Frauenkirchen

Borough Frauenkirchen
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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Burgenland
Political District :	Neusiedl am See
License plate :	ND
Surface:	31.93 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 50 '  N , 16 ° 55'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 50 '28 "  N , 16 ° 55' 10"  E
Residents :	2,856 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	89 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	7132
Community code :	1 07 05
Address of the municipal administration:	Amtshausgasse 5 7132 Frauenkirchen
Website:	www.frauenkirchen.info
politics
Mayor :	Josef Ziniel ( SPÖ )
Municipal Council : ( 2017 ) (23 members)	12 7th 3 1 12 7th 3 1  A total of 23 seats SPÖ : 12 ÖVP : 7 NLF : 3 FPÖ : 1
Location of Frauenkirchen in the Neusiedl am See district
Frauenkirchen, basilica with Marian column and Franciscan monastery
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Frauenkirchen is a town in the district of Neusiedl am See ( Burgenland ) with 2856 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020), of which more than 7% belong to the Burgenland-Hungarians . The Hungarian place name of the city is Boldog-Asszony or Fertőboldog-Asszony .

history

Admission sheet for the Franzisco-Josephinische Landesaufnahme ; Frauenkirchen: top left.

The place was first mentioned in the Kingdom of Hungary as Szent Maria in 1324. In 1529 ( first siege of the Turks in Vienna ) and in 1683 ( second siege of the Turks in Vienna ) the village and the church were destroyed by the Ottomans. The reconstruction took place under the landlord Paul I. Esterhazy , one of the largest landowners in old Hungary.

Around the basilica and the Franciscan monastery, which was built between 1695 and 1702, the place, predominantly inhabited by German speakers, gradually developed into a regional trading center from the end of the 17th century. Frauenkirchen has been connected to the Austro-Hungarian railway network with the Neusiedler Seebahn since 1897 .

From 1898 had to because of the Magyarization of the government in Budapest used the Hungarian name Fertőboldogasszony or Boldogasszony (Fertő = Lake Neusiedl , Fertö = swamp).

After the end of the First World War , Frauenkirchen was awarded to Austria after tough negotiations like all of German-West Hungary in the treaties of St. Germain and Trianon in 1919 and 1920 respectively. The place has therefore been part of the newly founded Austrian state of Burgenland since 1921 (see also the history of Burgenland ). Frauenkirchen was raised to a municipality in 1982.

The prisoner-of-war cemetery in Frauenkirchen in Burgenland (also known as the Serbian cemetery ) contains graves of prisoners of war from the First World War . The prisoners of war came mainly from Serbia , Russia and Italy .

Jewish community of Frauenkirchen

Frauenkirchen Jewish cemetery

In 1678 Count Paul I. Esterhazy allowed the Mönchhofer Jews , who had been attacked and plundered by hussars and expelled from the place by the abbot of Heiligenkreuz Abbey , to settle in Frauenkirchen. In 1876 the Jewish community in Frauenkirchen reached its peak with 864 Jews. This corresponded to about a third of the entire population. The place belonged to the seven Jewish communities in Burgenland.

After the " Anschluss of Austria " to National Socialist Germany in March 1938, a provisional detention camp was set up in Frauenkirchen , to which around 400 Jews from the Seewinkel were forcibly taken. In April 1938, most of these Jews were deported across the Hungarian border and the Jewish community was subsequently destroyed. The synagogue was demolished in 1939 and the Jewish cemetery has been preserved.

In 1938 there were around 350 Jews living in Frauenkirchen, a third of whom did not survive Nazi rule. Their houses were razed by the Nazis, reported the ORF Burgenland. On May 31, 2016, the memorial "Garden of Remembrance" was opened on the site of the former synagogue. You can see three panels with the surnames of the former Jewish families of Frauenkirchen, excavated remains of the synagogue wall and the sculpture of a Torah scroll .

