Grafenschachen

coat of arms

Austria map

Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Burgenland

Political District :

Oberwart

License plate :

OW

Surface:

9.94 km²

Coordinates :

47 ° 22 ' N , 16 ° 4' E Coordinates: 47 ° 21 '47 " N , 16 ° 3' 59" E

Residents :

1,256 (January 1, 2020)

Postal code :

7423

Area code :

03359

Community code :

1 09 04

NUTS region

AT113

Address of the
municipal administration:

Grafenschachen 153
7423 Grafenschachen

Website:

www.grafenschachen.at

politics

Mayor :

Marc Hoppel ( SPÖ )

Municipal Council : ( 2017 )
(19 members)

15th

4th

15th 4th

A total of 19 seats

SPÖ : 15
ÖVP : 4

Location of Grafenschachen in the Oberwart district

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

BW

Grafenschachen is a municipality in the Oberwart district in Burgenland in Austria . The Hungarian place name of the municipality is Vasárokszállás .

geography

The community is located in southern Burgenland.

Community structure

The localities of the municipality are (residents in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

Grafenschachen (986)
Kroisegg (270)

German place name	Hungarian place name	Place name in Romani
Grafenschachen	Árokszállás	Grumshocha
Kroisegg	Hidasrákosd	-

history

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 Vasárokszállás be used.

After the end of the First World War , after tough negotiations, German-West Hungary was awarded to Austria in the Treaties of St. Germain and Trianon in 1919. The place has belonged to the newly founded federal state of Burgenland since 1921 (see also the history of Burgenland ).

Population development

Culture and sights

Grafenschachen parish church

The high altar

Catholic parish church Grafenschachen Hll. Trinity
Roman bridge at Kroisegg

politics

Municipal council

Local council election 2017

%

80

70

60

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

77.95
(+8.63)

22.05
(-8.63)

The council comprises a total of 19 members based on the number of eligible voters.

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	686	77.95	15th	653	69.32	13	557	65.07	13	539	62.17	12	446	63.08	10
ÖVP	194	22.05	4th	289	30.68	6th	299	34.93	6th	277	31.95	6th	209	29.56	4th
FPÖ	not running			not running			not running			51	5.88	1	52	7.36	1
Eligible voters	1124			1113			1073			1013			903
voter turnout	86.12%			90.48%			87.51%			89.14%			89.81%

mayor

Mayor was Richard Loidl ( SPÖ ) from 1997 to 2018 . In the direct mayor election on October 1, 2017, Loidl was confidently confirmed in his office with 82.92% and thus entered his fifth term of office. Compared to the 2012 election, it increased by 11.81 percentage points. His competitor Raimund Losert (ÖVP) achieved 17.08%. Loidl died on May 20, 2018 at the age of 69. The office of mayor was temporarily vacant. Marc Hoppel was elected mayor on September 30, 2018.

1997-2018 Richard Loidl (SPÖ)
since 2018: Marc Hoppel

Personalities

Hans Peter Doskozil (born June 21, 1970) - since February 28, 2019 the incumbent governor of Burgenland. The former Federal Minister for Defense and Sport (2016-2017) and (from December 21, 2017) Burgenland Provincial Councilor for Culture, Infrastructure and Finance was a municipal councilor in Grafenschachen from 2007 to 2012.

Web links

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

10904 - Grafenschachen. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
↑ ^a ^b Province of Burgenland: Election results Grafenschachen 2017 (accessed on January 6, 2018)
↑ Province of Burgenland: Election results Grafenschachen 2012 (accessed on January 6, 2018)
↑ Province of Burgenland: Grafenschachen 2007 election results (accessed on January 6, 2018)
↑ ^a ^b Province of Burgenland: Grafenschachen election results 2002 (accessed on January 6, 2018)
^ Mayor of Grafenschachen died , ORF Online, May 20, 2018
↑ Grafenschachen has the new head of the area on mein district.at from September 30, 2018, accessed on October 1, 2018.
↑ Grafenschachen: Almost 90 percent for Hoppel on ORF-Burgenland from September 30, 2018, accessed on October 1, 2018.
^ Austrian Parliament: Biography of Mag.Hans Peter Doskozil (accessed on January 6, 2018)

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_AT_Ortschaft_QUELLE-1] Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )

[GRW2017-2] Province of Burgenland: Election results Grafenschachen 2017 (accessed on January 6, 2018)

[GRW2012-3] Province of Burgenland: Election results Grafenschachen 2012 (accessed on January 6, 2018)

[GRW2007-4] Province of Burgenland: Grafenschachen 2007 election results (accessed on January 6, 2018)

[GRW2002-5] Province of Burgenland: Grafenschachen election results 2002 (accessed on January 6, 2018)

[6] Mayor of Grafenschachen died , ORF Online, May 20, 2018

[7] Grafenschachen has the new head of the area on mein district.at from September 30, 2018, accessed on October 1, 2018.

[8] Grafenschachen: Almost 90 percent for Hoppel on ORF-Burgenland from September 30, 2018, accessed on October 1, 2018.

[9] Austrian Parliament: Biography of Mag.Hans Peter Doskozil (accessed on January 6, 2018)