Rotenturm an der Pinka
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Rotenturm an der Pinka is a municipality in Burgenland
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...

, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

 on the banks of the Pinka
Pinka
The Pinka is a river in Central Europe with a length of approximately 55 km. Its source is located in Styria, eastern Austria, next to the provincial border of Burgenland. It passes into Hungary between the villages of Burg and Felsőcsatár, and crosses the Austrian-Hungarian border five times....

 River. In 2001 Rotenturm had 1378 inhabitants. Administratively the village belongs to the district of Oberwart
Oberwart
Oberwart or Felsőőr is a town in Burgenland in southeast Austria on the banks of the Pinka River, and the capital of the district of the same name...

. Rotenturm is almost merged with the neighbouring Unterwart
Unterwart
Unterwart or Alsóőr is a village in Burgenland, Austria, in the district of Oberwart . The village lies on the banks of the Pinka river, and it had a population of 964 in 2001 . Unterwart is the only settlement in Austria with an ethnic Hungarian majority...

. The small Hungarian-speaking village of Siget in der Wart
Siget in der Wart
Siget in der Wart or Őrisziget is a small village in Burgenland, Austria, in the district of Oberwart . The village lies on the banks of the Zicken Bach and administratively belongs to the neighbouring town of Rotenturm an der Pinka . According to the 2001 census it had a population of 274...

(Őrisziget) is part of the municipality of Rotenturm an der Pinka.
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