BURGENLAND

boorˈgənlänt, province (1991 pop. 270,880), 1,530 sq mi (3,963 sq km), E Austria. The capital is Eisenstadt. It is a narrow, hilly region bordering Slovakia in the northeast and Hungary in the east, and it is indented by Neusiedler Lake. It is primarily agricultural, but industry and tourism are being developed. A borderland battleground for nearly 1,000 years, Burgenland has many castles, fortified churches, and walled villages. It is the newest of the Austrian provinces; its territory was transferred from Hungary by the treaties of Saint-Germain (1919) and Trianon (1920). Sopron, the region's leading town, was returned (1921) to Hungary after a plebiscite.

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books on: Burgenland  - 244 results

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National Socialism and Gypsies in Austria
Book by Erika Thurner, Gilya Gerda Schmidt; University of Alabama Press, 1998
Subjects: Gypsies--Nazi Persecution--Austria, National Socialism, World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities, World War, 1939-1945--Concentration Camps--Austria
...Discrimination and Persecution of the Burgenland Gypsies 36...Dr. Norbert E. Riedl, was from the Burgenland . I am greatly indebted to Joan for...reached a new, sad level. Four young Burgenland Roma became the victims of a right...
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Shadows in the Field: New Perspectives for Fieldwork in Ethnomusicology
Book by Gregory F. Barz, Timothy J. Cooley; Oxford University Press, 1997
Subjects: Ethnomusicology--Field Work
...of Jewish musical life in the Austrian border province of Burgenland, where Jewish religious life flourished from the late seventeenth...approach. Based on the memory of present-day residents of Burgenland and on the surviving physical spaces of past practices, he...
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The Nazi Persecution of the Gypsies
Book by Guenter Lewy; Oxford University Press, 2000
Subjects: Gypsies--Germany--History--20th century, Gypsies--Nazi persecution, World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities
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Franz Liszt: A Guide to Research
Book by Michael Saffle; Routledge, 2004
Subjects: Liszt, Franz--1811-1886--Bibliography
...Introducing Liszt LISZT IN 1,000 WORDS Franz Liszt was born on 22 October 1811 at Raiding, today located in Austrias Burgenland. He received his first piano lessons from his father, Adam Liszt, an employee of the celebrated Eszterhazy family. Young Franz...
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Franks, Moravians, and Magyars: The Struggle for the Middle Danube, 788-907
Book by Charles R. Bowlus; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1995
Subjects: Danube River Valley--History, Europe, Central--History
...southeast. The pivotal strongholds in such a system of logistics would have been Sopron and Szombathely, where the hills of Burgenland give way to the rolling country of western Hungary. Szombathely would have been especially important. In addition to controlling...
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journal articles on: Burgenland  - 21 results

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The Sopron Plebiscite of 1921: A Success Story
Journal article by John C. Swanson; East European Quarterly, Vol. 34, 2000
Subjects: Austria--Political aspects, History--Eastern Europe, Hungarian history, Hungary--History, Political parties--Hungary
...peaceful solutions to disputed regions. The Burgenland, the strip of territory between the...states of Austria and Hungary over the Burgenland after 1918. This territory had belonged...Italian mediation. The majority of the Burgenland was given to Austria, and after a plebiscite...
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Exhibiting Culture in Austria: The Legacies of Provincial Exhibitions and the Role of Folk Culture
Journal article by Burkhard Pöttler; Journal of Folklore Research, Vol. 35, 1998
Subjects: Folklore
...exhibitions in Styria and one in the Burgenland. THE AUSTRIAN SITUATION Nearly...1998 provincial exhibition in the Burgenland. Scientific directions and artistic...participate in a 1998 exhibit in the Burgenland as a scientific consultant dealing with...
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The German-Hungarian Revision of Textbooks
Journal article by Peter Molnar; East European Quarterly, Vol. 35, 2001
Subjects: Book publishing--History, Culture--International aspects, Geography, History, History--Literature, International cooperation--Social aspects, Literature, Textbooks--Editing, Textbooks--Quality management
...Hungarian government perhaps renounces Burgenland but never the other territories, the...re-establishment of historical borders. Burgenland was the most awkward territory from...the center of Burgenland) and that of some villages. All this...
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Father Zadravecz and the Failure of Right Radicalism in Hungary, 1919-23
Journal article by Bela Bodo; East European Quarterly, Vol. 40, 2006
Subjects: Radicalism--Analysis, Zadravecz, Istvan--Biography, Zadravecz, Istvan--Political activity
...uprising in Western Hungary, todays Burgenland, in the fall of 1921 only reinforced...Hungarian but ethnically heavily German Burgenland to Austria. However, Hungarian public...and during the militia insurrection in Burgenland, they turned to him form money. Zadravecz...
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The Proximity of the Strange
Journal article by Klaus Hoffer; World Literature Today, Vol. 69, 1995
Subjects: Books--Reviews, Literature, Modern--20th Century--History And Criticism
...World War I. This region became an Austrian state (called "Burgenland") through the Treaty of Saint-Germain; its population structure...extermination was the former Gauleiter (area commander) of Burgenland. He played a decisive role in developing the so-called Nuremberg...
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Outspoken Pastor
Magazine article by Christa Pongratz-Lippitt; The Christian Century, Vol. 117, July 5, 2000
Subjects: Clergy--Addresses, essays, lectures, Freedom Party (Austria)--Moral and ethical aspects, Kroll, Gertraud--Addresses, essays, lectures, Lutheran Church--Social policy
...Lutheran Church in the eastern province of Burgenland, addressed the quarter-million people...winner, Thomas Klestil. Some Lutherans in Burgenland objected to her candidacy and proposed...Platform of Lutheran Christians in the Burgenland was formed with the aim of forcing Knoll...
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A Royal Putsch in Hungary, 1921
Magazine article by Patrick Thursfield; Contemporary Review, Vol. 271, August 1997
Subjects: Hungary--Politics and government, Public officers--Personal narratives
...given to the kingdom of Romania and the Burgenland to Austria. No Hungarian ever accepted...international acceptance of plebiscites in the Burgenland where many of the inhabitants could...obtain everything he wanted for the Burgenland. Much of this is recounted in Banffys...
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An Introduction to the Piano Music of Jeno Takacs
Magazine article by Jerry Perkins; American Music Teacher, Vol. 53, April 2004
Subjects: Composers--Criticism and interpretation, Piano music, Takacs, Jeno--Criticism and interpretation
...the Treaty of Versailles. Siegendorf is a small village in Burgenland about forty miles south of Vienna where the great Hungarian...of many prizes and honors, including the Cross of Honor of Burgenland, Austrian State Prize, Bartok-Paszthory Foundation, Honorary...
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Restorative Justice: A Paradigm Shift in the Thai Criminal Justice System
Magazine article by Jutharat Ua-Amnoey, Kittipong Kittayarak; Corrections Today, Vol. 66, December 2004
Subjects: Administration of justice--Canada, Administration of justice--International aspects, Administration of justice--Thailand, Justice, Administration of--Canada, Justice, Administration of--International aspects, Justice, Administration of--Thailand, Thailand--Social policy
...Standards and Norms in Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, 10-12 Feb. in Peace Center, Castle Schlaining, Stadtschlaining, Burgenland, Austria. Kurki, L. 2000. Restorative and community justice in the United States. In Crime and justice: A review of research...
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Whose Austria
Magazine article by Gordon Marsden; History Today, Vol. 46, October 1996
Subjects: Austria--History, Austrians--Exhibitions
...nineteenth-century Tirolean patriot and folk-hero, Andreas Hofer. But there is also the heimat glimpsed from afar - in the banners of Burgenland emigrant associations in 1920s Chicago. Taking their cue from Wittgensteins aphorism the borders of my speech signify the...


