Güssing (Hungarian: Németújvár) is a town in Burgenland, Austria. It is located at 47°4′N 16°19′E / 47.067, 16.317, with a population of 3,902 (2001), and is the administrative center of the Güssing district.
The Güssing Castle, built in 1157, is the oldest castle in Burgenland and a regional landmark.
The lords of Güssing (in Hungarian: Kőszeg, in Slovak: Kysak) were a noble family in the frontier region of Austria and the Kingdom of Hungary. Note that Kőszeg is the name of a nearby Hungarian town (known as Güns in German) to which that family moved its residence from Güssing in 1274. In 1522, it became the residence of the Batthyány family, one of the most distinguished Magnate families in Hungary.
Source: CIA Factbook, Wikipedia
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