Willows by the lake

Weiden am See is a market town with 2,480 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in Burgenland in the Neusiedl am See district in Austria . The Hungarian place name of the municipality is Védeny .

geography

The wine-growing community on the northeast bank of Lake Neusiedl is located about two kilometers southeast of the district capital, Neusiedl am See . The only village is Weiden am See , parts of the village are the holiday area, the Grenzgasse settlement , the Seepark and the lido area.

history

Weiden was first mentioned in a document in 1338 and after 1413 came into the possession of the Raaber ( Győr ) cathedral chapter. In 1588 the place was granted market rights. The place suffered severe damage in the course of the Turkish Wars in 1529 and 1683 as well as in the Kuruzzenkrieg from 1704 to 1709. In 1606 a major fire devastated the place.

Like the whole of Burgenland, the place belonged to Hungary until 1920/21 (so-called "German West Hungary"). Since 1898 had due to the Magyarization of the government in Budapest of Hungarian name Védeny be used.

After the end of the First World War, after tough negotiations, most of the German-speaking western Hungary was assigned 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 ). Weiden am See has been a market town since 1588 (when Rudolf II was granted market rights).

Population development

Culture and sights

Weiden am See parish church
By Weiden am See that of leads Frauenkirchen coming and to involvement in the Way of St. James Austria in Haslau-Maria Ellend predominantly in Burgenland running St. James Burgenland .

Weiden (center left) and the area around Lake Neusiedl, which dried up at the time, around 1873 (recording sheet of the state survey )

politics

The municipal council has a total of 23 seats.

With the municipal council elections in Burgenland 2007 , the municipal council had the following distribution with 21 seats: 11 ÖVP, 10 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Burgenland 2012 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 13 ÖVP, 7 SPÖ, and 3 GUW.
With the municipal council elections in Burgenland 2017 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 11 ÖVP, 7 SPÖ, 3 GUW and 2 UPW.

mayor

since 1997 Wilhelm Schwartz (ÖVP)

Election 2017

In the market town of Weiden am See, the current ÖVP mayor Wilhelm Schwarz was able to defend his office in the runoff election. He prevailed against the SPÖ candidate Heinrich Hareter with 951 to 872 votes. However, the ÖVP lost its absolute majority in the municipal council and fell back to 45.80% (11 instead of 13 seats). The SPÖ increased by 0.8 percentage points and came to 29.85%, which means that it was able to keep its seven mandates. The list The Greens and Independent Weiden am See came to 12.78% and again to 3 mandates . The Independent Party Weiden (UPW) , which was running for the first time, received 8.8% (2 seats ).

coat of arms

Blazon : “A red shield that is crossed in the middle by a natural river and bears the Latin name 'Lacus Fertö'. Two intersecting green vines with two red grapes grow up out of a green three-mountain rising from the base of the coat of arms. In the upper part right and left two gold stars, in the middle a large silver W, the initial of the place name. "

Town twinning

Weiden in the Upper Palatinate , since 1969

Personalities

Alexander Hareter (1883–1954), small farmer and politician
Silvia Fuhrmann (* 1981), politician
Karl Krikler (1915–1986), politician
Max Matissek (* 1987), windsurfer

literature

Section “The partner communities” in “TÜPL Bruckneudorf - 150 Years of Brucker Lager” by Petra Weiß, publisher, Stadtgemeinde Bruck an der Leitha, April 2017, p. 462/463

Web links

Commons : Weiden am See - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikivoyage: Weiden am See - Travel Guide

10722 - Weiden am See. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

^ Dehio-Handbuch - Die Kunstdenkmäler Österreichs - Burgenland. Edited by Adelheid Schmeller-Kitt with contributions by Friedrich Berg , Clara Prickler-Wassitzky and Hannsjörg Ubl: Dehio-Handbuch . The art monuments of Austria . Verlag Anton Schroll, Vienna 1976, ISBN 3-7031-0401-5 .
^ Election result of the 2007 municipal council election in Weiden am See. Office of the Burgenland Provincial Government, October 21, 2007, accessed on January 17, 2020 .
^ Election results for the 2012 municipal council election in Weiden am See. Office of the Burgenland Provincial Government, November 4, 2012, accessed on January 17, 2020 .
^ Election results for the 2017 municipal council election in Weiden am See. Office of the Burgenland Provincial Government, October 29, 2017, accessed on January 17, 2020 .
^ Province of Burgenland: election results , (accessed on November 8, 2017)
↑ There was no surprise in Weiden am See in: BVZ.at from October 29, 2017 (accessed on November 8, 2017)

[1] Dehio-Handbuch - Die Kunstdenkmäler Österreichs - Burgenland. Edited by Adelheid Schmeller-Kitt with contributions by Friedrich Berg , Clara Prickler-Wassitzky and Hannsjörg Ubl: Dehio-Handbuch . The art monuments of Austria . Verlag Anton Schroll, Vienna 1976, ISBN 3-7031-0401-5 .

[BgldGrw2007_10722-2] Election result of the 2007 municipal council election in Weiden am See. Office of the Burgenland Provincial Government, October 21, 2007, accessed on January 17, 2020 .

[BgldGrw2012_10722-3] Election results for the 2012 municipal council election in Weiden am See. Office of the Burgenland Provincial Government, November 4, 2012, accessed on January 17, 2020 .

[BgldGrw2017_10722-4] Election results for the 2017 municipal council election in Weiden am See. Office of the Burgenland Provincial Government, October 29, 2017, accessed on January 17, 2020 .

[5] Province of Burgenland: election results , (accessed on November 8, 2017)

[6] There was no surprise in Weiden am See in: BVZ.at from October 29, 2017 (accessed on November 8, 2017)