It is surrounded by the communities of Stoob to the north, Großwarasdorf to the east, Frankenau-Unterpullendorf to the south, and Steinberg-Dörfl to the west.

Josef Polatschek, a gardener and regional researcher, mapped several ancient iron extraction sites in the district.

After the demise of the Austrian-Hungarian monarchy in 1918, the German-speaking inhabitants of Deutsch-Westungarn ("German Western Hungary", later Burgenland) - Oberpullendorf being part of it - intended to join the "new" state of Austria.

Despite diplomatic efforts by Hungary, the victorious parties of World War I set the date of Burgenland's official unification with Austria as August 28, 1921.

(2022) • Haus St. Stephan - the former castle of the Rohonczy family • Franziskuskirche (Church of St. Francis) - built in 1707, making it the oldest building in Oberpullendorf