Burgenland Burgenland consists of nine districts, two statutory cities and seven rural districts. From north to south: These combine the attributes of district and city. The territory of present-day Burgenland was successively part of the Roman Empire, the Hun Empire, the Kingdom of the Ostrogoths, the Italian Kingdom of Odoacer, the Kingdom of the Lombards, the Avar Khaganate, the Frankish Empire, Dominion Aba belonging to the Aba (family); Aba - Koszegi, the Kingdom of Hungary, the Habsburg Monarchy, the Austrian Empire, Austria-Hungary, Austria. Burgenland is the only Austrian state which has never been part of the Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman
Burgenland Croatian in 1987 parts of the law were changed and Croatian was introduced as an official in 6 out of 7 districts of Burgenland. Burgenland Croatian written language is based mainly on the local Chakavian dialect with some influences from the other Croatian dialects spoken in Burgenland. It uses the Latin alphabet with the same diacritical modifiers as the Croatian alphabet. In the course of language development it acquired some of its own specialised vocabulary, sometimes different from that used in standard Croatian. The popular "The Little Prince" has also been translated into Burgenland Croatian (1998), specifically the Standard version by