Edelelstal

coat of arms

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Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Burgenland

Political District :

Neusiedl am See

License plate :

ND

Surface:

5.88 km²

Coordinates :

48 ° 6 ′ N , 16 ° 59 ′ E Coordinates: 48 ° 5 ′ 51 ″ N , 16 ° 59 ′ 21 ″ E

Height :

183 m above sea level A.

Residents :

780 (January 1, 2020)

Population density :

133 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

2413

Area code :

02145

Community code :

1 07 27

NUTS region

AT112

UN / LOCODE

AT ELL

Address of the
municipal administration:

Hauptstrasse 33A
2413 Edelstal

Website:

www.gemeinde-edelstal.at

politics

Mayor :

Gerald Handig ( ÖVP )

Municipal Council : ( 2017 )
(13 members)

10

3

10 3

A total of 13 seats

ÖVP : 10
SPÖ : 3

Location of Edelstal in the Neusiedl am See district

Edelstal from the northeast, in the background the Steinberg

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Edelstal is a municipality with 780 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in Burgenland in the Neusiedl am See district in Austria .

The Hungarian place name of the municipality is Nemesvölgy .

geography

Edelstal, the northernmost town in Burgenland, is nestled in a hollow in the Hundsheimer Mountains , the westernmost foothills of the Little Carpathians . The place is surrounded on all four sides by the federal state of Lower Austria and is only connected to Burgenland by a narrow "land bridge". Edelstal is the only place in the municipality.

Neighboring communities

Hundsheim	Wolfsthal
		Berg (Lower Austria)
Prellenkirchen		Kittsee

history

Numerous finds prove a settlement a long time ago. The first documentary mention comes from the year 1353. We find it in the will of Count Konrad von Schaunberg , in which the village is called "Uttestal". In the year 1529 the parish is mentioned in the annals of the parish Hainburg as "Etlastal".

In the late Middle Ages, in 1412, Edelstal appears again in a written source, in which there was a dispute between Friedrich and Hermann Scharfenegg and the Hundsheimers over Holden in Edelstal. In the course of the following centuries, news about the village of Edelstal became more and more frequent.

After the First Turkish War , the village was probably also destroyed, as the basin was probably not inhabited again until 1615. The second train of the Turks against Vienna did not leave its mark here either. For example, we learn from an extensive document from 1685 what expenses the villagers had in connection with the Turkish wars.

From the sources it can be assumed that some of the people who fled from the Turks came back to the village, and other new settlers, who mainly came from Swabia , the Palatinate , Bavaria , Saxony , Tyrol and Upper Austria , have each other settled in Edelstal and the neighboring villages. Many of these names, which appear in the sources on Edelstal's past at the beginning of the 18th century, are still available today.

The Hungarian name Nemes Völgye of the village appears in the second half of the 17th century ( Pagus hic Edelsthal vocatur, in Lingua Nostra Hungarica - Nemes Völgye ).

In 1884 the researcher Ágost Sőtér (1837–1905) discovered parts of a Roman villa and an Avar cemetery.

In the time of Austria-Hungary Edelstal belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary ( Wieselburg County ). After the First World War and the Treaty of Trianon (1920), it came to Austria in 1921 and became part of the newly founded federal state of Burgenland .

In 1971 Edelstal was merged with Kittsee . Since January 1st 1992 Edelstal is again an independent municipality.

Population development

Culture and sights

Edelstal parish church

Wine cellar in the cellar district

Parish church Edelstal : The parish church hl. Stephan, King of Hungary is a large hall that was built around 1740 and expanded several times. The high altar from the first quarter of the 18th century comes from the church of the Augustinian convent in Eisenstadt and was transferred in 1792.
Edlstal has a cellar district on the southwestern outskirts (see list of cellar lanes in Burgenland ), the cellars are mostly dug into the clay.

Economy and Infrastructure

Edelstal is the seat of the mineral water bottler Römerquelle , one of the most famous mineral water brands in Austria. Römerquelle has been owned by Coca-Cola Hellenic Austria since 2003 , which also fills non-carbonated drinks here.

politics

Municipal council

Local council election 2017

%

80

70

60

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

73.30
(+10.48)

26.70
(-4.17)

n. k.
(-6.32)

The council comprises a total of 13 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	420	73.30	10	348	62.82	9	304	54.09	7th	215	42.16	5	134	30.88	4th
SPÖ	153	26.70	3	171	30.87	4th	238	42.35	6th	257	50.39	7th	190	43.78	6th
FPÖ	not running			35	6.32	0	20th	3.56	0	38	7.45	1	110	25.35	3
Eligible voters	738			694			649			601			508
voter turnout	83.33%			86.02%			90.60%			89.02%			92.91%

mayor

Mayor is Gerald Handig (ÖVP), who succeeded Moritz Anton (SPÖ) in 2007. Deputy Mayor is Erhard Paar (ÖVP). In the direct mayor election 2017, Handig prevailed with 78.44% against the SPÖ candidate Sandra Schönthaler, who achieved 21.56%.

