Amber (Burgenland)
market community Amber
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Basic data | ||
Country: | Austria | |
State : | Burgenland | |
Political District : | Oberwart | |
License plate : | OW | |
Surface: | 38.96 km² | |
Coordinates : | 47 ° 24 ' N , 16 ° 15' E | |
Height : | 619 m above sea level A. | |
Residents : | 2,092 (January 1, 2020) | |
Population density : | 54 inhabitants per km² | |
Postcodes : | 2852, 7434 | |
Community code : | 1 09 02 | |
NUTS region | AT113 | |
Address of the municipal administration: |
Hauptstrasse 68 7434 Bernstein |
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politics | ||
Mayoress : | Renate Habetler ( SPÖ ) | |
Municipal Council : ( 2017 ) (23 members) |
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Location of Bernstein in the Oberwart district | ||
Aerial view of Bernstein Castle |
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Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria |
Bernstein is a market town in the Oberwart district in Burgenland in Austria . The name of the place is derived from the Amber Road, from which a branch called "Via Magna" led past in the diving valley. The Hungarian place name of the municipality is Borostyánkő .
The place is best known for its castle and the green noble serpentine that can be found there .
geography
Geographical location
The community is located in southern Burgenland at 619 meters above sea level.
Community structure
The municipality includes the following five localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):
- Amber (958)
- Three huts (120)
- Redlschlag (356)
- Rettenbach (286)
- Parlor (372)
The community consists of the cadastral communities Bernstein, Dreihütten , Redlschlag , Rettenbach and Stuben.
German place name | Hungarian place name | Place name in Romani |
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Amber | Borostyánkő | Boroshchaya |
Three huts | Háromsátor | - |
Redlschlag | Újvörösvágás | - |
Rettenbach | Mencsér | - |
Parlors | Edeháza | Schtumo |
Bernstein's landmark is Bernstein Castle , first mentioned in the 14th century ; it is the highest castle in Burgenland.
Incorporations
In 1971 the communities of Dreihütten, Redlschlag, Rettenbach and Stuben were merged with Bernstein.
climate
Average monthly temperatures for amber
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history
The area of and around Bernstein was inhabited by Celtic tribes centuries before the birth of Christ. In the area of Bernstein there are around 40 Noric-Pannonian barrows from the 1st and 2nd centuries AD (Ried Bienenhiate, Braunriegel, Hohentann-Langleiten, Hirschwiese, Kreuzriegel, Lange Risten, Pechgraben, Siebenholz).
The place was first mentioned in 1388 as a village under the Porostyan Castle . Mining has been practiced since the 12th century. At first only iron was mined, from the 16th century also sulfur , copper , vitriol , silver and even gold . The coat of arms of amber comes from this time; it shows a Hauerbrunnen (mining shaft) with two miners. Mining came to an end at the beginning of the 19th century.
Amber is where the light to dark green noble serpentine was found , a particularly pure variety that is used here to make jewelry and other art objects. The wood turner Josef Höfer and Pastor Ratz discovered in 1860 that the precious serpentine enclosed in the veins of the common serpentinite - according to the Mohs hardness scale , this has a hardness of around 2.5 to 3.5 - can be easily worked. From this a new handicraft developed in the following time, the tradition of which has been preserved to the present day. For the extraction of one cubic meter of noble serpentine, around 2000 cubic meters of common serpentinite, which is used in road construction and in the artificial stone industry, has to be extracted.
Like the whole of Burgenland, the place belonged to Hungary until 1921 . After the end of the First World War , western Hungary was assigned to Austria in the Treaties of St. Germain and Trianon and, in autumn 1921, incorporated into the newly founded federal state of Burgenland (see also the history of Burgenland ).
Bernstein has been a market town since 1973 (passed on through "VO 5", market rights since 1602).
Population development
Culture and sights
- Bernstein Castle : first mentioned in the 13th century
- Evangelical parish church
- Catholic parish church
- Rock museum
- Noble serpentine grinding shops
- Madonnenschlössl ('Trutzschlössl'): The Madonnenschlössl is a building built around the turn of the century, which is located in the middle of a park. From here you have a good view. The ground floor is made of serpentine. The two upper floors are separated by a wooden beam construction, which shows elaborate carvings. There are two gargoyles on the roof.
