Lajtabánság

Banat of Leitha
Lajtabánság
Unrecognized state
1921
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Location of Leitha Map indicating present-day Burgenland in Austria, the region where the short-lived Lajtabánság existed.
Capital		Oberwart
Government		Republic
Leaders		Pál Prónay
		Gyula Ostenburg-Moravek
		István Friedrich
Historical era		Interwar period
•	Established	October 4, 1921
•	Disestablished	November 5, 1921
Preceded by Succeeded by Kingdom of Hungary (1920–46) First Austrian Republic Kingdom of Hungary (1920–46)

Lajtabánság (German: Leitha-Banat) was a short-lived western Hungarian state in the region where the Austrian federal state of Burgenland now exists. It existed between October 4 and November 5, 1921, following the Treaty of Trianon and the departure of the rump Kingdom of Hungary's army and before the region was annexed by Austria.

The principal leaders of the state were Pál Prónay, Count Gyula Ostenburg-Moravek and former Hungarian prime minister István Friedrich. Its military was the Rongyos Gárda ("Ragged Guards" or "Scrubby Guards"), recruited from peasants and students devoted to retaining the region rather than surrender it to Austria.

See also

• Rongyos Gárda
• Burgenland
• Uprising in West-Hungary