Großpetersdorf

market community

Großpetersdorf

coat of arms

Austria map

Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Burgenland

Political District :

Oberwart

License plate :

OW

Surface:

31.32 km²

Coordinates :

47 ° 14 ′ N , 16 ° 19 ′ E Coordinates: 47 ° 14 ′ 19 ″ N , 16 ° 19 ′ 7 ″ E

Height :

311 m above sea level A.

Residents :

3,547 (January 1, 2020)

Population density :

113 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

7503

Community code :

1 09 05

NUTS region

AT113

Address of the
municipal administration:

Hauptstrasse 36
7503 Großpetersdorf

Website:

www.grosspetersdorf.at

politics

Mayor :

Wolfgang Tauss ( SPÖ )

Municipal Council : ( 2017 )
(25 members)

13

10

1

13 10 1 1

A total of 25 seats

SPÖ : 13
ÖVP : 10
FPÖ : 1
GREEN : 1

Location of Großpetersdorf in the Oberwart district

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Großpetersdorf (Croatian Veliki Petrštof , Hungarian Nagyszentmihály ) is a market town in the Oberwart district in Burgenland in Austria . The share of Burgenland Hungarians and Burgenland Croats is around 2.0% each.

geography

Geographical location

The municipality is located in southern Burgenland and extends north of the Pinka over the lowlands and hills of the Zickenbach - and the Tauchbachtal . The main town Großpetersdorf is located on the flat ridge of this hill.

Community structure

Localities of the market community Großpetersdorf
German place name	Hungarian place name	Croatian place name	Romanesque place name	Area ha	Inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020)
Großpetersdorf	Nagyszentmihály	Veliki Petrštof	Simeha	1769.71	2648
Kleinpetersdorf	Kisszentmihály	Mali Petrštof	-	250.61	262
Minor pinch	Kisciklény	Mali Cikljin	-	141.53	105
Miedlingsdorf	Mérem	Milistof	-	415.48	204
Welgersdorf	Velege	Velegaj	Velegaja	558.33	328

history

The first reliable mention of the place Großpetersdorf comes from a document of the Hungarian King Ladislaus IV from the year 1273. From the year 1539 comes a land register in which the place is mentioned as "Pettersdorf". According to documents, the market survey must have been carried out before 1565. From the middle of the 16th century, the Count Batthyány settled Croats in "Kleinpetersdorf". When the Josephine land survey took place in the years 1782 to 1785, the community was named "Markt Gros Petersdorf or Nemet Sz. Mihaly". An economic upswing began until the outbreak of the First World War.

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 Nagyszentmihály 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.

On March 26, 1921, Emperor Karl I, traveling incognito, was recognized during a short stay in Großpetersdorf and greeted with joy by the population. Karl was on his way to Szombathely , accompanied by Count Thomas Erdődy from Rotenturm , in his ultimately unsuccessful attempt to restore his royal dignity in Hungary in the course of the first attempt at restoration .

The place has belonged to the newly founded federal state of Burgenland since 1921 (see also the history of Burgenland ). Towards the end of the Second World War , Großpetersdorf and its surroundings became a combat zone. In 1971 the municipality of Jabing was connected to Großpetersdorf as a result of the Burgenland municipal structure improvement law coming into force . In 1992, Großpetersdorf and Jabing separated again by resolution of the local council. Großpetersdorf has been a market town since 2000 (through LGBl. No. 18/2000).

Population development

Culture and sights

Catholic parish church Großpetersdorf

Evangelical parish church Großpetersdorf

Catholic parish church Großpetersdorf hl. Michael
Evangelical parish church Großpetersdorf
Evangelical rectory

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Pinkatalbahn : At the moment Großpetersdorf is the terminus. Until Rechnitz there is nostalgia trains. In planning or consideration a further extension of the route is in the Hungarian Szombathely (dt. Steinamanger).
From 1920 to approx. 1933 there was a narrow-gauge forest railway to Rumpersdorf, which was mainly used to transport wood.

politics

Municipal council

Local council election 2017

%

60

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

50.84
(+1.47)

39.14
(-0.43)

5.78
(+0.05)

4.23
(-1.10)

Grosspetersdorf town hall

The council comprises a total of 25 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	1117	50.84	13	1129	49.37	13	1416	59.12	15th	1353	58.04	15th	1,389	60.29	16
ÖVP	860	39.14	10	905	39.57	10	979	40.88	10	978	41.96	10	771	33.46	8th
FPÖ	127	5.78	1	131	5.73	1	not running			not running			144	6.25	1
Green	93	4.23	1	122	5.33	1	not running			not running			not running
Eligible voters	3283			3289			3334			3267			3050
voter turnout	73.99%			75.31%			77.77%			80.93%			83.90%

