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Forchtenstein
Forchtenstein
	; ; Coat of arms;
	; ; Coat of arms;
	; Location of Forchtenstein; ; ; ;
	; ; ; ; Forchtenstein; ; ; Location within Austria;
	Coordinates: 47°43′N 16°20′E / 47.717°N 16.333°E / 47.717; 16.333Coordinates: 47°43′N 16°20′E / 47.717°N 16.333°E / 47.717; 16.333;
Country	Austria
State	Burgenland
District	Mattersburg
Government ;
• Mayor;	Friederike Reismüller
Area ;
• Total	16.6 km2 (6.4 sq mi)
Elevation ;	343 m (1,125 ft)
Population (1 January 2016); ;
• Total	2,809
• Density	170/km2 (440/sq mi)
Time zone	; UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	; UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	7212
Website	www.gemeindeforchtenstein.at

in Burgenland, Austria

Forchtenstein (Hungarian: Fraknóváralja or Fraknókő, Croatian: Fortnavski grad; until 1972, Forchtenau, Fraknó, Fortnava) is a town in the district of Mattersburg in the Austrian state of Burgenland. It is the location of Forchtenstein Castle, one of the many palaces of the famous Esterházy family.

It consists of two subdivisions (Katastralgemeinden) which were formerly separate towns: Forchtenau (Hungarian: Fraknó) and Neustift an der Rosalia (Hungarian: Újtelek).

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1869	1,685	—
1880	1,732	+2.8%
1890	1,816	+4.8%
1900	2,054	+13.1%
1910	2,158	+5.1%
1923	2,127	−1.4%
1934	2,213	+4.0%
1939	2,223	+0.5%
1951	2,184	−1.8%
1961	2,363	+8.2%
1971	2,502	+5.9%
1981	2,557	+2.2%
1991	2,678	+4.7%
2001	2,832	+5.8%
2011	2,845	+0.5%

The castle gained a nickname as the "Castle of Fear". The castle has one red and one black tower. The castle boasted many torture chambers including one called the Pit of Oblivion, a deep pit where torture victims would be strung upside down and deprived of food and water until they died. The Pit of Oblivion is located in the black tower. Although many of the rooms are now available to the public either for rental or visitation, one room still remains private and inaccessible and is the treasure room of the castle.