Apetlon

Apetlon ( Hungarian : Mosonbánfalva ) is a market town with 1760 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in Burgenland in the Neusiedl am See district in Austria . It is located in the east of Lake Neusiedl in the Seewinkel region .

geography

Geographical location

Apetlon is located in the National Park Neusiedler See - Seewinkel on the east bank of the Neusiedler See directly on the Hungarian border. The village itself is located at 120 meters above sea level; In the municipality is also the lowest point in Austria at 114 meters above sea level. Characteristic for the landscape there are wide, open plains and a salt flora that surrounds many small lakes , such as the Darscho .

Community structure

The municipality consists of the cadastral municipality Apetlon with the village of the same name. In the village there is the Vogelparadies holiday village , the heron settlement and three Meierhöfe.

history

The community was first mentioned in documents in 1318. Like the whole of Burgenland, the place belonged to Hungary ( Moson County ) until 1920/21 . His first name is in Hungarian Vitézfelde (land of the warriors ), later Apátlan (fatherless), in an edition of the Wiener Zeitung of 1814 the place is mentioned as "Appetlohn". This then probably became today's German name.

After the end of the First World War , after tough negotiations, West Hungary was assigned to Austria in the Treaties of Saint-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 ). Apetlon has been a market town since 1991 (through VO 79 ).

Historical maps

Apetlon and its surroundings with the then dried out Lake Neusiedl around 1870–1880 (record sheets of the land survey )
Apethlon (top right) and its south-western surroundings
Pamhagen is in the southeast
In the northwest: Illmitz
Northeast with the Seewinkel

Population development

Culture and sights

Parish Church of Apetlon

Village in Apetlon

Austria's lowest measuring point

Draw well in the Lange Lacke

Traditional house in Apetlon

Catholic parish church Apetlon
The Neusiedler See - Seewinkel National Park has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since December 2001 .

language

Apetlonerisch is a separate dialect in the Seewinkel.

Economy and Infrastructure

In Apetlon there is mainly viticulture . Tourism is also of great importance. Especially in May, numerous ornithologists from all over Europe come every year to observe and photograph the rare bird life on the Langen Lacke and the many Pusztag areas . Long before the National Park was established, the Lange Lacke was an important nature reserve, in which scientific data collection on bird life was carried out over a hundred years ago.

politics

Municipal council

Local council election 2017

%

60

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

52.63
(-1.61)

36.66
(-2.21)

10.71
(+3.82)

The council comprises a total of 21 members on the basis of population.

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	781	52.63	11	889	54.24	12	839	50.36	11	755	48.24	11	693	49.46	10
SPÖ	544	36.66	8th	637	38.87	8th	745	44.72	9	681	43.51	9	582	41.54	9
FPÖ	159	10.71	2	113	6.89	1	82	4.92	1	129	8.24	1	126	8.99	2
Eligible voters	1947			1986			1953			1800			1680
voter turnout	84.85%			89.83%			89.81%			93.11%			92.26%

Parish council

In addition to Mayor Ronald Payer (ÖVP) and Deputy Mayor Silvia Pitzl (SPÖ), Marianne Fink (SPÖ), Josef Hebaus (ÖVP), Georg Kögl (ÖVP), Andreas Loos (ÖVP) and Gottfried Pingitzer (SPÖ) also belong to the community board.

mayor

Ronald Payer (ÖVP) has been mayor since 2007, who succeeded Johann Loos (ÖVP), mayor since 1982. In the direct mayor election on October 1, 2017, Payer was confirmed with 53.71% of the vote. His competitors Johann Lang (SPÖ), who was also running for the second time, and Christian Preiner (FPÖ) received 35.76% and 10.53% respectively. At the constituent meeting of the municipal council, Silvia Pitzl (SPÖ) was elected Vice Mayor.

Markus Preiner is in charge of the municipal office.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

Johann Kögl (1873–1947), farmer and politician
Michael Gangl (1885–1977), clergyman and politician
Lorenz Göltl (1889–1934), farmer and politician, Mayor of Apetlon from 1924 to 1932
Gregor Munzenrieder (* 1947), ÖBB employee and politician
Johann Loos (1949–2018), Army officer and politician, Mayor of Apetlon from 1982 to 2007
Josef Munzenrieder (* 1950), tax advisor and politician

People related to the community

Wilhelm Hufnagl (1904–1994) broadcaster ORF and actor
Brigitte Swoboda (1943–2019) actress

literature

Market town of Apetlon. Festschrift, published on the occasion of the market community survey, Apetlon 1991
Peter Gräftner: Phonology of the local vernaculars of Apetlon, Gols and Weiden in Seewinkel in Burgenland. Of the life and death of the old forms . Dissertation, University of Vienna 1966.
Alexandra Köninger: The near-natural plant communities in the municipality of Apetlon-Burgenland. Diploma thesis, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna 1996.
Section “The partner communities” in “TÜPL Bruckneudorf - 150 Years of Brucker Lager” by Petra Weiß, publisher. Stadtgemeinde Bruck an der Leitha, April 2017, pp. 420/421

Web links

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

10702 - Apetlon. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

↑ The deserted places of the Heideboden. ( Memento from April 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) with reference to Josef Klampfer: The land around the Neusiedlersee . Bergland Verlag, 1963.
^ Wiener Zeitung 1814
↑ ^a ^b Province of Burgenland: Election results Apetlon 2017 (accessed on December 3, 2017)
↑ Province of Burgenland: election results Apetlon 2012 (accessed on December 3, 2017)
↑ Province of Burgenland: election results Apetlon 2007 (accessed on December 3, 2017)
↑ ^a ^b Province of Burgenland: election results Apetlon 2002 (accessed on December 3, 2017)
↑ ^a ^b ^c Marktgemeinde Apetlon: Parish Board (accessed on December 3, 2017)
↑ Marktgemeinde Apetlon: Municipal Office (accessed on December 3, 2017)

[1] The deserted places of the Heideboden. ( Memento from April 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) with reference to Josef Klampfer: The land around the Neusiedlersee . Bergland Verlag, 1963.

[2] Wiener Zeitung 1814

[GRW2017-3] Province of Burgenland: Election results Apetlon 2017 (accessed on December 3, 2017)

[GRW2012-4] Province of Burgenland: election results Apetlon 2012 (accessed on December 3, 2017)

[GRW2007-5] Province of Burgenland: election results Apetlon 2007 (accessed on December 3, 2017)

[GRW2002-6] Province of Burgenland: election results Apetlon 2002 (accessed on December 3, 2017)

[GemVst-7] Marktgemeinde Apetlon: Parish Board (accessed on December 3, 2017)

[8] Marktgemeinde Apetlon: Municipal Office (accessed on December 3, 2017)