Eisenstadt

Eisenstadt (Hungarian Kismarton, Croatian ?eljezno) is a city in Austria, the state capital of Burgenland. It has a population of about 11,334 (2001). The present city name means "Iron City". The Hungarian name was a diminutive of "Saint Martin".

People

Natives

• Esterházy family
• Andreas Ivanschitz
• Josef Hyrtl
• Adam & Franz Liszt, musicians
• Maria Perschy
• Martin Vukovich
• Joseph Weigl, musician

Other residents

• Joseph Haydn, musician
• Johann Nepomuk Hummel, musician
• Mordecai Mokiach, "pseudo"-Messiah
• Robert Musil, author
• Ignaz Pleyel
• Emanuel Schreiber (German-language article), rabbi
• Fritz Spiegl
• Samson Wertheimer, rabbi

The Eisenstadt family

A prominent Jewish family takes its name from this city. Among its notable members are:

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• Shmuel N. Eisenstadt (German-language article)
• Alfred Eisenstaedt
• Stuart E. Eizenstat(b.1943)
• S. N. Eisenstadt ^(*), Israeli sociologist