 It was officially confirmed in 1971.The cultural offerings are diverse and especially in the summer famous for the Seefestspiele Mörbisch and the Nova Rock Festival with numerous international rockbands.The permanent exhibition at Forchtenstein Castle shows an impressive collection of the dukes of Esterházy, at whose court at Esterházy Palace worked the world-famous musician Joseph Haydn, who composed from the Burgenland Croatian folk-song ""V jutro rano se ja stanem"" ("In the morning I rise up early") the melody of ""Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser"" ("God save Franz the Emperor"), which became the melody of today's national anthem of Germany.