Lajtabánság

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Lajtabánság Banat of Leitha Unrecognized state ← 1921 →   → Flag Map of present-day Burgenland in Austria, the area of the short-lived state of Lajtabánság Capital Oberwart Political structure Unrecognized state Leaders Pál Prónay Gyula Ostenburg-Moravek István Friedrich Historical era Interwar period  - Established October 4, 1921  - Disestablished November 5, 1921

Lajtabánság (German: Leitha-Banat) was a short lived Hungarian state in the current territory of the Austrian federal state of Burgenland. The state existed between October 4 and November 5 1921, after the Treaty of Trianon after the army of the rump Kingdom of Hungary left the territory but before Austria annexed the region.

The principal leaders of the state were Pál Prónay, Count Gyula Ostenburg-Moravek and István Friedrich ex-premier. Its military organization was called Rongyos Gárda ("Scrubby Guards").