Eisenstadt

Kleinhöflein im Burgenland at the foot of the Leitha Mountains

The Old Town Hall

Joseph Weigl in 1829

Joseph Haydn in 1791

Robert Musil around 1900

City in Austria, the state capital of Burgenland.

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Burgenland

Easternmost and least populous state of Austria.

Easternmost and least populous state of Austria.

Unterwart Landscape ( East Styrian Hills )

Districts of Burgenland

The Ostrogothic Kingdom in Pannonia

Habsburg mortgages in Burgenland between the 15th and 17th centuries

The Kingdom of Hungary as divided into 3 parts

Protocoll of Venice from Oct.13.1921

A memorial in Krensdorf to soldiers who died in the two World Wars

Burgenland under Soviet administration, 1945-1955

Burgenland is part of Centrope, a project establishing a multinational region in four Central European states: Slovakia, Austria, Hungary and the Czech Republic.

Eisenstadt

The Eszterházy arms from the 14th to 15th centuries

Esterházy

Hungarian noble family with origins in the Middle Ages.

Hungarian noble family with origins in the Middle Ages.

The Eszterházy arms from the 14th to 15th centuries

The arms of Paul I, Prince Esterházy (1635–1713)

The princely Eszterházy arms in 1852

Forchtenstein Castle in Forchtenstein, Austria

Schloss Esterházy in Eisenstadt, Austria

Eszterháza Palace in Fertőd, Hungary

Nikolaus Eszterházy (1582–1645)

Prince Paul Anton [Pál Antal] (1711–1762)

Prince Nikolaus Esterházy I

Prince Anton [Antal] (1738–1794)

Nikolaus II as portrayed by Martin Knoller in 1793. Oil on canvas. Esterházy Privatstiftung, Burgenland.

Prince Paul Anton III [Pál Antal] (1786–1866)

Nicholas III, Prince Esterhazy

Kismarton, Schloss Esterházy

Eszterháza Palace, Great hall

Forchtenstein Castle, Austria (owned by the family: 1622–present)

Pápa Castle, Hungary (1626–1945)

Schloss Esterházy, Austria (1649–present)

Eszterháza Palace, Hungary (1681–1945)

Palais Esterházy, Vienna, Austria (1685–present)

Tata Castle, Hungary (1727–1945)

Csákvár Castle, Hungary (1778–1945)

Former monastery at Edelstetten in Neuburg an der Kammel, Bavaria (1804–present)

Schloss Nordkirchen, Westphalia (owned by the family in the 19th century)

Cseklész, today in Slovakia (Bernolákovo)

Köpcsény, today in Austria (Kittese)

Esterházy Palace, Bratislava, Slovakia

the older Forchtenstein (Hungarian: Fraknó) line: founded by Nikolaus Esterházy, main seat: Eisenstadt (Kismarton)

Portrait of Joseph Haydn by Thomas Hardy (1791)

Joseph Haydn

Austrian composer of the Classical period.

Austrian composer of the Classical period.

Portrait of Joseph Haydn by Thomas Hardy (1791)

St. Stephen's Cathedral. In the foreground is the Kapellhaus (demolished 1804) where Haydn lived as a chorister.

Map showing locations where Haydn lived or visited

Morzin Palace, Dolní Lukavice, Czech Republic

Haydn's wife. Unauthenticated miniature attributed to Ludwig Guttenbrunn

Prince Nikolaus Esterházy, Haydn's most important patron

View of Eszterháza

Portrait by Ludwig Guttenbrunn, painted c. 1791–92, depicts Haydn c. 1770

Hanover Square Rooms, principal venue of Haydn's performances in London

Haydn as portrayed by John Hoppner in England in 1791

Wax sculpture of Haydn by Franz Thaler, c. 1800

House in Vienna (now a museum) where Haydn spent the last years of his life

Bergkirche in Eisenstadt, site of Haydn's tomb

Haydn's signature on a work of music: di me giuseppe Haydn ("by me Joseph Haydn"). He writes in Italian, a language he often used professionally.

Laus Deo ("praise be to God") at the conclusion of a Haydn manuscript.

Haydn on a 1950 20 Austrian schilling banknote

Original copy of "Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser" in Haydn's hand

Joseph Haydn Playing Quartets

As a "house officer" in the Esterházy establishment, Haydn wore livery and followed the family as they moved among their various palaces, most importantly the family's ancestral seat Schloss Esterházy in Eisenstadt and later on Esterháza, a grand new palace built in rural Hungary in the 1760s.

Voitsberg District district border sign

District (Austria)

Second-level division of the executive arm of the country's government.

Second-level division of the executive arm of the country's government.

Voitsberg District district border sign

The region also included two royal free cities, Eisenstadt and Rust; these were made into statutory cities, thus also becoming districts.

