The Geographic Center of Burgenland is located in the municipality of Frankenau-Unterpullendorf and has been marked by the geographers of Burgenland with the “Center Stone,” a basalt bomb from Pauliberg in the Landseerberge Nature Park. Elevation: 284m
The idea of making the center of Burgenland an attractive destination for hikers and cyclists was taken up by the then-mayor Demeter Kancz. On June 26, 1990, the basalt stone was transported from Pauliberg and erected. With a grand celebration on May 8, 1991, the 70th anniversary of Burgenland was celebrated with the public presentation of the geographic center of Burgenland.
If you turn around at the center of Burgenland, you will see the entire mountain framing of the Oberpullendorf basin, a beautiful rolling hilly landscape that presents itself in ever-changing colors throughout the seasons, but you can also see seven church towers from this spot if you look closely. If you draw a circle with a radius of 1000 km around the geographic center of Burgenland, you will reach the Black Sea in Romania, the Aegean Sea in Greece, Calabria in Italy, Marseille in France, Amsterdam in the Netherlands, and the Geographic Center of Europe in Lithuania. This is located about 26 km north of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania.
Centres can, of course, be regarded as pure results of a calculation. However, their symbolism regarding the identity of a region remains undisputed. (Source: Emmerich Gager, Chairman of the Association of Burgenland Geographers).
In the immediate vicinity of the stone is the Donatus Chapel.
The path to the center is well marked and can be reached via a farm road.