Güttenbach

Güttenbach ( Croatian Pinkovac ) is a market town with 880 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in Burgenland in the Güssing district in Austria . The Croatian place name of the municipality is Pinkovac , the Slovenian name Pinkovec , Pinkovci , the Hungarian name Pinkóc .

geography

The municipality is located in southern Burgenland in the northern part of the Güssing district. Güttenbach is the only place in the municipality. Other places are Kulovits-houses and Meierhof .

history

Over 200 silver coins of the Velemer type were found in Güttenbach, which are chronologically dated to the time of the Boier incursions. From the 4th century BC BC (the early La Tène period ) the Boier migrated from their original settlement areas between the Rhine, Main and Danube to the south and southeast. The type name is given to the coins from the discovery in 1899 in nearby Velem (Hungarian Vas county ), which contained around 60 coins. On the coins of Güttenbach, an overprinting of Noric coins can still be found. Whether the treasure was dumped for cultic reasons or a hiding place in times of war can no longer be determined with certainty today.

Around 80% of the inhabitants belong to the Croatian ethnic group of Burgenland, which has populated this area for around 450 years. Güttenbach is not a Croatian new settlement, the first mentioned in 1427, then German-Hungarian place was populated by the Croats in the 16th century and later assimilated. From 1524 the place was part of the possessions of the noble Batthyány family and, like all of Burgenland, belonged to Hungary (German West Hungary) until 1920/21 . Since 1898 had due to the Magyarization of the government in Budapest of Hungarian name Pinkócz 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 ). Güttenbach has been a market town since 1986.

Population development

Culture and sights

Parish church Güttenbach

Catholic parish church Güttenbach hl. Joseph
The fort is a villa-like structure that was built at the end of the 19th century. There is a modern chapel in front of the fort.

politics

Municipal council

Local council election 2017

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70

60

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

63.42
(-1.04)

36.58
(+1.04)

The council comprises a total of 15 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.
ÖVP	475	63.42	10	497	64.46	10	499	68.83	11	466	63.40	10	466	67.73	11
SPÖ	274	36.58	5	274	35.54	5	226	31.17	4th	269	36.60	5	189	27.47	4th
FPÖ	not running			not running			not running			not running			33	4.80	0
Eligible voters	882			889			883			861			822
voter turnout	89.80%			92.80%			88.45%			91.87%			92.09%

Parish council

In addition to Mayor Leo Radakovits (ÖVP) and Deputy Mayor Helmut Kovacsits (SPÖ), the executive councils Heinz Jandrisics (ÖVP), Friedrich Schuch (ÖVP) and Katharina Schuh (ÖVP) are also members of the community board.

mayor

Mayor is Leo Radakovits (ÖVP). The business administration graduate took over the post of head of the community in 1982. In 1987 he was elected to the local council for the first time and rose to mayor in 1992. Between 2005 and 2015 Radakovits was a member of the Burgenland Landtag .

In the direct mayor election on October 1, 2017, Radakovits was confirmed in office by 66.58%. However , he did not come close to the record result of 1997, when he received 83.96% of the vote . As in 2012, the competitor was Vice Mayor Helmut Kovacsits (SPÖ), who achieved 33.42%. Kovacsits was again elected deputy mayor by the local council.

coat of arms

The municipal coat of arms was awarded on June 14, 1987.

Blazon : “ In blue from the golden shield base covered with a blue wavy bar, a three-towered golden church with a golden barred black round window, accompanied by twelve golden spiral vortices in a semicircle. "

Partner communities

Malinska in Croatia (on the island of Krk )
Szentpéterfa in Hungary

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

Enrico Kulovits (* 1974), football player

literature

Leo Radakovits (Red.): Market town of Güttenbach - Trgovišće Pinkovac. Festschrift . Marktgemeinde Güttenbach, Güttenbach 1987.
Therese Rothen: The music care of the Burgenland Croats . Using the example of the market town of Güttenbach. Diploma thesis, University of Music and Performing Arts Graz , Graz 1989.

Web links

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

10406 - Güttenbach. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

^ Susanne Sievers / Otto Helmut Urban / Peter C. Ramsl: Lexicon for Celtic Archeology. A-K and L-Z ; Announcements of the prehistoric commission in the publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences , Vienna 2012, ISBN 978-3-7001-6765-5 , p. 702 f.
↑ ^a ^b Results of the 2017 municipal council elections in Güttenbach. Office of the Burgenland Provincial Government, October 29, 2017, accessed on January 17, 2020 .
^ Election result of the 2012 municipal council election in Güttenbach. Office of the Burgenland Provincial Government, November 4, 2012, accessed on January 17, 2020 .
^ Result of the 2007 municipal council election in Güttenbach. Office of the Burgenland Provincial Government, October 21, 2007, accessed on January 17, 2020 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c Election result of the local council election 2002 in Güttenbach. Office of the Provincial Government of Burgenland, October 21, 2002, accessed on January 17, 2020 .
↑ ^a ^b Marktgemeinde Güttenbach: Municipal Council (accessed on January 22, 2018)
↑ Gemeindebund.at: Leo Radakovits no longer runs for the state parliament (report from March 31, 2015; accessed on April 15, 2019)

[1] Susanne Sievers / Otto Helmut Urban / Peter C. Ramsl: Lexicon for Celtic Archeology. A-K and L-Z ; Announcements of the prehistoric commission in the publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences , Vienna 2012, ISBN 978-3-7001-6765-5 , p. 702 f.

[BgldGrw2017_10406-2] Results of the 2017 municipal council elections in Güttenbach. Office of the Burgenland Provincial Government, October 29, 2017, accessed on January 17, 2020 .

[BgldGrw2012_10406-3] Election result of the 2012 municipal council election in Güttenbach. Office of the Burgenland Provincial Government, November 4, 2012, accessed on January 17, 2020 .

[BgldGrw2007_10406-4] Result of the 2007 municipal council election in Güttenbach. Office of the Burgenland Provincial Government, October 21, 2007, accessed on January 17, 2020 .

[BgldGrw2002_10406-5] Election result of the local council election 2002 in Güttenbach. Office of the Provincial Government of Burgenland, October 21, 2002, accessed on January 17, 2020 .

[GemRat-6] Marktgemeinde Güttenbach: Municipal Council (accessed on January 22, 2018)

[7] Gemeindebund.at: Leo Radakovits no longer runs for the state parliament (report from March 31, 2015; accessed on April 15, 2019)