Parndorf Plain
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Parndorf Plain also called Parndorf Heath in northern part of Burgenland
, alt. 160–180 m, area approx. 200 km², terrace gravel deposited by the River Danube
during the Ice Age
, situated between Lake Neusiedl and the Leitha Mountains
in the southwest and Lower Leitha in the northeast. An almost treeless plain, it is about 30 m higher than its surroundings, without any rivers or streams. Partly heath land with Pannonian flora
and partly arable land. Wine growing on the steep loess
slopes facing Lake Neusiedl. All towns are situated at the foot of the scarps. Large-scale dairy farming.
The East railway
line and the A4
autobahn (opened in Autumn 1994) run through the Parndorf plain. Draw-wells give the landscape a puszta
character; Roman road
s.
Parndorf Plain is among the windiest areas in inland Europe. The almost continuous reign of the north-easterly wind is occasionally interrupted by a gusty south-easterly. On the plain of the Parndorfer Platte the biggest modern wind farms in Austria have been set up.
Burgenland
Burgenland is the easternmost and least populous state or Land of Austria. It consists of two Statutarstädte and seven districts with in total 171 municipalities. It is 166 km long from north to south but much narrower from west to east...
, alt. 160–180 m, area approx. 200 km², terrace gravel deposited by the River Danube
Danube
The Danube is a river in the Central Europe and the Europe's second longest river after the Volga. It is classified as an international waterway....
during the Ice Age
Ice age
An ice age or, more precisely, glacial age, is a generic geological period of long-term reduction in the temperature of the Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental ice sheets, polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers...
, situated between Lake Neusiedl and the Leitha Mountains
Leitha Mountains
The Leitha Mountains are a range of low mountains in Austria lying on the boundary between Lower Austria and Burgenland.The range is an offshoot of the Alps and forms a connection to the Carpathians to the north...
in the southwest and Lower Leitha in the northeast. An almost treeless plain, it is about 30 m higher than its surroundings, without any rivers or streams. Partly heath land with Pannonian flora
Flora
Flora is the plant life occurring in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring or indigenous—native plant life. The corresponding term for animals is fauna.-Etymology:...
and partly arable land. Wine growing on the steep loess
Loess
Loess is an aeolian sediment formed by the accumulation of wind-blown silt, typically in the 20–50 micrometre size range, twenty percent or less clay and the balance equal parts sand and silt that are loosely cemented by calcium carbonate...
slopes facing Lake Neusiedl. All towns are situated at the foot of the scarps. Large-scale dairy farming.
The East railway
East railway (Austria)
The Eastern Railway is a two-track, electrified railway line that runs from Vienna towards Hungary. The name Eastern Railway refers to several branches of the line as well. At present the western terminus of the railway line in Vienna, Wien Südbahnhof, is being replaced by the new Hauptbahnhof...
line and the A4
Ostautobahn
The Ost Autobahn A4 or "Eastern Motorway" is part of the Europastraße E60 and goes from Vienna to the town of Nickelsdorf, on the Hungarian border....
autobahn (opened in Autumn 1994) run through the Parndorf plain. Draw-wells give the landscape a puszta
Puszta
Puszta is a steppe biome on the Great Hungarian Plain around the River Tisza in the eastern part of Hungary as well as on the western part of Hungary and in the Austrian Burgenland. The Hungarian puszta is an enclave of the Eurasian Steppe....
character; Roman road
Roman road
The Roman roads were a vital part of the development of the Roman state, from about 500 BC through the expansion during the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. Roman roads enabled the Romans to move armies and trade goods and to communicate. The Roman road system spanned more than 400,000 km...
s.
Parndorf Plain is among the windiest areas in inland Europe. The almost continuous reign of the north-easterly wind is occasionally interrupted by a gusty south-easterly. On the plain of the Parndorfer Platte the biggest modern wind farms in Austria have been set up.
See also
- ParndorfParndorfParndorf is a town in the district of Neusiedl am See in Burgenland in Austria....
, ZurndorfZurndorfZurndorf is a town in the district of Neusiedl am See in Burgenland in Austria.- People :* Andreas Grailich* Hans Niessl, born here* Ignaz Aurelius Fessler, born here* Fritz Spiegl, born here...
, NickelsdorfNickelsdorfNickelsdorf is a town in the district of Neusiedl am See in Burgenland in Austria.- Geography :Nickelsdorf is the only town in the municipality...
, Rohrau, PotzneusiedlPotzneusiedlPotzneusiedl is the smallest village in the district of Neusiedl am See in Burgenland in Austria.- Geography :Potzneusiedl is the smallest village of the Neusiedl district located on the northern edge of Parndorf Plain, on the southern embankment of the river Leitha.- History :The territory of...
, GattendorfGattendorfGattendorf is a municipality in Upper Franconia in the district of Hof in Bavaria in Germany.The distinctive swan coat-of-arms of the municipality of Gattendorf was adopted as municipal coat-of-arms in 1974 after the extinction, in 1944, of the local noble family von Schmidt auf Altenstadt.... - Heide·boden (area of Deutsch JahrndorfDeutsch JahrndorfDeutsch Jahrndorf is a municipality in the district of Neusiedl am See, in the Austrian state of Burgenland. It is within a few kilometres of the borders with both Hungary and Slovakia...
) - Leithagebirge
- See·winkel
- Hanság
- Vienna BasinVienna BasinThe Vienna Basin is a sedimentary basin between the Alps and the Carpathian Mountains...
- Little Alföld, (Great-) AlföldGreat Hungarian PlainThe Great Hungarian Plain is a plain occupying the southern and eastern part of Hungary, some parts of the Eastern Slovak Lowland, southwestern Ukraine, the Transcarpathian Lowland , western Romania , northern Serbia , and eastern Croatia...
, PusztaPusztaPuszta is a steppe biome on the Great Hungarian Plain around the River Tisza in the eastern part of Hungary as well as on the western part of Hungary and in the Austrian Burgenland. The Hungarian puszta is an enclave of the Eurasian Steppe....
, Pannonian BasinPannonian BasinThe Pannonian Basin or Carpathian Basin is a large basin in East-Central Europe.The geomorphological term Pannonian Plain is more widely used for roughly the same region though with a somewhat different sense - meaning only the lowlands, the plain that remained when the Pliocene Pannonian Sea dried... - Győr-Moson-Sopron County
- Sziget·közSzigetközThe Szigetköz is an island plain in Western Hungary, part of the Little Hungarian Plain. The name literally means island alley, because the territory is located on an island. Its borders are the Danube and its branches; with a length of 52.5 km, with an average width of 6–8 km, and with...