- pillory
- Noric-Pannonian barrows with a display grave
- Planet trail
politics
Municipal council
The council comprises a total of 23 members based on the number of eligible voters.
Political party | 2017 | 2012 | 2007 | 2002 | 1997 | ||||||||||
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Sti. | % | M. | Sti. | % | M. | Sti. | % | M. | Sti. | % | M. | Sti. | % | M. | |
SPÖ | 902 | 58.46 | 14th | 956 | 59.49 | 14th | 896 | 53.56 | 12 | 977 | 58.71 | 14th | 968 | 62.82 | 15th |
ÖVP | 392 | 25.41 | 6th | 529 | 32.92 | 8th | 704 | 42.08 | 10 | 633 | 38.04 | 9 | 492 | 31.93 | 7th |
FPÖ | 249 | 16.14 | 3 | 122 | 7.59 | 1 | 73 | 4.36 | 1 | 54 | 3.25 | 81 | 5.26 | 1 | |
Eligible voters | 2066 | 2146 | 2169 | 2184 | 2068 | ||||||||||
voter turnout | 83.79% | 82.71% | 82.85% | 84.89% | 86.07% |
Parish council
In addition to Mayor Renate Habetler (SPÖ) and Deputy Mayor Gerhard Böhm (SPÖ), the executive councils Wilhelm Böhm (SPÖ), Alexander Laschober (SPÖ), Gerald Derkits (ÖVP), Adolf Fürst (ÖVP) and Karl Kager (FPÖ) also belong to the community council on.
Thomas Baldauf (SPÖ) was elected to the environmental council.
Wilhelm Böhm (SPÖ, for Redlschlag), Petra Katona (SPÖ, for Dreihütten), Gerhard Böhm (SPÖ, for Rettenbach) and Alexander Laschober (SPÖ, for parlors) were appointed as mayors.
mayor
Mayor is Renate Habetler (SPÖ). At the end of 2011 she succeeded Robert Marth (SPÖ), who had held the office since 2002. After Marth prevailed in the direct mayor election in 2007 with 50.64% against Franz Kummer (ÖVP), Habetler was elected as his successor by the local council. In the 2012 election she won the first ballot with 66.20%. Markus Zettl (ÖVP) came to 28.37% and Karl Kager (FPÖ) to 5.43%. In the mayoral election on October 1, 2017, Habetler prevailed again with 62.10%. Markus Zettl (21.59%) stood again for the ÖVP and Herbert Adelmann for the FPÖ, who achieved 16.31%.
In the constituent meeting of the municipal council, Gerhard Böhm (SPÖ) was elected Vice Mayor.
Uwe Marth is in charge of the municipal office.
coat of arms
Blazon : " In blue over black rock a silver Hauer fountain, accompanied by two silver miners. It represents the mining industry at that time. " |
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the church
- Jenö von Egan-Krieger (* 1886 at Bernstein Castle, † 1965 in Cologne), officer and politician
- László Ede Almásy (* 1895 at Bernstein Castle, † 1951 in Salzburg), Sahara researcher and pilot ( The English Patient )
- Helmut Bieler (* 1952), politician
- Manfred Sauer (* 1960), Lutheran theologian
People related to the community
- Eric W. Gritsch (1931–2012), American Lutheran theologian and author, grew up in Bernstein
Picture sheet
Web links
- 10902 - amber. Community data, Statistics Austria .
- Official website of the municipality
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
- ↑ Statistics Austria: dissolutions or associations of municipalities from 1945
- ↑ a b Website of the market town of Bernstein , accessed on May 1, 2017.
- ↑ a b Province of Burgenland: Bernstein 2017 election results (accessed on January 5, 2018)
- ↑ a b Province of Burgenland: Bernstein 2012 election results (accessed on January 5, 2018)
- ↑ a b Province of Burgenland: Bernstein 2007 election results (accessed on January 5, 2018)
- ↑ a b Province of Burgenland: Bernstein 2002 election results (accessed on January 5, 2018)
- ↑ a b c d e Marktgemeinde Bernstein: Municipal administration (accessed on January 5, 2017)