pulverturm (lit. "Powder tower")

Museums

• Haydnmuseum, a museum dedicated to Joseph Haydn
  Joseph Haydn
  Franz Joseph Haydn , known as Joseph Haydn , was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. He is often called the "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet" because of his important contributions to these forms...
  
  , who lived in the building between 1766 and 1778.
• Landesmuseum (regional museum).
• Österreichisches Jüdisches Museum(Austrian Jewish Museum).
• Diözesanmuseum (museum of the local Roman Catholic diocese).
• Feuerwehrmuseum (fire department museum).

Twin towns — Sister cities

Nearby municipalities

• Großhöflein
  Großhöflein
  Großhöflein is a market town in eastern Austria, in the state of Burgenland. The town had 1,853 inhabitants as of May 15, 2001.- People :* Nikolaus Esterházy , lived and died here- Nearby municipalities :...
  
  , Müllendorf
  Müllendorf
  Müllendorf is a town in the district of Eisenstadt-Umgebung in Burgenland in Austria.-References:...
  
  , Steinbrunn
  Steinbrunn
  Steinbrunn is a town in the district of Eisenstadt-Umgebung in Burgenland in Austria....
  
  , Neufeld/Leitha
  Neufeld an der Leitha
  Neufeld an der Leitha is a town in the district of Eisenstadt-Umgebung in Burgenland in Austria, upon the river Leitha, which forms here the border with Lower Austria.-Nearby places:- Natives :...
  
   & Ebenfurth
  Ebenfurth
  Ebenfurth is a municipality in the district of Wiener Neustadt-Land in Lower Austria, Austria.- Neiboughring municipalities :* Neufeld an der Leitha , Hornstein* Eggendorf, Zillingdorf, Lichtenwörth...
  
  
• Hornstein
  Hornstein
  - Family names :* Frank Hornstein* Harvey A. Hornstein, PhD, author of Brutal Bosses and their Prey: How to Identify and Overcome Abuse in the Workplace...
  
  
• Wulkaprodersdorf
  Wulkaprodersdorf
  Wulkaprodersdorf is a town in the district of Eisenstadt-Umgebung in Burgenland in Austria....
  
  , Trausdorf/Wulka
  Trausdorf an der Wulka
  Trausdorf an der Wulka is a town in the district of Eisenstadt-Umgebung in Burgenland in Austria....
  
   (on the Wulka and Eisbach
  Eisbach
  The Eisbach is a small man-made river in Munich. It flows through the park Englischer Garten and is a tributary of the Isar River. A manmade wave has been created on one section....
  
  )

Natives

• Moritz Benedikt
  Moritz Benedikt
  Moritz Benedikt was an Hungarian-Austrian neurologist who was a native of Eisenstadt. He was an instructor and professor of neurology at the University of Vienna...
  
   (1835–1920) neurologist
• Isaiah Berlin
  Isaiah Berlin (rabbi)
  Isaiah Berlin was the most eminent critic among the German Talmudists of the eighteenth century.-Biography:...
  
   (1725–1799) rabbi
• Stefan Billes (1909, Kleinhöflein – 2002) politician
• Akiva Eiger (1761–1837) rabbi
  Rabbi
  In Judaism, a rabbi is a teacher of Torah. This title derives from the Hebrew word רבי , meaning "My Master" , which is the way a student would address a master of Torah...
  
   and champion of Orthodox Judaism
  Orthodox Judaism
  Orthodox Judaism , is the approach to Judaism which adheres to the traditional interpretation and application of the laws and ethics of the Torah as legislated in the Talmudic texts by the Sanhedrin and subsequently developed and applied by the later authorities known as the Gaonim, Rishonim, and...
  
  
• Paul I, 1st Prince Esterházy of Galántha
  Paul I, 1st Prince Esterházy of Galántha
  Paul I, Prince Esterházy of Galántha was the first Prince Esterházy of Galántha from 1687 to 1713, Palatine of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1681 to 1713, and an Imperial Field Marshal...
  
  
• Prince Paul II Anton Esterházy
  Paul II Anton Esterházy
  Prince Paul II Anton Esterházy de Galantha was a prince of the Esterházy family. He had a distinguished career as a soldier and patron of music.-Life:...
  
   (1711–1762) soldier and patron of music
• Gyula Farkas
  Gyula Farkas (linguistic scientist)
  Farkas Gyula, or Julius von Farkas was a Hungarian literary historian and Finno-Ugric linguist....
  
