Podersdorf
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Podersdorf - Austrian town, located on the eastern shore of Lake Neusiedl in Burgenland. The city is a tourist destination. People come here to relax on the lake, bird watching (the city is part of the National Park Lake Neusiedl), recreation bikes at special popular routes.

In Podersdorf many sports clubs: horse riding, tennis, squash club, several yacht clubs, three sailing schools, two schools of windsurfing, kite three schools, clubs and darts, as well as the center of sport fishing. Tourists are several camping sites, hotel and fish restaurants, taverns and bars. In the city you can taste Italian and Hungarian cuisine.

Throughout its history, the city suffered a lot of difficulties. In the 18th century the plague was raging in Podersdorf. The 19th century brought hunger and misery caused by the Napoleonic wars, several epidemics of cholera and drying of Lake Neusiedl. In the middle of the 19th century it was built school, a windmill and a church.

Historically, fishing is an important industry for the city. In the 19th century the population increased, many pastures have been converted into agricultural land. Booming wine industry. After World War II Podersdorf, like the rest of Burgenland, until 1955 it was in the Soviet occupation zone.

For the curious visitors will be interested in the original lighthouse on the lake shore and windmills. City late baroque church was built in 1791.

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