Parish council

In addition to Mayor Wolfgang Tauss (SPÖ), first Vice Mayor Gregor Hafner (ÖVP) and second Vice Mayor Klaus Huber (SPÖ), the executive councils Martina Farkas (SPÖ), Dietmar Kaiser (SPÖ), Hans Peter Werderitsch (ÖVP) and Stefan belong Zlatarits (ÖVP) to the community board.

Thomas Gabriel (SPÖ) was elected to the municipal treasurer and Johann Pimperl (SPÖ) was elected to the environmental council.

The following were appointed as mayors: Günther Kamper (SPÖ, for Kleinpetersdorf), Klaus Simon (SPÖ, for Kleinzicken), Johann Simonovics (SPÖ, for Miedlingsdorf) and Gerhard Horvath (SPÖ, for Welgersdorf).

mayor

Mayor is Wolfgang Tauss (SPÖ). After the age-related resignation of Mayor Winfried Kasper (SPÖ), who headed the market community for 19 years, Tauss was elected as his successor at the meeting of the municipal council on January 16, 2012 with 14:11 votes. In the direct mayor election on October 7, 2012, Tauss was confirmed in office by 53.00% of voters against three competitors in the first ballot. In the election on October 1, 2017, Tauss won in the first ballot with 54.25% against Gregor Hafner (ÖVP, 37.38%), Günter Ranftl (Greens, 4.90%) and Harald Winter (FPÖ, 3.47%) ).

In the constituent meeting of the municipal council on October 18, 2017, Gregor Hafner (ÖVP) was elected first vice mayor and Klaus Huber (SPÖ) was elected second vice mayor.

Former mayor

Josef Baliko (SDAP)
1935–1938 Franz Wallner (CS)
1954–1982 Hans Krutzler (SPÖ)
until 2011 Winfried Kasper (SPÖ)

Personalities

Josef Baliko (1876–1930), woodworker and politician, mayor of Großpetersdorf
Alfred Kranich (1930–1998), state official and politician
Frederick Lowy (born 1933), Canadian psychiatrist, President of Concordia University
Alois Striny (1888–1955), businessman and politician
Hans Unger (1897–1981), bricklayer and politician
Franz Wallner (1883–1956), farmer and politician
Alois Wessely (1895–1970), politician, Deputy Governor of Burgenland

literature

Gustav Reingrabner : Prolegomena to a local history of Großpetersdorf. In: Burgenland homeland sheets . No. 35, Eisenstadt 1973, pp. 31-41, PDF on ZOBODAT

Web links

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

10905 - Großpetersdorf. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

^ Community of Großpetersdorf: The community in figures (accessed on January 11, 2011)

↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )

^ Paul Szemere, Erich Czech: Habsburgs way from Wilhelm to Briand. From the courier of Sixtus letters to the royal coup driver. The memoirs of Count Tamas von Erdödy. , Pages 229 to 230, Zurich - Leipzig - Vienna, Amalthea, 1931

^ Stay of Emperor Karl in western Hungary in March 1921 , website regiowiki.at, accessed on January 22nd

↑ Provincial Law Gazette for Burgenland 44/1970: Law of September 1, 1970 on territorial changes of municipalities (Municipal Structure Improvement Act) (PDF document; accessed on January 1, 2018)

↑ ^a ^b Province of Burgenland: election results Großpetersdorf 2017 (accessed on January 6, 2018)

↑ ^a ^b Province of Burgenland: election results Großpetersdorf 2012 (accessed on January 6, 2018)

^ Province of Burgenland: Großpetersdorf 2007 election results (accessed on January 6, 2018)

↑ ^a ^b Province of Burgenland: Großpetersdorf 2002 election results (accessed on January 6, 2018)

↑ ^a ^b Municipality of Großpetersdorf: Information sheet of the market municipality, edition 03/2017 (PDF document; accessed on January 6, 2018)

↑ ^a ^b Municipality of Großpetersdorf: Information sheet of the market municipality, edition 04/2017 (PDF document; accessed on January 6, 2018)

↑ Courier of January 18, 2012: Großpetersdorf: Wolfgang Tauss new local chief (accessed on January 6, 2018)