Population development

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Frauenkirchen

• The Frauenkirchen basilica makes the municipality a place of pilgrimage .
• The Franciscan monastery of Frauenkirchen is attached to the basilica to the north.
• A calvary as a building stands on the church square in the south of the basilica.
• Frauenkirchen Jewish cemetery
• Garden of Remembrance
• Frauenkirchen hopper

Economy and Infrastructure

Frauenkirchen station on the Neusiedler Seebahn

Frauenkirchen is a school town with a primary and secondary school and a commercial academy. There are a few shops in the pedestrian zone. After drilling a rich thermal spring , the water law permit for the construction of a thermal bath was granted and in 2009 the St. Martins Therme & Lodge opened.

There is a medical center with an accident ambulance, a Red Cross rescue center with an emergency vehicle , a medical center, a nursing home, a day care center and a shared apartment.

Frauenkirchen is the starting point for the up to the integration into the St. James Austria in Haslau-Maria Ellend mostly running in Burgenland St. James Burgenland .

The project of a 14  hectare greenhouse for tomatoes in the community, for which the reallocation of land had already been approved, was supported by Governor Hans Niessl , but was opposed by a citizens' initiative with Erich Stekovics . The project was abandoned by the operator at the end of 2016.

politics

Municipal council

Local council election 2017

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60

50

40

30th

20th

10

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51.09
(-2.94)

31.64
(+10.56)

12.65
( n. K. )

4.62
( n. K. )

n. k.
(-25.21)

SPÖ

ÖVP

NLF

FPÖ

Nest

2012



2017



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
	Sti.	%	M.	Sti.	%	M.	Sti.	%	M.	Sti.	%	M.	Sti.	%	M.
SPÖ	1006	51.09	12	1079	54.03	13	1158	57.58	14th	1196	61.71	14th	1,278	69.87	16
ÖVP	623	31.64	7th	421	21.08	5	528	26.26	6th	742	38.29	9	551	30.13	7th
FPÖ	91	4.62	1	not running			not running			not running			not running
NLF	249	12.65	3	not running			not running			not running			not running
Nest	not running			497	24.89	5	325	16.16	3	not running			not running
Eligible voters	2743			2748			2673			2474			2326
voter turnout	77.76%			80.57%			84.25%			86.42%			88.61%

Parish council

In addition to Mayor Josef Ziniel (SPÖ) and Deputy Mayor Matthias Jakob Doser (SPÖ), the councilors Karin Hild (LNF), Martina Kettner (ÖVP), Franz Lass (ÖVP), René Rommer (SPÖ) and Stefan Würtz (SPÖ) also belong to the municipal board on.

mayor

Mayor is Josef Ziniel (SPÖ), who succeeded Hans Niessl (SPÖ) after his election as governor in 2000 . In the direct mayor election 2017 he prevailed with 52.40% over his competitors Franz Lass (ÖVP, 35.40%) and Karin Hild (NLF, 12.20%).

Deputy Mayor is Matthias Jakob Doser (SPÖ).

Head of office is Erika Siebler.

Chronicle of the mayor

from	to	mayor	Party, note
1919		Franz Nießl	Municipal administration commissioner
1922		Michael Stifter	Municipal administration commissioner
1922		Franz Nießl	Municipal administration commissioner
1923		Stefan Kettner	Municipal administration commissioner
1923	1927	Johann Kobor
1927	1929	Josef Reiner	SDAPDÖ
1929	1931	Johann Kobor
1931	1934	Paul Lagler	SDAPDÖ
1934	1938	Martin Wetschka	Municipal administration commissioner, VF
1938		Johann Birschitzky	NSDAP
1938	1945	Tibor Püspök	NSDAP
1945	1954	Martin Wetschka	ÖVP
1954	1958	Johann Kobor
1958		Franz Nießl	SPÖ
1958	1972	Johann Kiss	SPÖ
1972	1974	Martin Wetschka jun.	ÖVP
1974	1976	Johann Würz	SPÖ
1976	1987	Jacob couple	SPÖ
1987	2000	Hans Niessl	SPÖ
since 2000		Josef Ziniel	SPÖ

