Güssing

Güssing
Güssing Hungarian: Németújvár, Német-Újvár; Croatian: Novi Grad
	Town
	Güssing castle
	Coat of arms
	Coat of arms
Country	Austria
State	Burgenland
District	Güssing
Government
• Mayor	Peter Vadasz
Area
• Total	49.31 km2 (19.04 sq mi)

Main	Births etc

Güssing (Hungarian: Németújvár, Német-Újvár, Croatian: Novi Grad) is a town in the district of Güssing in Burgenland, Austria. It 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[]

See also: Category:People from Güssing and Category:People from Güssing District

Batthyány-Strattmann family
- Ferenc Batthyány (Croatian: Franjo Baćan) (1497, Buda - 1566) (hu)
- Ignaz von Batthyány (1741–1798), Bishop of Transylvania (de)
- László Batthyány-Strattmann (1870, Dunakiliti - 1931), doctor and blessed of the Catholic Church
István Beythe (1532–1612), bishop, botanist (hu)
Ferenc Faludi (German: Franz Faludi, 1704–1779) (de)
Samuel Steinherz, errorly "Steinberg" (1857–1942), Jewish historian born here^[1]
Josef Reichl (1860–1924)
Jenő Nagy (1898–1944) (hu)
Otto Kery (1923–2006), director, editor, actor (de)
Peter Vadasz (born 1944), City Mayor
Reinhard Koch (born 1959), together with Vadas the "creator" of energy-independent Güssing
Josef Trinkl (1951–2004), politician (de)
Heinz Janisch (born 1960), author (de)
Ägidius Zsifkovics (born 1963), theologian, Bishop of Eisenstadt
Martin Stranzl (born 1980), football player
Michael Miksits (born 1981), football player (de)
Peter Traxler (born ?), Kabarettist
Csákányi László (1921-1992), színész, schauspieler (hu)