Güssing

Güssing (Hungarian: Németújvár, Német-Újvár, Croatian: Novi Grad) is a town in Burgenland, Austria. It is located at 47°4′N 16°19′E / 47.067°N 16.317°E / 47.067; 16.317, with a population of 3,811 (2011), and is the administrative center of the Güssing district.

Overview

The Güssing Castle, built in 1157, is the oldest castle in Burgenland and a regional landmark.

The lords of Güssing (in Hungarian: Kőszeg, in Slovak: Kysak) were a noble family in the frontier region of Austria and the Kingdom of Hungary. Note that Kőszeg is the name of a nearby Hungarian town (known as Güns in German) to which that family moved its residence from Güssing in 1274. In 1522, it became the residence of the Batthyány family, one of the most distinguished Magnate families in Hungary.

Notable people

Güssing District

The Bezirk Güssing (Croatian: Kotar Novi Grad) is an administrative district (Bezirk) in the federal state of Burgenland, Austria, bordering on Vas Megye (County) Hungary, of which it had been a part prior to 1921.

Area of the district is 486.71 km², with a population of 26,636 (2012), and population density 55 persons per km². Administrative center of the district is Güssing.

Administrative divisions

The district consists of the below municipalities and towns, the former Hungarian names of some of which are given in parentheses: