Editing Burgenland (section)

=== Occupation ===
[[File:Austria Occupation Zones 1945-55 en.svg|thumb|upright=1.5|Burgenland under Soviet administration, 1945–1955]]
As of 1 October 1945 Burgenland was reestablished with Soviet support and given to the Soviet forces in exchange for [[Styria]], which was in turn occupied by the [[United Kingdom]].

Under Soviet occupation, people in Burgenland had to endure a period of serious mistreatment and an extremely slow economic progress, the latter induced by the presence of Soviet troops which discouraged investment. The Soviet occupation ended with the signing of the [[Austrian Independence Treaty]] of [[Vienna]] in 1955 by the Occupying Forces.

The brutally crushed [[1956 Hungarian Revolution|Hungarian Revolution]] on 23 October 1956 resulted in a wave of Hungarian refugees on the Hungarian-Austrian border, especially at the Andau Bridge ([[Brücke von Andau]]). They were received by the inhabitants of Burgenland with overwhelming hospitality.

In 1957, the construction of the "anti-Fascist Protective Barrier" resulted in a complete sealing off of the area under Soviet influence from the rest of the world, turning the Hungarian-Austrian border next to Burgenland into a deadly zone of minefields and barbed wire (on the Hungarian side of the border): part of the [[Iron Curtain]]. Even during the era of the Iron Curtain, local trains between the north and south of Burgenland operated as "[[Korridorzug|corridor train]]s" (''Korridorzüge'') – they had their doors locked as they crossed through Hungarian territory.

Between 1965 and 1971, the minefields were cleared because people were often harmed by them,{{Citation needed|date=March 2012}} even on the Austrian side of the border.