Neustift an der Lafnitz

market community Neustift an der Lafnitz
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Burgenland
Political District :	Oberwart
License plate :	OW
Surface:	3.5 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 22 '  N , 16 ° 2'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 22 '2 "  N , 16 ° 1' 41"  E
Height :	410  m above sea level A.
Residents :	812 (January 1, 2020)
Postal code :	7423
Area code :	03338
Community code :	1 09 29
Address of the municipal administration:	Neustift an der Lafnitz 1 7423 Neustift an der Lafnitz
Website:	www.neustift-lafnitz.at
politics
Mayor :	Johann Kremnitzer ( SPÖ )
Municipal Council : (Election year: 2017 ) (13 members)	9 4th 9 4th  A total of 13 seats SPÖ : 9 ÖVP : 4
Location of Neustift an der Lafnitz in the Oberwart district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Neustift an der Lafnitz ( Hungarian : Lapincsújtelek , Roma: Nuschtifa ) is a market town in the Oberwart district in Burgenland in Austria with 812 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020).

geography

The community is located in southern Burgenland. Neustift an der Lafnitz is the only place and cadastral municipality in the municipality and covers 3.5 km².

Neighboring communities

The community has four neighboring communities, two of which are in the Styrian district of Hartberg-Fürstenfeld (HF).

Lafnitz (HF)	Rohrbach an der Lafnitz (HF)	Grafenschachen , district of Kroisegg
Lafnitz (HF)		Grafenschachen
Lafnitz (HF)	Loipersdorf Kitzladen	Grafenschachen

history

Like all of Burgenland, the place belonged to Hungary (German-West Hungary) until 1920/21 . Since 1898 had due to the Magyarization of the government in Budapest of Hungarian name Lapincsújtelek be used. After the end of the First World War , after tough negotiations, German-West Hungary was awarded to Austria in the Treaties of St. Germain and Trianon in 1919. The place has belonged to the newly founded federal state of Burgenland since 1921 (see also the history of Burgenland ).

On January 1st, 1971 the municipalities of Neustift an der Lafnitz, Grafenschachen and Kroisegg were merged to form the municipality of Grafenschachen, but this merger was dissolved on January 1st, 1990 and Neustift an der Lafnitz became an independent municipality again. On April 4, 2007 the market survey of Neustift an der Lafnitz took place.

Population development

Economy and Infrastructure

Public facilities

In Neustift an der Lafnitz there is a volunteer fire brigade with three vehicles and a total of 70 active members.

politics

Municipal council

Local council election 2017

 %

70

60

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

69.27
(+1.62)

30.73
(-1.62)

SPÖ

ÖVP

2012



2017



The council comprises a total of 13 members based on the number of eligible voters.

Results of the municipal council elections since 1997

Political party	2017			2012			2007			2002			1997
	Sti.	%	M.	Sti.	%	M.	Sti.	%	M.	Sti.	%	M.	Sti.	%	M.
SPÖ	399	69.27	9	391	67.65	9	342	67.99	9	305	66.30	9	252	60.14	7th
ÖVP	177	30.73	4th	187	32.35	4th	161	32.01	4th	155	33.70	4th	149	35.56	4th
FPÖ	not running			not running			not running			not running			18th	4.30	0
Eligible voters	689			634			546			526			480
voter turnout	90.24%			94.32%			94.69%			92.59%			92.08%

mayor

Johann Kremnitzer (SPÖ) has been mayor since 1990. This makes him the longest-serving SPÖ mayor in Burgenland. In the direct election of the mayor on October 1, 2017, Kremnitzer was confirmed in office with 75.20%. He received 5.93 percentage points more votes than his SPÖ. His competitor Bernhard Wappel (ÖVP) achieved 24.80%.

Personalities

• Ernst Kogler (1935–2009), employee and politician

Web links

Commons : Neustift an der Lafnitz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• 10929 - Neustift an der Lafnitz. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Changes to the community from 1945 (associations, partitions, name and status changes). Statistics Austria, pp. 7, 131, 167 , accessed on February 16, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Province of Burgenland: [ Election result Neustift an der Lafnitz 2017 ] (accessed on January 12, 2018)
3. ^ Province of Burgenland: [ Election result Neustift an der Lafnitz 2012 ] (accessed on January 12, 2018)
4. ^ Province of Burgenland: [ Election result Neustift an der Lafnitz 2007 ] (accessed on January 12, 2018)
5. ↑ ^{a b} Province of Burgenland: [ Election result Neustift an der Lafnitz 2002 ] (accessed on January 12, 2018)
6. ↑ mein district.at of June 10, 2015: Neustift / Lafnitz: Mayor celebrates 25th anniversary (accessed on January 12, 2018)
7. ↑ ORF Burgenland of September 8, 2017: Neustift: Longest serving mayor (accessed on January 12, 2018)