Andau

Andau is the only place in the parish. It lies on the northwestern edge of the Pannonian Plain . Due to the favorable climate and the numerous days of sunshine, the area around Andau is used for a variety of agriculture. The area of the market town also belongs to the Neusiedlersee-Seewinkel National Park .

history

Andau is first mentioned in a document in 1487 as Zantho . This form goes back to the Hungarian word szántó ("field"); the settlement was named after its location on a field and the area was originally settled by Hungarians. As was common with originally Slavic place names in Eastern Austria between 800 and 1200, the Hungarian initial / s / was initially adopted into German as [ts]. Later this initial sound was identified with the mhd preposition ze , which is common in place names , which meant that the supposedly actual name was only Andau . The name of the Burgenland municipality of Antau goes back to the same origin .

Like all of Burgenland, the place belonged to Hungary (German-West Hungary) until 1920/21 . 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 ).

In the course of the Hungarian uprising in 1956, more than 180,000 people fled Hungary to western countries. One of the last options was the Andau bridge over the Einser Canal , over which more than 70,000 refugees reached Austria. In 1956 the bridge was blown up by Soviet troops, but it was rebuilt in 1996 and is therefore a reminder of that time.

A film ( Der Bockerer III ) with Karl Merkatz in the lead role also deals with the bridge in Andau .

Andau has been a market town since 1991 (through VO 85).

In 2018, the Austrian record value of 127 summer days was registered in Andau (previous record was 120 summer days in Leibnitz in 2003).

Population development

Culture and sights

The parish church of Andau in its idiosyncratic architecture

Parish church of Andau ; Erected as a chapel in 1747 and expanded several times
Holy Trinity column on the road to Tadten ; Erected around 1920 with the (difficult to decipher) inscription: Erected in 1920 by the widow […] Unger, née Clara Lang, in memory of her children who had been expected in vain from the 1914 war.
Cemetery chapel; according to the inscription built in 1896

Economy and Infrastructure

In July 2010 it was announced that the subsidiary of Burgenland's electricity company Burgenländische Elektrizitätswirtschafts Aktiengesellschaft ( "BEWAG"), the Austrian Wind Power ( "AWP") to 2013 in the area of Andau and Halbturn the wind farm Andau / Halbturn consists of 93 wind turbines with a height plans to build up to 186 meters. Immediately after the project became known, there were initial protests about the number and size of the systems. After the building permit was granted at the end of 2010, the wind farm with a total of 79 wind turbines has been in operation since August 2014. The wind farm is operated by Energie Burgenland Windkraft , a subsidiary of Energie Burgenland . With an installed capacity of 237 MW , the Andau / Halbturn wind farm is the third largest onshore wind farm in Europe, according to data from the EWEA wind association.

politics

Municipal council

Local council election 2017

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60

50

40

30th

20th

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47.72
(+7.09)

43.98
(-10.29)

8.30
(+3.21)

Municipal office of the market town of Andau

The council has 23 seats due to the number of inhabitants.

Results of the municipal council elections since 1997
Political party	2017			2012			2007			2002			1997
Political party	Sti.	%	M.	Sti.	%	M.	Sti.	%	M.	Sti.	%	M.	Sti.	%	M.
ÖVP	765	47.72	11	718	40.63	9	706	38.79	9	568	30.08	7th	542	30.25	7th
SPÖ	705	43.98	10	959	54.27	13	1035	56.87	13	1234	65.36	15th	1152	64.29	15th
FPÖ	133	8.30	2	90	5.09	1	79	4.34	1	86	4.56	1	98	5.47	1
Eligible voters	2151			2265			2281			2283			2171
voter turnout	81.73%			86.80%			85.58%			88.17%			90.83%

Parish council

In addition to Mayor Andreas Peck (ÖVP) and Deputy Mayor Christian Alber (SPÖ), the municipality board also includes the executive councilors Dominik Hautzinger (SPÖ), Yvonne Gelbmann (SPÖ), Erich Lidy (ÖVP), Franz Sattler (ÖVP) and Sigrid Unger (ÖVP) ) on.

mayor

Mayor of the community is Andreas Peck (ÖVP). Vice Mayor is Christian Alber (SPÖ).

Head of office is Edith Nagy.