   (1894–1958) linguist
• Andrea Fraunschiel (1955 – ) mayor
• Josef Hyrtl
  Josef Hyrtl
  Josef Hyrtl was an Austrian anatomist.Hyrtl was born at Kismarton, in Hungary. He began his medical studies in Vienna in 1831, having received his preliminary education in his native town. His parents were poor, and he had to find some means to help defray the expenses of his medical education...
  
   (1810–1894) anatomist
• Andreas Ivanschitz
  Andreas Ivanschitz
  Andreas Ivanschitz is an Austrian footballer of Croatian origin who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Mainz.-Club career:...
  
   (1983 – ) football player, lived in Baumgarten
  Baumgarten, Burgenland
  Baumgarten is a town in the district of Mattersburg in Burgenland in Austria....
  
  , about 12 km from Eisenstadt
• Josef Kirchknopf (1930, Kleinhöflein – ), politician
• Maria Perschy
  Maria Perschy
  Maria Perschy was an Austrian actress.Perschy was born in Eisenstadt, Burgenland, Austria and moved to Vienna at the age of 17 to study acting. After completing her education, she moved to Germany for more training, leading to a movie career. Her first major success came with Nasser Asphalt where...
  
   (1938–2004, Vienna) actress
• Rudolf Simek
  Rudolf Simek
  Rudolf Simek is an Austrian Germanist and Philologian.Simek studied German literature, philosophy and Catholic theology in the University of Vienna, before becoming a librarian and a docent at the institution. He taught among others in the universities of Edinburgh, Tromsø and Sydney...
  
   (1954 – ) Germanist and Philologian.
• Martin Vukovich
  Martin Vukovich
  Martin Vukovich is a former Austrian diplomat.After obtaining a Baccalauréat from Lycée Francais de Vienne in 1962 and a PhD in law from University of Vienna in 1967 Vukovich entered into the Austrian Foreign Service in 1969...
  
   (1944 – ) diplomat
• Joseph Franz Weigl
  Joseph Franz Weigl
  Joseph Franz Weigl was a Bavarian and Austrian cellist. He was a cellist in the orchestra of the Esterházy family. He played under the directorship of Joseph Haydn, who also was godfather to the cellist's son, and it is thought that Haydn wrote his cello concerto in C major Joseph Franz Weigl (19...
  
   (1740–1820) cellist
• Joseph Weigl
  Joseph Weigl
  Joseph Weigl , was an Austrian composer and conductor.The son of Joseph Franz Weigl , the principal cellist in the orchestra of the Esterházy family, he was born in Eisenstadt and studied music under Johann Georg Albrechtsberger and Antonio Salieri...
  
   (1766–1846) composer and conductor
• Anton Pauschenwein
  Anton Pauschenwein
  Anton Pauschenwein is an Austrian professional association football player, currently playing for Austrian Football Bundesliga side SV Mattersburg. He plays as a defender.-External links:* at transfermarkt.de...
  
   (1981 – ) football player
• Thomas Mandl
  Thomas Mandl
  Thomas Mandl is an Austrian football goalkeeper, who currently plays for Trenkwalder Admira in the Austrian Football First League.-Club career:...
  
   (1979 – ) football player
• Michael Mörz
  Michael Mörz
  Michael Mörz is an Austrian professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for SV Mattersburg.-International career:...
  
   (1980 – ) football player
• Johann Dihanich
  Johann Dihanich
  Johann Dihanich is a retired Austrian football player.-Club career:A Rapid Wien fan by origin, Hansi Dihanich started his professional career at city rivals Austria Wien and played 8 seasons for them, split in two periods by a season at SS Wacker Innsbruck...
  
   (1958 – ) football player

Other residents

• Samuel Löw Brill
  Samuel Löw Brill
  Samuel Löw Brill was a Hungarian rabbi and Talmudical scholar born in Budapest. He was educated by his father, Azriel Brill , who was teacher and associate rabbi at Pest, Hungary, and the author of several works in the Hebrew language...
  
   (1814–1897), rabbi and Talmudical scholar; born in Budapest
  Budapest
  Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
  
  ; attended yeshiva
• Meir Eisenstadt
  Meir Eisenstadt
  Meir ben Izsak Eisenstadt was the author of responsa and other works of rabbinic literature. An authority on Halakha, he was consulted by rabbis from Turkey, Germany and Italy. He is known as the Panim Me'irot after his major work called Shu"t Panim Me'irot...
  
