Rust, Austria

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This article is about the city Rust in Burgenland, Austria. For the city Rust in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, see Rust, Germany.

Rust
Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Austria
State	Burgenland
District	Statutory city
Mayor	Harald Weiss (SPÖ)
Basic statistics
Area	20.01 km² (7.7 sq mi)
Elevation	123 m (404 ft)
Population	1,807 (01/01/2006)
- Density	90 /km² (234 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	E
Postal code	7071
Area code	02685
Website	www.rust.at Coordinates: 47°48′0″N 16°40′0″E / 47.8, 16.66667

Rust (Hungarian: Ruszt) is a city in Burgenland, Austria located at the shore of the Neusiedler See. Although it has only about 1,700 inhabitants, it is a Statutarstadt, as it was endowed with the rights of a free city by the Hungarian crown in 1681. As a Statutarstadt, it also forms its own administrative district (Bezirk). The city is famous because of its wines, especially for Beerenauslese, Eiswein and - last but not least - Ruster Ausbruch.