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the Mount of Olives. The VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
pulpit and the beautiful
organ are Baroque, as Practical Information
are the two altar Road map G3.
paintings by German- * 13,000.
born artist, Stephan n Hauptstrasse 35, (02682) 673
Dorfmeister. The large 90. _ Fest der 1000 Weine (Wine
bronze sculp ture of the Festival, late Aug), Internationale
Pietà is the work of Haydntage (Haydn Festival, Sep).
∑ eisenstadt-tourismus.at
Anton Hanak. The
Domkirche was given Transport
Prince’s apartments in Esterházy Castle cathedral status in 1960. £ @
amazing acoustics. Joseph R Franziskanerkirche
Haydn once used to conduct Joseph-Haydn-Gasse.
the castle orchestra here. The Franciscan church of (music director), and in the
Today, the larger part of the St Michael was built between evenings he conducted the
castle is leased to the Burgenland 1625 and 1630. Most of its court orchestra for perfor-
provincial authorities. The castle interior hails from a later period, mances of his own music. Many
is surrounded by a beautiful but the magni fi cent reliefs in of his beautiful compositions
English-style park. the altarpiece date from 1630. were first heard in Eisenstadt.
Beneath the church you will find
R Domkirche the crypt of the powerful local
Domplatz 1a. dynasty, the Esterházy family.
This late-Gothic church was built
in the 15th century on the site of E Haydn-Haus
an earlier medieval structure. Joseph-Haydn-Gasse 21. Tel (02682)
As with many other churches in 719 6000. Open Apr & May: Tue–Sat;
this part of Austria, its builders Jun–mid-Nov: daily. &
were conscious of the permanent ∑ haydn-haus.at
threat of Turkish invasion, and its The house where Joseph Haydn
lofty steeple contains lookout lived between 1766 and 1778 is
holes on all sides. now a small museum displaying
The eclectically decorated a number of the composer’s
interior features some medieval possessions. From 1761, Haydn
tomb stones and a relief in the was employed by the Esterházy Haydn’s home for 12 years, now a museum
church’s vestibule depicting family as their Kapellmeister devoted to the composer

Eisenstadt City Centre
1 Bergkirche 6 Franziskanerkirche 0 metres 250
2 Jüdischer Friedhof 7 Haydn-Haus 0 yards 250
3 Landesmuseum
Burgenland
4 Schloss Esterházy Jüdischer
5 Domkirche Friedhof GLORI ETTEAL LEE Schlosspark
CARL-MOREAU-STRASSE Landesmuseum Museum Franziskanerkirche SCHUBERT-
Haydn-
J O SE F -H AY DN -GA S S E
FRANZ-
Esterházy
Österreichisches Burgenland Schloss Rathaus PLATZ
Jüdisches Museum H A U P T S T R A S S E S TADTTOR

UNTERBERGSTRASSE
E S T E R H Á Z Y S T R A S S E ESTERHÁZY- DOMPLATZ
PLATZ
G.-J.-WERNER-STR.
KALVARIENBERG- ST-ANTONI-STRASSE
PLATZ P FA R R G AS S E
BANK G A S S E Domkirche
Bergkirche
ST-ROCHUS-STRASSE
JOSEF-REICHL- GASSE
GARTENGASSE ÖDENBUR G E R STR.
R U S TE R S T R A S S E
KIRCHÄCKERG.
HO TT E R W EG
DR-KARL-RENNER-STR.
Hauptbahnhof
500 m (550 yards)
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