Baumgarten (Burgenland)

Baumgarten Pajngrt
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Burgenland
Political District :	Mattersburg
License plate :	MA
Surface:	6.95 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 44 '  N , 16 ° 30'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 44 '20 "  N , 16 ° 30' 8"  E
Height :	255  m above sea level A.
Residents :	885 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	127 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	7021
Community code :	1 06 17
Address of the municipal administration:	Baumgarten community 7021 Baumgarten
Website:	www.baumgarten.gv.at
politics
Mayor :	Kurt Fischer ( SPÖ )
Municipal Council : (Election year: 2017 ) (15 members)	11 4th 11 4th  A total of 15 seats SPÖ : 11 ÖVP : 4
Location of Baumgarten Pajngrt in the Mattersburg district
Baumgarten
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Baumgarten ( Hungarian : Sopronkertes , Croatian : Pajngrt ) is a municipality with 885 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in Burgenland in the Mattersburg district in Austria .

About half of the inhabitants of the village are members of the Burgenland-Croat minority.

geography

Baumgarten / Pajngrt is the only place in the municipality. The municipality borders on Hungary . The border station of the Győr – Sopron – Ebenfurth railway line is also located in Baumgarten .

history

Baumgarten (top right), around 1880 (recording sheet of the state survey )

Before the birth of Christ, the area was part of the Celtic Kingdom of Noricum and belonged to the surroundings of the Celtic hill settlement Burg on the Schwarzenbacher Burgberg .

Later under the Romans, today's Baumgarten was located in the province of Pannonia .

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 Sopronkertes be used.

After the First World War , in 1919, after tough negotiations, German-West Hungary was awarded to Austria in the Treaties of St. Germain and Trianon .

The place has belonged to the newly founded federal state of Burgenland since 1921 (see also the history of Burgenland ).

Energie Burgenland's Baumgarten wind farm was opened at the beginning of August 2014 at a cost of EUR 23 million. There are now 200 wind power turbines in Burgenland. One of the five almost 150 m high wind turbines was financed with public participation (co-ownership), others are planned and approved in the vicinity of another operator.

Population development

Culture and sights

Baumgarten parish church in Burgenland

Desolate Baumgarten monastery

Barrow on the Krippelberg from the 7th century BC

See also:  List of listed objects in Baumgarten

• Catholic parish church Baumgarten in Burgenland with cemetery wall as a defensive wall
• Paulinerkloster (also: Ödes Kloster)
• Wayside shrine St. Florian: on Florianiplatz
• Krippelberg barrow
• Way chapel in honor of the finding of the cross: Ödenburgerstrasse
• Figure shrine St. Johannes Nepomuk
• Marian column
• Figure shrine, family column

politics

Municipal council

Local council election 2017

 %

80

70

60

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

72.87
(+4.85)

27.13
(-4.85)

SPÖ

ÖVP

2012



2017



The council comprises a total of 15 members on the basis of population.

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	427	72.87	11	402	68.02	10	426	68.49	10	415	66.40	11	382	68.34	9
ÖVP	159	27.13	4th	189	31.98	5	196	31.51	5	179	28.64	4th	177	31.66	4th
Green	not running			not running			not running			31	4.96	0	not running
Eligible voters	812			794			772			773			740
voter turnout	79.19%			81.99%			84.84%			86.55%			86.49%

Parish council

In addition to Mayor Kurt Fischer (SPÖ) and Deputy Mayor Friedrich Maron (SPÖ), Manuela Gombotz (SPÖ), Doris Rojatz (SPÖ) and Kurt Rothleitner (ÖVP) are also members of the community board.

mayor

Baumgarten municipal office

Mayor is Kurt Fischer (SPÖ), who succeeded Stefan Pichler (SPÖ) in 2002. In the 2017 direct mayor election, Fischer was able to gain 6.72 percentage points and was confirmed in his office with 79.13% of the votes. His competitor Kurt Rothleitner (ÖVP) achieved 20.87%. Friedrich Maron (SPÖ) was elected as Vice Mayor at the constituent meeting of the municipal council.

Office manager is Stefan Hausmann.

