Mittelburgenland

Appellation

Mittelburgenland is an appellation in Austria across 28 communes. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks.

Open Mittelburgenland on the map →

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type: g.U. (DAC / Qualitätswein)
Category: Wine
Protected since: 1996-11-15
Area: 70,321 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W: 35.6 × 32.7 km
Centre: 47.5059° N, 16.4962° E
Grapes: Blaufränkisch

Where it is

Nearest town: 13 km north of Kőszeg
Nearest city: 21 km south-west of Sopron 62,246 people
To the sea: 291 km
Lakes nearby: Neusiedl (28 km)
Same latitude: Rocky Reach (United States)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation: 162–869 m
Mean elevation: 336 m

Measured over the whole outline on 264,496 elevation cells of about 52 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Bedrock

Mixed sedimentary rocks85%
Metamorphic rocks (schist, slate, gneiss)15%

Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.

Communes · 28

Deutschkreutz
Draßmarkt
Frankenau-Unterpullendorf
Großwarasdorf
Horitschon
Kaisersdorf
Kobersdorf
Lackenbach
Lackendorf
Lockenhaus
Lutzmannsburg
Mannersdorf An Der Rabnitz
Markt Sankt Martin
Neckenmarkt
Neutal
Nikitsch
Oberloisdorf
Oberpullendorf
Pilgersdorf
Piringsdorf
Raiding
Ritzing
Steinberg-Dörfl
Stoob
Unterfrauenhaid
Unterrabnitz-Schwendgraben
Weingraben
Weppersdorf

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

Open Mittelburgenland on the map →