Rust | |
Settlement Type: | Statutory city |
Pushpin Map: | Austria Burgenland#Austria |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 270 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Austria |
Coordinates: | 47.8°N 16.6667°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Burgenland |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Statutory city |
Parts Style: | para |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Gerold Stagl |
Elevation M: | 123 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Registration Plate: | E |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 7071 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | 02685 |
Website: | www.freistadt-rust.at |
Rust (pronounced as /de/; Croatian: Rušta; Hungarian: Ruszt) is a city in the Austrian state of Burgenland, located on the western shore of Lake Neusiedl near the border with Hungary. With only about 1,900 inhabitants, it is the country's smallest statutory city, as it was endowed with the rights of a royal free city by the Hungarian crown in 1681. As a Statutarstadt, it also forms an administrative district (Bezirk) in its own right. The city is famous for its wines, especially for Beerenauslese, ice wine and - especially - Ruster Ausbruch.
The settlement was first mentioned as Ceel in a 1317 deed issued by King Charles I of Hungary, its name derived from Hungarian szil for Elm, later translated into German Rüster or Rusten. The present-day Hungarian name Ruszt is again a translation from the German term. Rust's citizens received market rights in 1470 and the privilege to mark the corks of their wine barrels with the famous 'R' brand in 1524. The affluent town finally gained independence at the 1681 diet at Sopron by the order of Emperor Leopold I, King of Hungary.
With the Burgenland region, Rust passed from Hungary to the Republic of Austria in 1921.
Seats in the municipal assembly (Gemeinderat) as of 2007 elections:
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Austria. Rust is twinned with: