Forchtenstein

coat of arms

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Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Burgenland

Political District :

Mattersburg

License plate :

MA

Surface:

16.57 km²

Coordinates :

47 ° 43 ′ N , 16 ° 20 ′ E Coordinates: 47 ° 42 ′ 41 ″ N , 16 ° 20 ′ 29 ″ E

Height :

343 m above sea level A.

Residents :

2,778 (January 1, 2020)

Postal code :

7212

Area code :

02626

Community code :

1 06 02

NUTS region

AT112

Address of the
municipal administration:

Forchtenstein community
7212 Forchtenstein

Website:

www.forchtenstein.at/

politics

Mayoress :

Friederike Reismüller ( SPÖ )

Municipal Council : ( 2017 )
(23 members)

11

9

3

11 9 3

A total of 23 seats

SPÖ : 11
ÖVP : 9
FPÖ : 3

Location of Forchtenstein in the Mattersburg district

Forchtenstein Castle from the Rosalia

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Forchtenstein ( Hungarian : Fraknó , Croatian : Fortnava ) is a municipality in the Mattersburg district in Burgenland ( Austria ), the former German West Hungary , with 2778 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020).

The place is best known for the dominant Forchtenstein Castle .

geography

Geographical location

Forchtenstein is a municipality that arose from the merger of the formerly independent municipalities and now cadastral communities Forchtenau and Neustift an der Rosalia.

The castle Forchtenstein , which is of great historical significance, dominates the landscape within the community and marked by her rocky ground a geological transition to Rosaliengebirge . This is also where the headwaters of the Wulka are located , which flows northeast to the Neusiedlersee .

Community structure

The community consists of the cadastral communities Forchtenau and Neustift an der Rosalia, which together form the village of Forchtenstein. The village is divided into the districts of Hofleiten, Rosaliahäuser, Schreinermühle and several individual layers.

Neighboring communities

	Wiesen ( District Mattersburg , Bgld.)
Lanzenkirchen (Lower Austria)		Mattersburg ( District Mattersburg , Bgld.)
Hochwolkersdorf (Lower Austria)	Mattersburg ( District Mattersburg , Bgld.)

history

Before the Roman annexation, 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, after the area was incorporated into the Roman Empire , today's Forchtenstein was administratively assigned to the province of Pannonia . The changeful course of time after the Hungarian conquest around 900 left it with the Hungarian ancestral lands.

Historical maps: Forchtenau / Forchtenstein and the surrounding area around 1870–1880 (recording sheets of the land survey )
Forchtenstein (top right) and western surroundings with Hochwolkersdorf in the Rosaliengebirge and the Pittental
The village of Forchtenau and its eastern surroundings with Mattersburg (center left)

Like all of Burgenland, the place belonged to Hungary ( German-West Hungary ) until 1920/21 . Since 1898 the local Germans and had Croats because of the Magyarization of the Budapest government the Hungarian place names Fraknó use.

After the end of the First World War - when the Austro-Hungarian monarchy collapsed, German West Hungary was awarded to Austria in 1919 after tough negotiations on the basis of the Treaties of St. Germain and Trianon . The place belongs to the federal state "Burgenland", newly founded in 1921 (see also the history of Burgenland ).

In 1971, the two previously independent communities of Forchtenau and Neustift an der Rosalia were merged. Until 1972 the community of Forchtenstein was still called Forchtenau (presumably after the Au at the foot of the Burgberg).

Population development

Parish Church Forchtenstein

Map of Forchtenstein

Culture and sights

Rosalienkapelle

The Lower Edelhof from 1627 was the seat of the Esterházy county administration

Holy stairs from 1719 in the annex to the parish church Maria Himmelfahrt. It is modeled on the Scala Santa in Rome.