Personalities

• Hans Niessl , Governor of Burgenland (2000–2019), was mayor of Frauenkirchen.
• Mayor Johann Kobor (1882–1958) ran an inn and a cinema in Frauenkirchen.
• The politicians Stefan Kettner (1887–1957) and Martin Wetschka (1888–1971) were born in Frauenkirchen .
• With his cultivation of over 3200 different varieties of tomatoes, Erich Stekovics is considered the "Kaiser of the tomatoes".
• Josef Umathum achieved national recognition with his winery .
• Isabelle Zwinger is national champion in vaulting.
• Markus Bruck is national champion over several long distances. (To run)
• Jonas Reiner is national champion over 60 meter hurdles. (Hall)
• Frauenkirchen is the birthplace of the composer Mihály Mosonyi (German: Michael Brand, 1815-1870).
• The painter and nun Elfriede Ettl (1914–2003) was born in Frauenkirchen.

gallery

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  Chancel of the basilica

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  Basilica ceiling

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  Calvary

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  Old Frauenkirchen brewery

literature

• Michaela Irene Bauer: settlement and local history of Frauenkirchen. Dissertation, University of Vienna 1982.
• Sepp and Paul Gmasz: Chronicle Stadtgemeinde Frauenkirchen. Frauenkirchen 1988.
• Rudolf Schneider (partial author and editor): “Chronicle II, 25 years of the Frauenkirchen municipality” Frauenkirchen 2007.
• Herbert Brettl: The Jewish community of Frauenkirchen. Ed. Lex Liszt 12, Oberwart 2003, ISBN 3-901757-32-5 .
• Erika Brunner-Hammerl: The pilgrimage church and the calvary of Frauenkirchen. Diploma thesis, University of Vienna 2007.
• Section “The partner communities” in “TÜPL Bruckneudorf - 150 Years of Brucker Lager” by Petra Weiß, publisher. Stadtgemeinde Bruck an der Leitha, April 2017, p. 426/427

Web links

Commons : Frauenkirchen  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Wikivoyage: Frauenkirchen  - travel guide

• 10705 - Frauenkirchen. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Storm in June 1995 - Radio report from Frauenkirchen in the online archive of the Austrian Media Library (Ö1-Mittagsjournal)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Barbara Coudenhove-Calergi : Paul Rosenfeld - One came back. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , Austrian Jewish Museum , 14./15. June 1986.
2. ↑ http://burgenland.orf.at/news/stories/2777327/ Memorial for the Jews of Frauenkirchen, orf.at May 31, 2016, accessed May 31, 2016.
3. ↑ From for glass house project in Frauenkirchen orf.at, December 31, 2016, accessed December 31, 2016.
4. ↑ ^{a b} Province of Burgenland: Frauenkirchen 2017 election results (accessed on December 2, 2017)
5. ↑ Province of Burgenland: election results Frauenkirchen 2012 (accessed on December 2, 2017)
6. ↑ Province of Burgenland: Frauenkirchen 2007 election results (accessed on December 2, 2017)
7. ↑ ^{a b} Province of Burgenland: Frauenkirchen 2002 election results (accessed on December 2, 2017)
8. ↑ Stadtgemeinde Frauenkirchen: Community Board (accessed on December 2, 2017)
9. ↑ Stadtgemeinde Frauenkirchen: Mayor (accessed on December 2, 2017)
10. ↑ Stadtgemeinde Frauenkirchen: Vice Mayor (accessed on December 2, 2017)
11. ↑ Stadtgemeinde Frauenkirchen: Staff (accessed on December 2, 2017)
12. ↑ Mag Sepp Gmasz and Paul Gmasz. Chronicle township Frauenkirchen . Ed .: Stadtgemeinde Frauenkirchen, 7132 Frauenkirchen, Amtshausgasse 7. Frauenkirchen 1982, p. 168 .
13. ↑ ^{a b c} Mag. Phil. Matthias Lidy: The Frauenkirchen detention camp in its role for the National Socialist takeover in the Neusiedl am See district . Ed .: Diploma thesis University of Vienna. Vienna October 2014, p. 133 .
14. ↑ Sebastian Herrmann : Tomato grower. The emperor of the tomatoes. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , August 14, 2007 (and as a PDF file, 7 p. ( Memento of the original from June 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ).