385m. Pop. 1300. This market town lies in the Schwarzenbach valley, at the eastend of the "Buckligen Welt", and thepleasant hilly and medium altitude mountains with their far reaching woods, fields and meadows. 2km from Burgenland and 5km from Hungarian border. Mild, sunny, warm PANNONIC CLIMATE. The town offers plenty of unspoilt NATURE, healthy air and lovely walks. Those seeking relaxation, peace or who feel stressed will find the necessary relief here. Because of its convenient position, good conmunications with motorways and straight, wide roads you cansoon reach interesting places: The main town of the district-Wiener Neustadt-27km, Austria's capital, Vienna withits wide cultural possibilities, sights; the nearby castles (Burgen) of Burgenland, e. g. Burg Forchtenstein (castleplays), Schloß Kobersdorf and mineral spring, Eisenstadtthe Josef-Haydn town, the vaste steppe lake of Neusiedlersee, with its dreamy wine villages, the Seewinkel with its Puszta landscape, the dried salt reaches, bird paradiseand isolated nature reservation, the Vienna woods, the wine villages around Vienna such as Gumpoldskirchen or thehistorical inner towns of Baden near Vienna, Mödling, Crown Prince Rudolfs Mayerling/Heiligenkreuz monastery, Hinterbrühl lake grotts, the castles of the Habsburgs and Prince Eugen east of Vienna, Romantown of CARNUNTUMnear Petronell, Napoleon's battlefield Deutsch-Wagram, Wachau, the nearby high mountains with the ruggeg giant Rax (2002m), Schneeberg (2067m), Senmering and Wechsel, excursions into the croatian south and mid Burgenland, Graz, to the spa resorts of Bad Fischau, Bad Vöslau which still have the flair of the former imperial times, Romanquarries etc. In the neighbourhood openair pools, bathing reservoir, tennis courts. In town cosy inns. Away frommass tourism, calm and varied holiday with friendly people.