Grosswarasdorf

Großwarasdorf Veliki Borištof
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Burgenland
Political District :	Oberpullendorf
License plate :	OP
Surface:	42.46 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 32 '  N , 16 ° 33'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 32 '21 "  N , 16 ° 33' 12"  E
Height :	244  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,368 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	32 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	7304
Area code :	02614
Community code :	1 08 04
Address of the municipal administration:	Obere Hauptstrasse 18 7304 Großwarasdorf Veliki Borištof
Website:	www.grosswarasdorf.at (Croatian)
politics
Mayor :	Rudolf Berlakovich ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2017 ) (21 members)	12 8th 1 12 8th 1  A total of 21 seats ÖVP : 12 SPÖ : 8 UNABu : 1
Location of Großwarasdorf Veliki Borištof in the Oberpullendorf district
Nebersdorf Castle
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Großwarasdorf ( Croatian : Veliki Borištof , Hungarian : Szabadbáránd ) is a municipality in Burgenland in the Oberpullendorf district in Austria with 1,368 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020).

Bilingual place-name sign

On July 13, 2000, Großwarasdorf was the first municipality in Burgenland with an officially bilingual place-name sign ( Großwarasdorf and Veliki Borištof ). About 80% of the inhabitants belong to the Burgenland Croatian ethnic group . There is a bilingual primary and secondary school in the village.

geography

The community is located in Central Burgenland.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following four localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

• Grosswarasdorf (521)
• Kleinwarasdorf (420)
• Vallunga (88)
• Nebersdorf (339)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Großwarasdorf, Kleinwarasdorf and Nebersdorf.

German place name	Hungarian place name	Croatian place name
Grosswarasdorf	Szabadbáránd	Veliki Borištof
Kleinwarasdorf	Borisfalva	Mali Borištof
Vallunga	Langató	Longitolj
Nebersdorf	Ligvánd	Šuševo

history

"Gross Warasdorf" (bottom right) around 1880 (recording sheet of the state survey )

Before the birth of Christ, 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, under the Romans, today's Großwarasdorf was in the province of Pannonia .

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 Nagybarom be used. Großwarasdorf should have become a district suburb in 1830, but the residents opposed this plan, and the Hungarian authorities at the time made Oberpullendorf, which was inconspicuous at the time, a district suburb. The nickname of the Großwarasdorfer "varošćani" (townspeople) can be derived from this fact.

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

Parish church Großwarasdorf

Parish church Kleinwarasdorf

Großwarasdorf fire station with bilingual lettering

See also:  List of listed objects in Großwarasdorf

• Catholic parish church Großwarasdorf hl. Demetrios
• Catholic parish church Kleinwarasdorf hl. Anna

Economy and Infrastructure

• bilingual elementary school
• bilingual secondary school

politics

Municipal council

Local council election 2017

 %

60

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

56.58
(+1.32)

35.40
(-0.22)

8.02
(-1.11)

ÖVP

SPÖ

UNABu
GREEN ^A1

2012



2017



Großwarasdorf municipal office

The council comprises a total of 21 members based on the number of eligible voters.

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.
ÖVP	649	56.58	12	678	55.26	12	705	53.33	12	663	54.84	11	723	65.19	13
SPÖ	406	35.40	8th	437	35.62	7th	461	34.87	7th	418	34.57	7th	333	30.03	6th
UNABuGRÜNE A1	92	8.02	1	112	9.13	2	not running			not running			not running
Green	not running			not running			129	9.76	2	105	8.68	1	not running
FPÖ	not running			not running			27	2.04	0	23	1.90	0	53	4.78	0
Eligible voters	1532			1557			1594			1449			1389
voter turnout	81.27%			85.36%			86.95%			87.78%			86.75%

^A1Independent and Greens

Parish council

In addition to Mayor Rudolf Berlakovich (ÖVP) and Deputy Mayor Helmut Orisich (SPÖ), the municipal council members include Daniel Berlakovich (ÖVP), Martin Karall (ÖVP), Stephan Karall (ÖVP), Wilhelm Lemperg (SPÖ) and Hans Linzer (SPÖ) on.

Daniela Kulovits-Linzer (ÖVP) was elected community treasurer and Barbara Karall (ÖVP) was elected environmental councilor.

Stefan Bantsich (ÖVP; for Nebersdorf) and Alfred Vukovich (ÖVP; for Kleinwarasdorf) were appointed to the local council.

mayor

Mayor is Rudolf Berlakovich (ÖVP), who succeeded Stefan Rozsenich (ÖVP) after the 2012 election. In the direct mayor election 2017, Vice Mayor Helmut Orisich (SPÖ) was again his competitor and again Berlakovich prevailed with 57.50% to 42.50%. Orisich was elected vice mayor again in the constituent meeting of the municipal council.

Michael Karall is the head of the municipal office.

Personalities

• Robert Berlakovich (1900–1994), tenant farmer and politician
• Andreas / Endre Berlakovich (1931–2008) Austrian diplomat, ambassador
• Nikolaus Berlakovich (* 1961), Mayor, Burgenland state politician, Austrian federal politician
• Ignaz Horvath (1895–1973), clergyman and politician
• Johann Karall (1934–2008), politician, state official and national team coach of the national basketball team
• Lorenz Karall (1894–1965), lawyer and politician, Governor of Burgenland
• Thomas Katsich (1919–2004), lawyer and politician
• Rudolf Klaudus (1895–1979), painter, educator and publicist
• Johann Müller (1924–2006), administrative lawyer and politician
• Mihovil Naković (1840–1900), teacher, reformer of the characters of the Croatian alphabet
• Demetrius Rozenits (1874–1933), clergyman and politician
• Joško Vlasich (* 1950), actor, teacher, rock musician and member of the state parliament
• Alessandro Barberi (* 1971), social and media scientist (grew up in Großwarasdorf)

literature

• 1195 - 1995 - 800 years of Grosswarasdorf. Published by the community of Großwarasdorf and by the working group of Croatian local politicians in Oberpullendorf, Rötzer-Druck Eisenstadt.
• 775 years of Nebersdorf - 775 ljet Šuševo: 1225–2000. Edited by Großwarasdorf community. Großwarasdorf 2000.
• Peter Paul Horvath: Associations and other socio-cultural institutions as a constitutional factor in bilingual everyday life at the local level. Shown in the case study of the bilingual village of Großwarasdorf. Diploma thesis, University of Vienna 2004.

Web links

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

Wikivoyage: Großwarasdorf  - travel guide

• 10804 - Grosswarasdorf. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bilingual place-name signs.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ORF television report from July 13, 2000, 12:00 p.m., accessed on July 11, 2013.  
2. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
3. ↑ ^{a b} Province of Burgenland: election results Großwarasdorf 2017 (accessed on December 21, 2017)
4. ↑ ^{a b} Province of Burgenland: election results Großwarasdorf 2012 (accessed on December 21, 2017)
5. ↑ Province of Burgenland: election results Großwarasdorf 2007 (accessed on December 21, 2017)
6. ↑ ^{a b} Province of Burgenland: Großwarasdorf election results 2002 (accessed on December 21, 2017)
7. ↑ ^{a b c d} community Großwarasdorf: community newspaper December 2017 (PDF document; accessed on December 21, 2017)
8. ^ Community of Großwarasdorf: Contact and terms of office (accessed on December 21, 2017)