Holiday Country Austria - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 2003 - 125 Euro Cent

In southern Burgenland, 23 km southeast of Oberwart, lies on the Hungarian border at the foot of the same vineyard 400 inhabitants Eisenberg. Already 1500 v. Chr. BC, there was a settlement, as one could conclude from found shards, a clay spoon and Serpentinstückchen. In 1931 two prehistoric smelters came to light. From the Roman period, coins and a belt buckle made of bronze. Since the first written mention in the 12th Century, the place had some names, such as "Praedium Chegge", "Cheyhke", "Villa Cheyka", then as a Hungarian border guard settlement "Csjka ", later" Csake ", which became German" Schauka ". In 1930, the state government changed the place name to "Eisenberg an der Pinka". Through the community structure improvement in 1971, the large community "German Schützen Eisenberg". In the nice Eisenberg homepage is u.a. read that according to the US wine magazine "WINE SPECTATOR" the Eisenberger red wine "PERWOLFF 2000" with 93 (out of a possible 100) has received the highest number of points that has ever been awarded for an Austrian red wine. In former times there was the white wine type Furmint, after the phylloxera catastrophe one switched to red wine very successfully. It is interesting that it is known from grave goods that there were red grapes in the area against expectations already in the Iron Age. The stamp shows a typical press house.