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3 unusual facts about Lake Neusiedl


Lake Neusiedl

However, it somewhat facilitates the annual freestyle mass crossing of the lake from Mörbisch to Illmitz.

Linienwall

It was part of a defensive line that followed the Austro-Hungarian border as delineated by the Danube, March, and Leitha rivers as well as by Lake Neusiedl.

South-east wall

The South-east wall (German: Südostwall) (also known as Reichsschutzstellung) was a system of fortifications planned by Nazi Germany in the late stages of World War II to extend along the Little Carpathians and Lake Neusiedl southwards to the River Drau.



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