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Landesfragen › Burgenland
Warum heißt das Burgenland 'Burgenland'?
- Wegen seiner vielen mittelalterlichen Burgen
- Weil es sich aus Teilen westungarischer Komitate mit 'Burg' im Namen zusammensetzte: Ödenburg (Sopron), Wieselburg, Eisenburg und Pressburg
- Weil der erste Landeshauptmann Burgen baute
- Wegen der Festungen an der Grenze zu Ungarn
Why this is the correct answer
Burgenland's name derives from the German word for "castle" (Burg), which appeared in the names of several historic western Hungarian counties from which the region was formed in 1921: Ödenburg (Sopron), Wieselburg, Eisenburg, and Pressburg. These county names, rather than any abundance of actual castles, gave the new Austrian state its distinctive name.