Eisenstadt

Eisenstadt is a metropolis in Austria, the nation capital of Burgenland. It had a recorded populace on 1 January 2018 of 14,476. In the Habsburg Empire's Kingdom of Hungary, Kismarton became the seat of the Eszterhazy Hungarian noble family. The composer Joseph Haydn lived there as Hofkapellmeister beneath Esterhazy patronage. Eisenstadt lies on a plain main all the way down to the river Wulka, at the south foot of the Leitha Mountains, approximately 12 kilometres from the Hungarian border. Rcheological finds prove that the Eisenstadt area was already settled inside the Hallstatt length. Celts and Romans settled relatively later.

During the Migration Period, the place turned into settled through special Germanic tribes and the Huns. Around 800, all through the reign of Charlemagne, settlement by the Bavarii started. The present metropolis name, that means "Iron City", turned into first recorded in 1118 as "castrum ferrum" and refers to the history of iron mining and iron alternate within the region. The first written mention of the city happened in 1264 as "minor Mortin", matching the Hungarian call, Kismarton, that is recalling Saint Martin, the consumer saint of the principle church.