Rust, Burgenland

{{About|a city in Austria|the city in Germany|Rust, Baden-Württemberg}} {{refimprove|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Rust | native_name = | settlement_type = Statutory city  | image_skyline = P1010163 Rust.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = Main square in Rust | image_flag = | image_shield = Wappen Rust (Burgenland).jpg | shield_size = 80x110px | shield_link =  | pushpin_map = Austria Burgenland#Austria | pushpin_mapsize = 270 | pushpin_map_caption = Location within Austria | image_map = | mapsize = | map_alt = | map_caption = Location within Statutarstadt district  | coordinates = {{coord|47|48|0|N|16|40|0|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{AUT}} | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Burgenland | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Statutory city | parts_type = | parts_style = para | p1 =  | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Gerold Stagl | leader_party = {{Polparty|Austria| SPÖ }} | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 =  | area_footnotes = {{Austria population Wikidata|area_footnotes}} | area_total_km2 = {{Austria population Wikidata|area_total_km2}} | area_metro_km2 = | elevation_m = 123 | elevation_max_m = | elevation_min_m = | population_as_of = {{Austria population Wikidata|population_as_of}} | population_footnotes = {{Austria population Wikidata|population_footnotes}} | population_total = {{Austria population Wikidata|population_total}} | population_urban = | population_metro = | population_note = | population_density_km2 = auto | established_title = | established_date = | 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 = [https://www.freistadt-rust.at www.freistadt-rust.at] | footnotes = }} '''Rust''' ({{IPA|de-AT|rʊst|-|De-Rust.ogg}}; {{langx|hr|Rušta}}; {{langx|hu|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''.

==History== thumb|left|Fishermen's Church

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.

{{clr|left}} ==Politics== Seats in the municipal assembly (''Gemeinderat'') as of 2007 elections: *Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ): 10 *Austrian People's Party (ÖVP): 8 *Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ): 1

==Twin towns== thumb|Town hall {{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Austria}} Rust is twinned with: * {{flagicon|Germany}} Kulmbach, Germany, since 1981. * {{flagicon|Hungary}} Tokaj, Hungary, since 2006.

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== External links == * [http://wetter.rust.at WebCam and weather information of Rust]

{{Authority control}} Category:Districts of Burgenland Category:Cities and towns in Burgenland Category:Eisenstadt-Umgebung District