Burgenland

Burgenland is the easternmost federal state of Austria and consists of seven political counties and 171 townships.

It is 166 km long north to south, but much narrower west to east.

Burgenland has notable Croatian (29 to 45 thousand) and Hungarian (5 to 15 thousand) minorities.

The state has a very long border: To the west it borders the Austrian provinces of Niederösterreich and Steiermark. To the northeast it borders Slovakia, Hungary to the east and Slovenia to the farest south.

Burgenland shares with Hungary the only lake without natural outflow in Europe, the Neusiedler See.