The head of office is Ulrike Glock.

Parish council

Mayor Gerald Handig forms the community board with Vice Mayor Erhard Paar and board member Wolfgang Paar (all ÖVP).

coat of arms

Blazon : In a red shield, a blue bowl held by two golden hands, from which a blue fountain rises, which is covered with gold-framed blue pearls; the fountain is raised by a bunch of golden grapes and three golden ears of wheat.

The coat of arms was awarded on January 27, 1998. For centuries, wine and grain have been grown on Edelstaler soil, which, in addition to cattle breeding, formed the basis of life for the residents of the community. The spring, which has been gushing south of the village for many centuries and is marketed by the Römerquelle company , has a major influence on the development of the community.

Personalities

Adam Liszt (1776–1827), civil servant, musician and father of the composer and pianist Franz Liszt
Frederick Reiss (1891–1981), university professor, doctor, mycologist
Ovidius Faust (1896–1972), historian and city archivist in Pressburg

literature

Hans Gumprecht: Edelstal. From yesterday to today. 1353-2003. Edelstal municipality, Edelstal 2003.
Hans Gumprecht: On the history of Edelstal and the rule Orth AD Danube in the Middle Ages. In: Burgenland homeland sheets . Volume 70, 2008, pp. 56–60, PDF on ZOBODAT
Hans Gumprecht: From Edelstal's past: The cellar district and the “high princely Thiergarten” with the quarries. In: Burgenland homeland sheets. Volume 73, 2011, pp. 51–79, PDF on ZOBODAT
Hans Gumprecht: From Edelstals Past (II.) - Additions to the development of the village. In: Burgenland homeland sheets. Volume 74, 2012, pp. 97–117, PDF on ZOBODAT
Hans Gumprecht: Family Moser - A search for traces in Edelstal (Nemesvölgy) and elsewhere. In: Burgenland homeland sheets. Volume 76, 2014, pp. 99–120, PDF on ZOBODAT
Hanns Schmid: On the hydrogeology of the mineral and medicinal water deposit in Edelstal - Bgld. In: Burgenland homeland sheets. Volume 43, 1981, pp. 1–4, PDF on ZOBODAT
Martha Krings: The dialect of Edelstal in the northernmost Burgenland. Dissertation, University of Vienna 1965.
Petra Weiß: The partner communities. In: TÜPL Bruckneudorf - 150 years of Brucker Lager. Ed. Stadtgemeinde Bruck an der Leitha, April 2017, pp. 424–425.

Web links

Commons : Edelstal - Collection of images, videos and audio files

10727 - Edelstal. Community data, Statistics Austria .
Homepage of the community. In: gemeinde-edelstal.at.
Stainless steel community: village chronicle (accessed online on July 25, 2017)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Results of the 2017 municipal council elections in Edelstal. Office of the Burgenland Provincial Government, October 29, 2017, accessed on January 17, 2020 .
↑ Results of the 2012 municipal council elections in Edelstal. Office of the Burgenland Provincial Government, November 4, 2012, accessed on January 17, 2020 .
^ Result of the 2007 municipal council election in Edelstal. Office of the Burgenland Provincial Government, October 21, 2007, accessed on January 17, 2020 .
↑ ^a ^b Results of the local council election 2002 in Edelstal. Office of the Provincial Government of Burgenland, October 21, 2002, accessed on January 17, 2020 .
↑ ^a ^b Municipality of Edelstal: Municipal Council (accessed November 30, 2017)
^ Community of Edelstal: employees (accessed on November 30, 2017)
↑ Frederick Reiss: An important physician from Nemesvölgy / Edelstal. Univ. Prof. Dr. Frederick Reiss (1891–1981) In: Burgenland homeland sheets. Year 66, 2004, pp. 165–170, PDF on ZOBODAT

[BgldGrw2017_10727-1] Results of the 2017 municipal council elections in Edelstal. Office of the Burgenland Provincial Government, October 29, 2017, accessed on January 17, 2020 .

[BgldGrw2012_10727-2] Results of the 2012 municipal council elections in Edelstal. Office of the Burgenland Provincial Government, November 4, 2012, accessed on January 17, 2020 .

[BgldGrw2007_10727-3] Result of the 2007 municipal council election in Edelstal. Office of the Burgenland Provincial Government, October 21, 2007, accessed on January 17, 2020 .

[BgldGrw2002_10727-4] Results of the local council election 2002 in Edelstal. Office of the Provincial Government of Burgenland, October 21, 2002, accessed on January 17, 2020 .

[GemRat-5] Municipality of Edelstal: Municipal Council (accessed November 30, 2017)

[6] Community of Edelstal: employees (accessed on November 30, 2017)

[7] Frederick Reiss: An important physician from Nemesvölgy / Edelstal. Univ. Prof. Dr. Frederick Reiss (1891–1981) In: Burgenland homeland sheets. Year 66, 2004, pp. 165–170, PDF on ZOBODAT