   (1670–1744) rabbi of the Siebengemeinden
  Siebengemeinden
  The Siebengemeinden were 7 Jewish communities located in Eisenstadt and its surrounding area. The groups are known as Sheva Kehillot in Hebrew....
  
  
• Joseph Haydn
  Joseph Haydn
  Franz Joseph Haydn , known as Joseph Haydn , was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. He is often called the "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet" because of his important contributions to these forms...
  
   (1732–1809), musician, born in Rohrau
  Rohrau
  Rohrau may refer to:* Rohrau, Austria, a town in Lower Austria* Schloss Rohrau, a castle in Rohrau, Austria* Rohrau , a village in the municipality of Gärtringen, Baden-Württemberg* Count Friedrich August von Harrach-Rohrau...
  
  
• Azriel Hildesheimer
  Azriel Hildesheimer
  Esriel Hildesheimer was a German rabbi and leader of Orthodox Judaism. He is regarded as a pioneering modernizer of Orthodox Judaism in Germany and as a founder of Modern Orthodox Judaism.-Biography:...
  
   (1820–1899), German rabbi, founder of Torah im Derech Eretz
  Torah im Derech Eretz
  Torah im Derech Eretz is a philosophy of Orthodox Judaism articulated by Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch , which formalizes a relationship between traditionally observant Judaism and the modern world...
  
  ; in 1851, he was called to the rabbinate of Eisenstadt
• Markus Horovitz
  Markus Horovitz
  Markus Horovitz was a Hungarian rabbi and historian.He was born at Ladány , Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary. The descendant of an ancient family of scholars, he pursued his rabbinical studies at the yeshivot of Ujhely, Verbé, and Eisenstadt...
  
   (1844–1915), German rabbi and historian; born March 14, 1844, in Tiszaladány
  Tiszaladány
  Tiszaladány is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County in northeastern Hungary.-References:...
  
  , Hungary, pursued his rabbinical studies at the yeshiva
• Johann Nepomuk Hummel
  Johann Nepomuk Hummel
  Johann Nepomuk Hummel or Jan Nepomuk Hummel was an Austrian composer and virtuoso pianist. His music reflects the transition from the Classical to the Romantic musical era.- Life :...
  
   (1778–1837), musician
• Adam Liszt
  Adam Liszt
  Ádám Liszt - was a Hungarian musician and father of composer and pianist Franz Liszt.He was born in Nemesvölgy, Kingdom of Hungary as the second child of György Liszt and Barbara Slezák...
  
   (1776–1827), musician, father of Franz Liszt
  Franz Liszt
  Franz Liszt ; ), was a 19th-century Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher.Liszt became renowned in Europe during the nineteenth century for his virtuosic skill as a pianist. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age...
  
  
• Leopold Löw
  Leopold Löw
  Leopold Löw was a Hungarian rabbi.-Biography:Born in Černá Hora, Moravia, he received his preliminary education at the yeshibot of Třebíč, Kolín, Lipník nad Bečvou and Eisenstadt , and then studied philology, pedagogics, and Christian theology at the Lyceum of Bratislava and at the universities...
  
   (1811–1875), born in Černá Hora
  Cerná Hora (Blansko District)
  Černá Hora is a market town in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 1,900 inhabitants.Name of the place come from a hill whose vegetation is darker than the neighbourhood....
  
  , Moravia
  Moravia
  Moravia is a historical region in Central Europe in the east of the Czech Republic, and one of the former Czech lands, together with Bohemia and Silesia. It takes its name from the Morava River which rises in the northwest of the region...
  
  , studied at the yeshiva of Eisenstadt
• Mordecai Mokiach
  Mordecai Mokiach
  Mordecai Mokiach was a Jewish Sabbatean "prophet" and false Messiah; born in Alsace about 1650; died at Pressburg May 18, 1729.The death of Sabbatai Zevi seems to have encouraged his followers, who claimed that he had returned to his heavenly abode and would come back in three years to finish his...
  
   (ca. 1650–1724), "pseudo"-Messiah
  Messiah
  A messiah is a redeemer figure expected or foretold in one form or another by a religion. Slightly more widely, a messiah is any redeemer figure. Messianic beliefs or theories generally relate to eschatological improvement of the state of humanity or the world, in other words the World to...
  
  , born in Alsace
  Alsace
  Alsace is the fifth-smallest of the 27 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the seventh-most densely populated region in France and third most densely populated region in metropolitan France, with ca. 220 inhabitants per km²...
  
