28 August 2021 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General
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Esterházy Castle © Zei Andrei Meriae/cc-by-sa-3.0
Eisenstadt is a city in
Austria, the state capital of
Burgenland with a population of 14,900. In the
Habsburg Empire‘s
Kingdom of Hungary, Kismarton (Eisenstadt) was the seat of the
Eszterházy Hungarian noble family. The composer
Joseph Haydn lived there as
Hofkapellmeister under Esterházy
patronage. Eisenstadt lies on a plain leading down to the river
Wulka, at the south foot of the
Leitha Mountains, about 12 kilometres (7 miles) from the
Hungarian border.
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