
BURGENLAND is one of the federal states of Austria, on the Hungarian border. Located in Burgenland were the "Seven Communities" ( Sheva Kehillot or Sieben Gemeinden ), noted for their outstanding yeshivot and eminent rabbis: * Eisenstadt (Hung. Kismarton; Heb. א״ש) * Mattersburg/ Mattersdorf (Hung. Nagymarton) * Deutschkreutz (Hung. Sopronkeresztúr, Németkeresztúr; Hebr. צעלם, צלם)* Frauenkirch...