A District Capital Degenerates Into a Ghost City

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Mattersburg in Burgenland was a thriving gastronomic and shopping city. Now it is bleeding out more and more and turns into a "Lost Place". What are the causes? Who is to blame? And what does politics do against the loss of purchasing power? Questions that many cities in Austria ask themselves. With about 7500 inhabitants, the district capital Mattersburg is the fourth largest city in Burgenland. Ten years ago, the purchasing power was 206 milli…