- Apetlon
Infobox Town AT
name=Apetlon
name_local=
image_coa = 100px-Apetlonw.jpg
state =Burgenland
regbzk =
district = Neusiedl am See
population =1849
population_as_of = 2005
population_ref =
pop_dens = 22
area = 82.2
elevation =
lat_deg=47
lat_min=45
lat_hem=N
lon_deg=16
lon_min=50
lon_hem=E
postal_code = 7143
area_code =
mayor = Ronald Payer
website =Apetlon (Hungarian Mosonbánfalva) is a
market town in the district of Neusiedl am See inBurgenland inAustria . It is located in a region to the east of theLake Neusiedl (German: Neusiedlersee; Hungarian: Fertő tó) which is named the "Seewinkel" (lake corner).Geography
Apetlon is in the Neusiedler See-Seewinkel National Park on the eastern shore of Lake Neusiedl. The town itself is 120 m above sea level. Nearby, an area 114 m above sea level is the lowest elevation of Austria. Characteristic of the area are wide open plains and salt marsh flora, with many small salt lakes around. The Lange Lacke (Long Lake) is the largest of about forty such lakes nearby.
History
The community has been documented for the first time above 1318. It was settled by German-speaking immigrants from
Swabia . In 1897, theAustrian Empire was dissolved, andAustria-Hungary was formed, with separate governments in Vienna and Busapest. Since 1898, due to the Pro-Magyar politics in Budapest, the Hungarian village name Bánfalu was used.After the
First World War ,Burgenland was named Deutsch-Westungarn (German-West Hungary) in the 1919 Treaty of St. Germain and theTreaty of Trianon and was awarded to Austria in 1919. Since 1921, the town has been part of the newly founded State of Burgenland. Apetlon has been a market town since 1991. In December 2001, the National Park Neusiedlersee was named aUNESCO World Heritage Site .Economy and infrastructure
In Apetlon the primary business is
wine production. The city is surrounded by fields withgrapevines in them. Tourism also is significant. Every year in May, many ornithologists from all over Europe to see the rare birds. Long before the establishment of the National Park, the Lange Lacke (Long Lake) already was an important nature reserve. Lange Lacke is the largest of about forty salt lakes near the town. It has more than 100 years of scientific data collected on bird life. The bird population and grape growers are in conflict, and farmers have sonic cannons in the fields to frighten birds from eating the grapes.Language
Apetlonerisch is a dialect of the
German Language with words borrowed from theHungarian Language .References
External link
* [http://www.nationalpark-neusiedlersee.org/ Neusiedler See-Seewinkel National Park] (German Language)
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.