Oberwart is a city in Burgenland, Austria and the economic center of southern Burgenland. The city, located in the flat valley of the Pinka, has around 7,500 inhabitants and was founded as a Hungarian border guards settlement (first documented mention in 1327). In and around Oberwart you can find a significant Hungarian and Roma minority, and around 40 percent of the population profess Protestant churches.
Activities
By bicycle
Oberwart is on the "Paradiesroute
Südburgenland" - a bicycle route through Southern Burgenland. With
an e-bike, the route of 260 km with a total of 2500 meters of
altitude can be comfortably traveled in 6 days. Details can be found
on the official homepage at
http://www.suedburgenland.info/de/themen/sport/paradiesroute/
Shopping
Weekly market
Every Wednesday there is a
market right in the center of Oberwart. There are a number of market
vendors from the near and far, who offer a wide variety of everyday
goods (socks, clothing, ...) and gifts (especially toys).
Traditionally, people strengthen themselves with various sausage
products that are prepared directly at the market at the butchers'
stalls. The weekly market starts at 7 a.m. and ends at 12 noon.
Farmers market
Every Saturday (except on public holidays),
the direct marketers in the region offer their delicacies for sale
from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Oberwart farmers' market. The location
for the farmers' market has been in the city park since October
2013.
Getting there
By plane
The two closest airports are Vienna
International Airport and Graz Airport. There are bus connections to
Oberwart from both cities.
By train
In the past there were
direct regional trains from Vienna to Oberwart, but these have been
discontinued. It is currently not possible to travel by train - the
association "Südburgenland Pro Bahn" is trying to change this.
By bus
There are direct bus connections from Vienna to
Oberwart.
By car
Oberwart is located directly on the A2
Südautobahn and has its own exit "Oberwart-Lafnitztal". You then
come from the west to Oberwart via the federal road B50. Further
connections are via the federal road B50 from the north-east (from
the direction of Mittelburgenland) and the federal road B63 (coming
north-west from Pinkafeld or south-east from Großpetersdorf).
Accommodation
1 Gasthof Neubauer, Wiener Strasse 35, A-7400
Oberwart. Tel .: +43 3352 324 89, email:
gasthofneubauer@gasthofneubauer.at. Price: from € 38
Health
There are a number of general practitioners and
specialists in various fields in Oberwart, so that comprehensive
care is guaranteed.
Hospital
In Oberwart there is a
specialty hospital with 351 beds. In addition to the departments of
a standard hospital, there are also areas of specialization in
paediatrics, neurology, trauma surgery and urology. Institutes such
as anesthesiology and intensive care medicine, a central X-ray
institute with magnetic resonance tomography, computed tomography as
well as an institute for pathology and an ENT department are also
available.
Practical advice
Oberwart is represented in the
moment library. To put it simply, the Momentothek is an online photo
album that shows (sometimes very) old photos, postcards, newspaper
clippings and other visual evidence of Oberwart's history.
Around the town
About 6 km north of Oberwart is the small,
tranquil spa town of Bad Tatzmannsdorf with a modern thermal bath
and an important rehabilitation center for cardiovascular patients.