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Catholic Church

The Roman Catholic Church was built in 1772 after the church was erected in 1532, offered too little space. North of the church is a stone cross erected in 1825, commemorating the former cemetery was located around the church until 1779.

Evangelical Church

The Protestant church was completed in 1785 ready. 1822 was its brick tower. Emperor Joseph II granted the Protestants the right to build their own houses of worship, but they could have no tower, the entrance had to be turned away from the center and could not be located right on the street. That is why the church is in a side street, its entrance is not located directly on the road and turned away from the center.

Calvary Church and Hermitage

The oldest surviving church building Pinkafelds, the Calvary Church, was built in 1748 under Count II of adam Batthyany. On the south side of the church is a Hermitage (Hermitage) are grown. The Hermitage was built before 1757 with four bedrooms, kitchen and basement. First lived Augustinian hermit at the Hermitage, and later the hermit Raaber Eremitenkonfoderation. 1782 was repealed and the Hermitage, the building became part of the parish Pinkafeld after Emperor Joseph II orders all who "worshiped only" and not socially or economically active cariativ were dissolved, leaving. Since 1982, the Hermitage is home to the St. Francis community. Also, the Stations of the Cross to Calvary church dates from around 1748th The Baroque Chapel Josephi (popularly known as "Sparrow chapel" or "Ross Chapel") was compared to the old railway station Pinkafeld built just before 1730 under Count Sigismund of Batthyany instead of a former chapel building.

Castle Batthyany

Castle Batthyany in Pinkafeld in southern Burgenland was the center of rule and the permanent residence of members of the family Batthyany. The castle was in the 18th and 19 Century, rebuilt. The last major renovation took place in the years 1949 to 1952, so that the original appearance of the castle, which houses a vocational school and listed building is to recognize hardly anything is.At the castle there is mounted the crest of the family Batthyany: The teeth of the crown symbolize the nine counties, which helps rule has the family. The togetherness of Batthyanys is a pelican sitting in the nest, which symbolizes the bill carves his chest and his boys soaked with the blood flowing out.

Chapel of St. Vincent

The Chapel of St. Vincent at the Steinamangerstrasse dates from 1832

Museums

Since 1988, there are City Museum, Fire Museum, Tuchmachermuseum, Garrison Museum and Museum of the oldest church building Pinkafelds, which was built around 1600, so-called Rindsmaullschen manor.The general history of the city, the legal history (blood jurisdiction) and the history of Pinkafelder crafts and guilds, as well as archaeological finds from the city, dating back to the Neolithic period, are presented in the City Museum. The Fire Museum numerous historical equipment of the volunteer fire department Pinkafelds (oldest fire department in Burgenland) are issued. The church museum contains exhibits of the Catholic and Protestant parish and a nativity scene from the 1826. The draper museum displays implements and tools of the trade clothier. A unique facility in Burgenland is the Garrison Museum where the history of the army units stationed in Pinkafeld, particularly the Infantry Regiment No. 83 is shown.

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