  
• Robert Musil
  Robert Musil
  Robert Musil was an Austrian writer. His unfinished long novel The Man Without Qualities is generally considered to be one of the most important modernist novels...
  
   (1880–1942), author
• Ignaz Pleyel
  Ignaz Pleyel
  Ignace Joseph Pleyel , ; was an Austrian-born French composer and piano builder of the Classical period.-Early years:...
  
   (1757–1831), musician
• Emanuel Schreiber
  Emanuel Schreiber
  Emanuel Schreiber was an American rabbi originally from Leipnik, Moravia.Schreiber received his education at the Talmudical college of his native town, the rabbinical seminary at Eisenstadt, Hungary, and the Hochschule in Berlin...
  
   (1852–1932), rabbi
• Fritz Spiegl
  Fritz Spiegl
  Fritz Spiegl was born at Zurndorf, Austria, the son of an agricultural merchant and his Jewish wife. He became a musician, journalist, broadcaster, humorist and collector who lived and worked in England from 1939....
  
   (1926–2003) musician, journalist, broadcaster, humorist and collector
• Isaac Hirsch Weiss
  Isaac Hirsch Weiss
  Isaac Hirsch Weiss, also Eisik Hirsch Weiss was an Austrian Talmudist and historian of literature born at Velké Meziříčí, Moravia....
  
   (1815–1905), talmudist and historian of literature; born at Velké Meziříčí
  Velké Mezirící
  Velké Meziříčí is a town in the Vysočina Region, Czech Republic. It is situated under the original Gothic castle in a valley framed by the hills of the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands....
  
  , Moravia; studied at yeshiva
• Samson Wertheimer
  Samson Wertheimer
  Samson Wertheimer was chief rabbi of Hungary and Moravia, and rabbi of Eisenstadt. He was also an Austrian financier, court Jew and Shtadlan to Austrian Emperor Leopold I.-Family:...
  
   (1658–1724), rabbi
• Aaron Wise
  Aaron Wise
  Aaron Wise was an American Rabbi.Wise was educated in the Talmudic schools of Hungary, including the seminary at Eisenstadt, where he studied under Dr. Hildesheimer. Later he attended the universities of Leipzig and Halle, receiving his doctorate at the latter institution...
  
   (1844–1896), rabbi, born in Eger
  Eger
  Eger is the second largest city in Northern Hungary, the county seat of Heves, east of the Mátra Mountains. Eger is best known for its castle, thermal baths, historic buildings , and red and white wines.- Name :...
  
  , Hungary, studied at yeshiva; the father of Stephen Samuel Wise
  Stephen Samuel Wise
  Stephen Samuel Wise was an Austro-Hungarian-born American Reform rabbi and Zionist leader.-Early life:...
  
  

As a surname

• Alfred Eisenstaedt
  Alfred Eisenstaedt
  Alfred Eisenstaedt was a German-American photographer and photojournalist. He is renowned for his candid photographs, frequently made using various models of a 35mm Leica rangefinder camera...
  
  
• Meir Eisenstadt
  Meir Eisenstadt
  Meir ben Izsak Eisenstadt was the author of responsa and other works of rabbinic literature. An authority on Halakha, he was consulted by rabbis from Turkey, Germany and Italy. He is known as the Panim Me'irot after his major work called Shu"t Panim Me'irot...
  
  
• Shmuel Eisenstadt
  Shmuel Eisenstadt
  Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt was an Israeli sociologist. In 1959 he was appointed to a teaching post in the sociology department of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. From 1990 until his death in September of 2010 he had been a professor emeritus...
  
   Israeli sociologist
• Stuart E. Eizenstat
  Stuart E. Eizenstat
  Stuart Eizenstat is a partner at Washington, D.C. law firm, Covington & Burling and senior strategist at APCO Worldwide. He is married to Frances Eizenstat, and has two sons and six grandchildren....
  
  
• Moses Asch
  Moses Asch
  Moses Asch was the founder of Folkways Records. Asch ran the label from 1948 until his death...
  
  

External links

• Official site
• Official Eisenstadt Tourism Site
• Eisenstadt on the official Burgenland site
• Österreichisches Jüdisches Museum (Austrian Jewish Museum)
• Jewish Encyclopedia article on the Jewish community of Eisenstadt
• Schloss Esterházy (Esterházy Castle)
• Haydn festival
• Fachhochschul-Studiengänge Burgenland University of applied sciences.
• "Iron City", Eisenstadt page for young adult activities.
• Eisenstadt in English