Chronicle of the mayor

1963–1992 Josef Peck (SPÖ)
1992–2012 Matthias Gelbmann (SPÖ)
since 2012 Andreas Peck (ÖVP)

Personalities

Jenny Groß (1863–1904), actress
Thomas Reeh (1875–1949), farmer and politician
Josef Peck (1925–1997), farmer, cooper and politician, from 1963 to 1992 mayor of Andau
Josef Schmall (1925–2003), lawyer and politician
Johann Schwarz (* 1933), farmer and politician
Udo Huber (* 1955), radio presenter, has lived in Andau since 2008

Picture sheet by Andau

Interior of the parish church
Memorial to the fallen and missing of the First and Second World Wars
Lookout tower at the Andau bridge
Memorial stone of the Austrian Red Cross at the Andau bridge
Detail of the Andau bridge
Memorial plaque by the Andau bridge
Setting for the film Der Bockerer III - The Andau Bridge
The Einser Canal forms the state border to Hungary
Sculptures along the 9.2 kilometer long escape route
Andreasberg observation tower with show vineyard
Water tower with bell tower of Domaine Albrechtsfeld
Andau / Taresa (bottom right) and the surrounding area around 1873 (recording sheet of the state survey )

literature

Municipality of Andau (ed.): Chronicle of the market municipality of Andau . Andau 1992
Michael Hess: Myth “Bridge of Andau” . In: Pia Bayer (Red.): From dream to trauma: the 1956 Hungarian uprising . Office of the Burgenland Provincial Government, Section 7 - State Museum, Eisenstadt 2006, ISBN 3-85405-159-X , pp. 46–54

Section “The partner communities” in “TÜPL Bruckneudorf - 150 Years of Brucker Lager” by Petra Weiß, publisher. Stadtgemeinde Bruck an der Leitha, April 2017, p. 418/419

Web links

Commons : Andau - collection of images, videos and audio files

Official website of the market town of Andau

10701 - Andau. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

↑ 2018 is very likely the warmest year in measurement history. ZMAG , December 20, 2018, accessed on January 28, 2019 .
↑ Courier of July 26, 2010: Andau: High out from the deep level ( Memento of July 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on July 26, 2010)
↑ Halbturn & Andau: 79 new wind turbines . In: ORF , May 4, 2012. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
↑ Ökonems.at: Europe's third largest wind farm is being built in Burgenland (accessed on November 27, 2017)
↑ Province of Burgenland: Andau 2017 election results (accessed on November 27, 2017)
^ Province of Burgenland: election results Andau 2012 (accessed on November 27, 2017)
↑ Province of Burgenland: election results Andau 2007 (accessed on November 27, 2017)
↑ ^a ^b Province of Burgenland: Andau election results 2002 (accessed on November 27, 2017)
^ ^A ^b Municipality of Andau: Politics (accessed November 27, 2017)
^ Municipality of Andau: Administration (accessed on November 27, 2017)
↑ dieburgenlaenderin.at: Udo Huber . Article dated June 5, 2018, accessed June 23, 2018.
↑ derStandard.at: The other title hunt from Mr. Hitparade . Article dated July 21, 2013, accessed June 23, 2018.

[ZAMG_Bilanz2018-1] 2018 is very likely the warmest year in measurement history. ZMAG , December 20, 2018, accessed on January 28, 2019 .

[2] Courier of July 26, 2010: Andau: High out from the deep level ( Memento of July 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on July 26, 2010)

[3] Halbturn & Andau: 79 new wind turbines . In: ORF , May 4, 2012. Retrieved May 5, 2012.

[4] Ökonems.at: Europe's third largest wind farm is being built in Burgenland (accessed on November 27, 2017)

[5] Province of Burgenland: Andau 2017 election results (accessed on November 27, 2017)

[6] Province of Burgenland: election results Andau 2012 (accessed on November 27, 2017)

[7] Province of Burgenland: election results Andau 2007 (accessed on November 27, 2017)

[WE_2002-8] Province of Burgenland: Andau election results 2002 (accessed on November 27, 2017)

[GemRat-9] A ^b Municipality of Andau: Politics (accessed November 27, 2017)

[10] Municipality of Andau: Administration (accessed on November 27, 2017)

[11] dieburgenlaenderin.at: Udo Huber . Article dated June 5, 2018, accessed June 23, 2018.

[12] derStandard.at: The other title hunt from Mr. Hitparade . Article dated July 21, 2013, accessed June 23, 2018.