Halbturn

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| settlement_type = Municipality

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| image_caption = Halbturn Palace

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| map_caption = Location within Neusiedl am See district

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| subdivision_name = Austria

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = Burgenland

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Neusiedl am See

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| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Markus Ulram

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| postal_code = 7131

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| website = [http://www.halbturn.at www.halbturn.at]

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Halbturn ({{langx|hu|Féltorony}}) is a town in the district of Neusiedl am See in the Austrian state of Burgenland. It borders Hungary to the east and is near Andau, Gols, and Mönchof.

History

In 2008 a team of archeologists discovered a third-century AD amulet in the form of a gold scroll with the words of the Jewish prayer Shema' Yisrael (Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one) inscribed on it. It is considered to be the earliest surviving evidence of a Jewish presence in what is now Austria.Archaeological sensation in Austria. Scientists from the University of Vienna unearth the earliest evidence of Jewish inhabitants in Austria, 13.03.08, {{cite web |url=http://public.univie.ac.at/index.php?id=6766&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=5294&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=6093&cHash=da0d1160e1 |title=Öffentlichkeitsarbeit und Veranstaltungsmanagement » Viewpage |access-date=2011-09-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330214910/http://public.univie.ac.at/index.php?id=6766&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=5294&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=6093&cHash=da0d1160e1 |archive-date=2012-03-30 }}

Halbturn Palace was built between 1701 and 1711 by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt as a hunting lodge for Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor. His daughter, Empress Maria Theresa, had it enlarged and gave it to her daughter Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen. In 1955 it was inherited by Baron Paul Waldbott von Bassenheim, a Habsburg matrilineal descendant. In 2008 it passed to his nephew, Count Markus von Königsegg-Aulendorf.

Population

{{Historical populations

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|1869|2093

|1880|2473

|1890|2263

|1900|2429

|1910|2460

|1923|2170

|1934|2210

|1939|2142

|1951|1995

|1961|1917

|1971|1913

|1981|1896

|1991|1956

|2001|1880

|2011|1921

}}

References

Category:Cities and towns in Neusiedl am See District

Category:Baroque architecture in Austria

Category:Historic Jewish communities