Neufeld an der Leitha
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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
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Eisenstadt-Umgebung
The Bezirk Eisenstadt-Umgebung is an administrative district in the federal state of Burgenland, Austria.The area of the district is 453.14 km², with a population of 38,752 , and a population density 86 persons per km²...
in Burgenland
Burgenland
Burgenland is the easternmost and least populous state or Land of Austria. It consists of two Statutarstädte and seven districts with in total 171 municipalities. It is 166 km long from north to south but much narrower from west to east...
in Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
, upon the river Leitha, which forms here the border with Lower Austria
Lower Austria
Lower Austria is the northeasternmost state of the nine states in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria since 1986 is Sankt Pölten, the most recently designated capital town in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria had formerly been Vienna, even though Vienna is not officially part of Lower Austria...
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Nearby places
Natives
- Hans Bögl (1899-1974), Governor of Burgenland 1964-1966, National Council 1959-1962
- Franz Erntl (1902-1990), painter
- Fred SinowatzFred SinowatzAlfred "Fred" Sinowatz was born in Neufeld an der Leitha, Burgenland, Austria. He was an Austrian politician of the Social Democratic Party of Austria , and was Chancellor of Austria from 1983 to 1986.- Career until 1983 :Sinowatz, educated as a historian, was Minister of Education and Art in the...
(1929-2008), Federal Chancellor 1983-1986 - Ludwig Leser (1890-1946), Governor of Burgenland 1945-1946
- Jürgen MansbergerJürgen MansbergerJürgen Mansberger is an Austrian former professional association football player.-External links:* at transfermarkt.de...
(*1988), footballer
Literature
- Albert G. Absenger: 350 Jahre Neufeld. Eine chronikartige Geschichtsdarstellung. Stadtgemeinde Neufeld an der Leitha, Neufeld an der Leitha 2002.
- Albert Gernot Absenger: Chronik Neufeld III, Verdichtung der gesamten Ortshistorie als Folge- und Erweiterungsband von Lang- und Kurzfassung der 2002 erschienen chronikartigen Darstellung, Stadtgemeinde Neufeld an der Leitha, Neufeld an der Leitha 2007.
- Reinhold Arthofer: Festschrift 100 Jahre Evangelische Kirche A.B. Neufeld an der Leitha. 1904 - 2004. Selbstverlag der Evangelischen Pfarrgemeinde Eisenstadt, Eisenstadt 2004, ISBN 3-85374-368-4.
- Peter Krajasich: Die jüdische Bevölkerung von Eisenstadt und Neufeld im Jahre 1735. In: Hanns Schmid (Hrsg.): Urgeschichte - Römerzeit - Mittelalter. Band 2: Festschrift Alois-J. Ohrenberger. Amt der Burgenländischen Landesregierung, Abteilung 7, Landesmuseum, Eisenstadt 1985, ISBN 3-85405-095-X, (Wissenschaftliche Arbeiten aus dem Burgenland 71), S. 241-248.
- Harald Prickler: Zur Frühgeschichte der Neufelder Industrie. Amt der Burgenländ. Landesregierung, Abt. 7 - Kultur, Wiss. und Archiv, Hauptreferat Landesarchiv und Landesbibliothek, Eisenstadt 2008, ISBN 978-3-901517-59-4, (Burgenländische Forschungen 97).