Chronicle of the village judges and mayors

year year Village judge 1641 Johann Pavičich 1651 1657 Matthias Spanich 1715 Johann Pichler 1738 1759 Veit Pichler 1759 1762 Veit Vuketich 1762 1765 Lorenz Ivancsich 1765 1776 Andreas Ferzsin 1776 1778 Andreas Klikovich 1776 1795 Veit Wimmer 1795 1797 Thomas Pichler 1797 1799 Matthias Marhold 1799 1803 Martin Kriegler (period I) 1803 1808 Josef Reiff (Period I) 1808 1811 Andreas Dorner I. 1811 1814 Martin Kriegler (period II) 1814 1817 Josef Reiff (period II) 1817 1820 Andreas Mikats 1820 1823 Andreas Klikovich 1823 1834 Karl Weigl 1834 1846 Paul Hombauer 1846 1848 Johann Mikats 1848 1849 Jacob Dubrovich

year year Village judge 1849 1851 Karl Holzinger 1851 1853 Lorenz Reiff (Period I) 1853 1855 Anton Francsich 1855 1857 Stefan Reiff (period I) 1857 1859 Andreas Dorner II. 1859 1861 Andreas Jurasovich 1861 1866 Johann Ivancsich I. 1867 Johann Leeb 1868 Lorenz Reiff (Period II) 1869 1872 Jacob Dubrovich II (Period I) 1872 1875 Paul Fischer 1875 1878 Franz Mikats I. 1878 1879 Jakob Ivancsich Jurak 1879 1881 Jacob Dubrovich II (period II) 1881 1885 Stefan Reiff (period II) 1885 1888 Simon Francsich 1888 1889 Jacob Dubrovich II (period III) 1889 1891 Johann Ivancsich Jurak II. 1891 1893 Johann Mikat's Katin II. 1893 1895 Jakob Pichler 1895 1897 Johann Ivancsich III. 1897 1900 Franz Mikats II.

year year mayor 1903 1906 Michael Fischer 1906 1909 Stefan Reiterich (Period II) 1909 1918 Matthäus Reiff Mrazov 1918 1920 Franz Leeb 1920 1924 Peter Dubrovich Haukov 1924 Johann Selinger 1924 1927 Veit Bobich 1927 1931 Martin Fischer 1931 1934 Thomas Presich (Period I) 1934 1938 Stefan Pichler 1938 1940 Johann Fischer Burić 1940 1941 Adalbert Reiff Mrazov 1941 1945 Josef Makovich 1945 Thomas Presich (period II) 1945 1947 Johann Rojacz 1947 1950 Thomas Bobich 1950 1958 Thomas Presich (period III) 1959 1962 Ludwig Ivancsich 1962 1970 Alexander Hausmann 1991 2002 Stefan Pichler since 2002 Kurt Fischer

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the municipality of Baumgarten is a speaking coat of arms, it shows a fenced apple tree in a meadow on a silver / white background. It is based on the community seals that have been in use since 1774. The color of the apples is red-yellow, the national colors of Burgenland . The municipality colors are red-green.

Personalities

• Andreas Ivanschitz (* 1983), Austrian soccer player, former captain of the Austrian national soccer team, younger brother of Clemens, grew up in Baumgarten
• Clemens Ivanschitz (* 1980), Austrian soccer player and musician, older brother of Andreas, grew up in Baumgarten
• Lukas Rotpuller (* 1991), professional footballer

literature

• Martin Meršić: Tree garden in Burgenland. A contribution to the local and church history of Burgenland . Self-published by the author, Baumgarten 1963.
• Helene Koschat: The čakavian dialect from Baumgarten in Burgenland . Writings of the Balkan Commission, Linguistic Department of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Philosophical-Historical Class, Volume 24.2, ZDB -ID 519043-5 . Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1978, ISBN 3-7001-0248-8 .
• Adelheid Schmeller-Kitt: Archival preparatory work on Austrian art topography, Mattersburg judicial district, Burgenland . Volume 1. Federal Monuments Office, Vienna 1982.
• Adelheid Schmeller-Kitt, Theodor Brückler: The art monuments of the political district Mattersburg . Austrian Art Topography, Volume 49, ZDB -ID 515450-9 . Schroll, Vienna 1993, ISBN 3-7031-0676-X .

Web links

Commons : Baumgarten (Burgenland)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• 10617 - Baumgarten. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Baumgarten's website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Burgenland. Andau - Forchtenstein. 7. Baumgarten . In: Austrian official calendar online . Date of publication: Proven 2002–. Jusline Österreich GmbH (Verlag Österreich), Vienna 2013, ZDB -ID 2126440-5 .
2. ↑ http://burgenland.orf.at/news/stories/2661001/ Baumgarten wind farm opened, ORF.at dated August 2, 2014
3. ↑ ^{a b} Province of Burgenland: Baumgarten 2017 election results (accessed on December 5, 2017)
4. ↑ Province of Burgenland: Baumgarten election results 2012 (accessed on December 5, 2017)
5. ↑ Province of Burgenland: Baumgarten 2007 election results (accessed on December 5, 2017)
6. ↑ ^{a b c} Province of Burgenland: Baumgarten 2002 election results (accessed on December 5, 2017)
7. ↑ ^{a b} Baumgarten parish: parish council (accessed December 5, 2017)
8. ↑ Baumgarten municipality: administration (accessed on December 5, 2017)
9. ↑ ^{a b c} Baumgarten community: Baumgartner mayor (PDF document; accessed on December 5, 2017)