The West Germanic languages

Eisenstadt-Umgebung District

Administrative district (Bezirk) in the federal state of Burgenland, Austria.

Administrative district (Bezirk) in the federal state of Burgenland, Austria.

The West Germanic languages

The administrative center of the district is Eisenstadt (Željezno), itself a statutory city outside of the district.

Vienna offensive

Launched by the Soviet 2nd and 3rd Ukrainian Fronts in order to capture Vienna, Austria, during World War II.

Launched by the Soviet 2nd and 3rd Ukrainian Fronts in order to capture Vienna, Austria, during World War II.

Vienna offensive

Stalin's gratitude to one of the participants of the offensive

Stalin's order congratulating the units that had participated in the Vienna offensive is engraved on the Red Army Monument (Heldendenkmal der Roten Armee) that was erected by the Soviet authorities later in 1945.

Bank of Russia commemorative coin celebrating the 50th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War and the liberation of Vienna

On the same day, Soviet troops approached Vienna from the south after they overran Wiener Neustadt, Eisenstadt, Neunkirchen and Gloggnitz.

Spa Park Bad Kissingen with "Arkadenbau"

Bad Kissingen

German spa town in the Bavarian region of Lower Franconia and seat of the district Bad Kissingen.

German spa town in the Bavarian region of Lower Franconia and seat of the district Bad Kissingen.

Spa Park Bad Kissingen with "Arkadenbau"

Bad Kissingen in 1900

The concert hall "Regentenbau"

Town hall of Bad Kissingen

The theatre of Bad Kissingen

"Rosengarten" (Rose Garden) in Bad Kissingen

The graduation tower is a known landmark

Kissingen about 1850, still with remains of the medieval fortification

The Battle of Kissingen, 10 July 1866

Tsar Alexander II of Russia (centre, with hat in his hand) and king Ludwig II of Bavaria in 1868

Eduard Kullmann (right) shoots at Otto von Bismarck in 1874

Bad Kissingen with its new station (left), about 1875

Bismarck-Museum

"Wandelhalle" in the spa area

"Brunnenhalle" at the spa garden

Old town hall and market square

Casino Bad Kissingen

🇦🇹 Eisenstadt, Austria (1978)

Bilingual names in the Kingdom of Hungary after 1867

Sopron

City in Hungary on the Austrian border, near Lake Neusiedl/Lake Fertő.

City in Hungary on the Austrian border, near Lake Neusiedl/Lake Fertő.

Bilingual names in the Kingdom of Hungary after 1867

Firewatch Tower (12th century)

The Main Square, Town Hall and the Firewatch Tower

Goat Church and Holy Trinity Column

Saint Michael's Church

County Hall of Győr-Moson-Sopron County

Esterházy Palace in the Temple Street

Orsolya Square and the Mary Fountain

Gothic house in the New Street

House, Kolostor Street 13.

Statue of István Széchenyi

Bilingual (Hungarian/German) road signs in Sopron.

🇦🇹 Eisenstadt, Austria

Rudolf Simek at the Ring*Con convention in Bonn, Germany in 2012

Rudolf Simek

Austrian philologist and religious studies scholar who is Professor and Chair of Ancient German and Nordic Studies at the University of Bonn.

Austrian philologist and religious studies scholar who is Professor and Chair of Ancient German and Nordic Studies at the University of Bonn.

Rudolf Simek at the Ring*Con convention in Bonn, Germany in 2012

Rudolf Simek was born on 21 February 1954 in Eisenstadt, Austria.

Schloss Esterhazy in Eisenstadt, Austria

Schloss Esterházy

Schloss Esterhazy in Eisenstadt, Austria

Projektierte Gartenfassade des Schlosses Esterházy by Albert Christoph Dies, 1812. Dies worked for Prince Nikolaus II during the early 19th century, and portrayed the Prince's ambitious remodeling plans on this oil painting.

Modern view of the rear of the palace -- in the end only the central portions of the classical redesign could be completed.

Red Salon; the portrait on the wall is of the Esterházy prince Paul Anton II

Inner courtyard of the palace

Former stables, opposite the palace on the plaza

Orangerie in the palace grounds

In 1807 Prince Nikolaus's artist Albert Christoph Dies painted the view from the rear entrance, including the Leopoldinentempel. The view is similar today though more heavily wooded.

Leopoldinentempel today

Front view of palace from plaza

Haydnsaal ceiling

Princess Maria Josepha Hermenegildis of Liechtenstein by Johann Georg Weikert, 1784. The wife of Nikolaus II, she was a friend and supporter of Haydn, who wrote his last six masses in celebration of her name day.

Schloss Esterházy (Esterházy-kastély) is a palace in Eisenstadt, Austria, the capital of the Burgenland state.

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