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'''Halbturn''' ({{lang-hu|Féltorony}}) is a town in the district of [[Neusiedl am See (district)|Neusiedl am See]] in the [[
==History==
In 2008 a team of archeologists discovered a third-century AD amulet in the form of a gold scroll with the words of the [[Jewish]] prayer ''[[Shema Yisrael|Shema' Yisrael]]'' (Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one) inscribed on it. It is considered to be the earliest surviving evidence of a Jewish presence in what is now Austria.<ref>Archaeological sensation in Austria. Scientists from the [[University of Vienna]] unearth the earliest evidence of Jewish inhabitants in Austria, 13.03.08, [http://public.univie.ac.at/index.php?id=6766&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=5294&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=6093&cHash=da0d1160e1]</ref>
==Population==
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