ABSTRACT
The process of the creation of scientific or local knowledge may never be removed from the historical context, as this obviously has an impact on the activities of the knowledge communities. In the case of Burgenland the main circumstances of the creation of the province by their nature influenced, placed a frame on the political and, at once, the geographical thinking about the region of Burgenland. In this way the awakening of the local German population, the conceiving of the Austrian, then Czechoslovak-Yugoslav territorial demands (Slavic Corridor), the weak autonomy endeavors, short-lived states (Heinzenland, Leitha-Banat), the peace treaties at Versailles, the irregular fighting for the region from the Hungarian side, which resulted in the rising Western Hungary question, then the Sopron Referendum closing the territorial issues but eliciting many more disputes, and the circumstances of the search for a name are all factors that determined the individual geographical narrative of the region. Thus, these factors created a framework for the emerging geographical discourse about the province and had to be shaped with the writings that were created, which could then be reflected on.