Forchtenstein Castle : The castle was built at the beginning of the 13th century under the Counts of Mattersdorf-Forchtenstein as a Hungarian border castle, it served as an important bulwark during the Turkish Wars. In the possession of the Esterházy since the early 17th century . The core of the huge castle complex is the high castle, which was given its current form in the 17th century, including a baroque castle church (pilgrimage church St. Rosalia) . The castle houses several permanent exhibitions, which - in addition to the exhibitions in Esterházy Palace in Eisenstadt - show the history and treasures of the old Esterházy family - therefore the castle is also known as the “Esterházy Safe”.
- Esterházy Treasury: the only completely preserved baroque art and curiosity chamber in Europe with objects made of gold, ivory and valuable stones, machines and exotic animal preparations
- Esterházy ancestral gallery: in the representation rooms of the castle is the largest baroque gallery of ancestors in Central Europe and the only preserved collection of silver furniture from the baroque era in Europe
- Armory and weapon collection: former princely armory , now the largest private weapons collection in Austria
Parish Church Forchtenstein : consecrated in 1347, construction of the “Holy Staircase” in the 18th century - a replica of the Scala Santa in Rome; it has been renovated in recent years.
Rosalienkapelle
Servite monastery, former monastery of the order Sevitorum Mariae at the pilgrimage church Maria Himmelfahrt
Unterer Edelhof Forchtenstein , Hauptstrasse 75
Wayside shrine, Hauptstrasse 89
Corridor / path chapel, with figure of St. Johannes Nepomuk, Neustiftgasse 1
Plague / Trinity Column, Mercy Seat, Neustiftgasse 1
Forchtenstein Reptile Zoo
Rosalia-Kogelberg Nature Park

politics

Municipal council

Local council election

%

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

48.37%
(-1.30 % p )

39.08%
(+ 5.78 % p )

12.54%
(+1.35 % p )

n. k.
(-5.84 % p )

2012

2017

Forchtenstein municipal office

The council comprises a total of 23 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.
SPÖ	833	48.37	11	901	49.67	12	895	48.40	11	934	52.86	13	785	47.40	11
ÖVP	673	39.08	9	604	33.30	8th	751	40.62	10	698	39.50	9	not running
FPÖ	216	12.54	3	203	11.19	2	159	8.60	2	135	7.64	1	175	10.57	2
Green	not running			106	5.84	1	not running			not running			not running
FBL	not running			not running			44	2.38	0	not running			not running
BL BIRINGER	not running			not running			not running			not running			696	42.03	10
Eligible voters	2597			2510			2518			2455			2384
voter turnout	76.05%			80.80%			80.50%			81.14%			83.39%

Parish council

In addition to the mayor Friederike Reismüller (SPÖ) and the deputy mayor Josef Neusteurer (ÖVP), the executive councilors Hans Gerald Gruber (SPÖ), Markus Pinter (ÖVP) and Anna Strodl (SPÖ) also belong to the community board.

mayor

Mayor is Friederike Reismüller (SPÖ), who has headed the community since 1997, after replacing Gmasz (NL). In the direct mayor election 2017 she was able to prevail in the first ballot with 53.81% against Josef Neusteurer (ÖVP, 35.55%) and Christian Spuller (FPÖ, 10.64%). Reismüller is entering her fifth term as mayor. Neusteurer was elected Vice Mayor at the constituent meeting of the municipal council.

Office manager is Hermann Wessely.

Sons and daughters of the church

Michael I. Esterházy de Galantha (1671–1721), Hungarian statesman in the Habsburg service

Web links

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

10602 - Forchtenstein. Community data, Statistics Austria .
Municipality of Forchtenstein: Official homepage of the municipality (accessed on December 5, 2017)
Esterházy.at: Forchtenstein Castle, collections of the Esterházy princes (accessed on December 5, 2017)
Province of Burgenland: municipal boundaries to neighboring municipalities (accessed on December 5, 2017)

Individual evidence

↑ Not to be confused with Forchtenstein Castle in the market town of Neumarkt in Styria .
↑ ^a ^b Province of Burgenland: election results Forchtenstein 2017 (accessed on December 5, 2017)
↑ Province of Burgenland: Forchtenstein 2012 election results (accessed December 5, 2017)
↑ Province of Burgenland: Forchtenstein 2007 election results (accessed on December 5, 2017)
↑ ^a ^b Province of Burgenland: Forchtenstein 2002 election results (accessed on December 5, 2017)
↑ Municipality of Forchtenstein: Municipality Board (accessed on December 5, 2017)
↑ Municipality of Forchtenstein: Head of Office (accessed on December 5, 2017)

[1] Not to be confused with Forchtenstein Castle in the market town of Neumarkt in Styria .

[GRW2017-2] Province of Burgenland: election results Forchtenstein 2017 (accessed on December 5, 2017)

[GRW2012-3] Province of Burgenland: Forchtenstein 2012 election results (accessed December 5, 2017)

[GRW2007-4] Province of Burgenland: Forchtenstein 2007 election results (accessed on December 5, 2017)

[GRW2002-5] Province of Burgenland: Forchtenstein 2002 election results (accessed on December 5, 2017)

[6] Municipality of Forchtenstein: Municipality Board (accessed on December 5, 2017)

[7] Municipality of Forchtenstein: Head of Office (accessed on December 5, 2017)