Rust, Burgenland

This article is about a city in Austria. For the city in Germany, see Rust, Baden-Württemberg.
Rust

Coat of arms
Rust

Location within Austria

Coordinates: 47°48′0″N 16°40′0″E / 47.80000°N 16.66667°E / 47.80000; 16.66667Coordinates: 47°48′0″N 16°40′0″E / 47.80000°N 16.66667°E / 47.80000; 16.66667
Country Austria
State Burgenland
District Statutory city
Government
 • Mayor Harald Weiss (SPÖ)
Area
 • Total 20.01 km2 (7.73 sq mi)
Elevation 123 m (404 ft)
Population (1 January 2016)[1]
 • Total 1,912
 • Density 96/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 7071
Area code 02685
Vehicle registration E
Website www.rust.at

Rust (Croatian: Rušta, Hungarian: Ruszt) is a city in the Austrian state of Burgenland, located on the western shore of Lake Neusiedl near the border with Hungary. With only about 1,900 inhabitants, it is the country's smallest statutory city, as it was endowed with the rights of a royal free city by the Hungarian crown in 1681. As a Statutarstadt, it also forms an administrative district (Bezirk) in its own right. The city is famous for its wines, especially for Beerenauslese, ice wine and - especially - Ruster Ausbruch.

History

Fishermen's Church

The settlement was first mentioned as Ceel in a 1317 deed issued by King Charles I of Hungary, its name derived from Hungarian szil for Elm, later translated into German Rüster or Rusten. The present-day Hungarian name Ruszt is again a translation from the German term. Rust's citizens received market rights in 1470 and the privilege to mark the corks of their wine barrels with the famous 'R' brand in 1524. The affluent town finally gained independence at the 1681 diet at Sopron by the order of Emperor Leopold I, King of Hungary.

With the Burgenland region, Rust passed from Hungary to the Republic of Austria in 1921.

Politics

Seats in the municipal assembly (Gemeinderat) as of 2007 elections:

Twin towns

Town hall

Rust is twinned with:

References

  1. ↑ Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahresbeginn 2002-2016 nach Gemeinden (Gebietsstand 2016-01-01) for Rust.
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