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Your Club Today
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 29, 2008
...Arsenal NICKLAS BENDTNER scored four goals and Carlos Vela got a hat- trick as Arsenal romped to a 1 - victory over a Burgenland XI in their friendly in Ritzing. England Youth International Jack Wilshere scored two goals against the Austrians while Theo...
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Hoof It to Austria and Rein in Time of Your Life at Spa Resort; NICOLA DUNSEITH Unwinds in Style near Vienna and Finds a Few Surprises
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), May 17, 2008
...naked over here. The ethos at Reiters Burgenland Resort is for well-being and while...Five-star SUPREME Hotel at REITERS BURGENLAND RESORT includes half-board accommodation...at one of various pools at Reiters Burgenland Resort
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Classical
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), July 8, 2005
...against the atmospheric early homes of Elgar at Worcester and Beethoven in Bonn. Even the reconstructed house of Haydn in Burgenland has its magic. But the last resting places of the great are not so compelling except for the more dedicated music lover...
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John Csencsics of Antioch
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), September 5, 2007
...from 4 until 8 p.m. Thursday at Strang Funeral Home, 1055 Main St. (Route 83), Antioch. Born Feb. 10, 1932, in Schandorf, Burgenland, Austria, the son of the late Ferdinand and Anna (Geischnek) Csencsics, he passed away Monday, Sept. 3, 2007, at his home...
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Austrian Wines: Classy New Order
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), April 12, 2006
Subjects: Wine, Wine industry, Wineries
...north-east corner above Vienna, and the Burgenland, along the eastern border with Hungary...broadens to develop strawberries and cream. Burgenland lies on the extreme border with Hungary...Austrias warmest region. The Mittel Burgenland is more a red wine district, particularly...
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Burgenland
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BURGENLAND boor g nlant, province (1991 pop. 270,880), 1,530 sq mi (3,963 sq km), E Austria. The capital is Eisenstadt . It...primarily agricultural, but industry and tourism are being developed. A borderland battleground for nearly 1,000 years, Burgenland has many castles, fortified churches, and walled villages. It is the newest of the Austrian provinces; its territory...
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Eisenstadt
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
EISENSTADT i z nshtat , town (1991 pop. 10,102), capital of Burgenland, E Austria, at the foot of the Leitha Mts. It has orchards and vineyards and manufactures textiles and ski equipment. The composer...
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Sopron
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...emperor) Ferdinand III of Hungary and Bohemia in 1625 and a meeting place of the Hungarian Parliament in 1681. Part of the Burgenland , it was transferred to Austria after World War I but was returned to Hungary after a plebiscite (1921). Sopron is one of...
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Austria
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Carinthia , Styria , Upper Austria , Lower Austria , Burgenland , and Vienna. Over 91% of Austrians are of Germanic ethnic...terms of food production. In Upper and Lower Austria and in Burgenland, tillage agriculture predominates: the chief crops are potatoes...
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Trianon, Treaty Of
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes) obtained Croatia, Slavonia, and the western section of the Banat. Austria was awarded the Burgenland, but the city of Sopron and its vicinity were returned to Hungary after a plebiscite (1921). Thus, Hungary was deprived of...
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