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Gemeinde Oberschützen

Oberschützen is a municipality in Burgenland in the district of Oberwart in Austria. The municipality is located in southern Burgenland. The village Oberschützen is nestled between two hills.

Culture and sights

Evangelical parish church Oberschützen
Evangelical parish church Unterschützen
Catholic Filial Church Oberschützen St. Bartholomew
Catholic branch church Willersdorf St. Catherine
Anschluss Monument: The monument was erected in 1939 in memory of the annexation of Austria (1938) to the Greater German Reich. It was the largest monument of its kind in the former Ostmark. The temple-like structure is one of the few surviving monuments to the National Socialist era in Austria and still causes discussion and controversy today. In 1997, a commemorative plaque was placed on it.
Willersdorf Gorge
House of Folk Culture: In 2003, the House of Folk Culture was built, which now houses three associations. The owner of the house is the Burgenland-Hianzische Gesellschaft (Hianzenverein, founded in 1996), and the Burgenland Volksliedwerk and the Museumsverein Oberschützen are also tenants. The house sees itself as a competence center for Burgenland folk culture.

Regular events

In October 2010, the first Jen?-Takács Piano Competition took place in Oberschützen, with young pianists from Austria, Hungary, Germany, Israel, Serbia and Latvia participating.