Northern Burgenland Attractions

Here, too, is the extensive plain between the Danube and the northern end of the Neusiedler See, interrupted by gently rolling hills and watered by the River Leitha. The slopes of the Leithagebirge, form the border with Lower Austria for part of the way. The flat shores of the Neusiedler See, where many aquatic birds can be seen, are overgrown with reeds for miles on end, and from the villages dotted along the road water meadows extend into the lake. At Eisenstadt this area merges into the Wulka plain, with a broad ridge of hills between the town and the lake. South of Eisenstadt the "bay" of Ödenburg (Hungarian Sopron) reaches far into a gently rolling area which continues without any obvious boundary to near Wiener Neustadt. This hilly region is bounded on the west by the Rosaliengebirge and on the south by the Ödenburg hills, which separate it from central Burgenland.The Neusiedler See, two-thirds of which lies in Austria with the remaining third in Hungary, occupies much of northern Burgenland, exerting a predominant influence on its landscape and climate. East of the Neusiedler See lies the Seewinkel.