Oberwart

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Oberwart Felsőőr
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location within Oberwart district
Oberwart Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°17′N 16°12′E / 47.283°N 16.200°E / 47.283; 16.200
Country	Austria
State	Burgenland
District	Oberwart
Government
• Mayor	Georg Rosner
Area [1]
• Total	36.49 km2 (14.09 sq mi)
Elevation	315 m (1,033 ft)
Population  (2018-01-01)[2]
• Total	7,572
• Density	210/km2 (540/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	7400
Website	www.oberwart.at

Oberwart (German pronunciation: [ˈoːbɐˌvaʁt] ^ⓘ; Hungarian: Felsőőr; Croatian: Gornja Borta) is a town in Burgenland in southeast Austria on the banks of the Pinka River, and the capital of the district of the same name. With almost 8,000 inhabitants it’s the third largest town in Burgenland, after Eisenstadt and Neusiedl am See. Oberwart is the cultural capital of the small ethnic Hungarian minority in Burgenland, living in the Upper Őrség or Wart microregion.^[3]