Heiligenkreuz in the Lafnitz valley

market community Heiligenkreuz in the Lafnitz valley
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Burgenland
Political District :	Jennersdorf
License plate :	JE
Surface:	23.77 km²
Coordinates :	46 ° 59 '  N , 16 ° 16'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 59 '18 "  N , 16 ° 15' 36"  E
Height :	243  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,234 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	52 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	7561
Community code :	1 05 03
Address of the municipal administration:	Untere Hauptstrasse 1 7561 Heiligenkreuz in the Lafnitztal
Website:	www.heiligenkreuz-lafnitztal.at
politics
Mayor :	Eduard Zach ( SPÖ )
Municipal Council : ( 2017 ) (19 members)	10 6th 3 10 6th 3  A total of 19 seats SPÖ : 10 ÖVP : 6 FBL : 3
Location of Heiligenkreuz in the Lafnitztal in the Jennersdorf district
Heiligenkreuz in the Lafnitz valley from the southeast
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Heiligenkreuz im Lafnitztal ( Hungarian : Rábakeresztúr ) is a market town in the Jennersdorf district in Burgenland in Austria .

geography

The community is located in southern Burgenland in the Lafnitz valley on the border with Hungary. The Heiligenkreuz / Rábafüzes border crossing near Szentgotthárd is also in the local area .

Community structure

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

• Heiligenkreuz im Lafnitztal (822) including the Heiligenkreuz mountains, Neuheiligenkreuz and Schmalzgraben
• Poppendorf in Burgenland (412) including the Poppendorfer Mountains

The community consists of the cadastral communities Heiligenkreuz in Lafnitztal and Poppendorf in Burgenland .

history

The place belonged, like the whole of Burgenland, to Hungary (German-West Hungary) until 1920/21 . Since 1898 had due to the Magyarization of the government in Budapest of Hungarian name Rábakeresztúr 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 ).

Heiligenkreuz has been a market town in Lafnitztal since 1971.

coat of arms

The coat of arms was awarded on June 13, 1971. The official blazon reads: ". In the green shield a floating silver cross" The cross stands talking to the place name. The church colors are green and silver. In the public representation (external image of the community) no coat of arms with heraldic shield is used , but a logo or commercial graphics . A description of the commercial graphics could read: "In green a floating silver paw cross ."

• 

  Heraldically correct coat of arms according to Blason

• 

  Heraldically correct paw cross variant

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  Utility coat of arms or logo

Population development

politics

Municipal council elections

 %

60

50

40

30th

20th

10

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50.93%
(+ 4.18  % p )

29.51%
(+ 2.57  % p )

19.55%
(+ 2.62  % p )

n. k.
(-8.2  % p )

n. k.
(-1.17  % p )

SPÖ

ÖVP

FBL

GREEN

FPÖ

2012



2017



The municipal council has 19 members.

• With the municipal council elections in Burgenland in 1997, the municipal council had the following distribution: 10 ÖVP, 6 SPÖ, 2 FPÖ, and 2 NL. JANISCH.
• With the municipal elections in Burgenland in 2002, the municipal council had the following distribution: 10 ÖVP, 7 SPÖ, and 2 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Burgenland 2007 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 9 ÖVP, 6 SPÖ, 3 FBL , and 1 Greens .
• With the municipal elections in Burgenland in 2012 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 10 SPÖ, 5 ÖVP, 3 FBL, and 1 Greens.
• With the municipal council elections in Burgenland 2017 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 10 SPÖ, 6 ÖVP, and 3 FBL.

mayor

• 1938–1941 Karl Wollinger
• 1945–1951 Franz Beutl (ÖVP)
• until 2007 Franz Mahr (ÖVP)
• 2007–2012 Anton Györy (ÖVP)
• since 2012 Eduard Zach (SPÖ)

Culture and sights

Parish church of Heiligenkreuz in the Lafnitz valley

See also:  List of listed objects in Heiligenkreuz in Lafnitztal

• Catholic parish church Heiligenkreuz in the Lafnitz valley for the elevation of the cross

Sports

• Football club Heiligenkreuz (2nd league south)
• Heiligenkreuz tennis club
• Eisstockverein Heiligenkreuz

Personalities

• Karl Wollinger (1877–1945), politician and mill owner, campaigned for the connection of the German-speaking regions of western Hungary to Austria
• Franz Beutl (1905–1971), politician and farmer
• Franz Kurz (1920–2003), politician and farmer
• Dietmar Kühbauer (* 1971), soccer player and coach

literature

• Andrea Brugner: Market town of Heiligenkreuz in the Lafnitztal. Description and analysis of the settlement structures. Diploma thesis, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna 1993.
• Martina Planer: Heiligenkreuz in the Lafnitztal through the ages. Diploma thesis, University of Vienna 2000.

Web links

Commons : Heiligenkreuz im Lafnitztal  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• 10503 - Heiligenkreuz in the Lafnitz valley. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Web presence of the community of Heiligenkreuz

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ↑ Culture and history, coat of arms. Retrieved May 19, 2016 . 
3. ↑ See the logos / commercial graphics on buildings and in clubs: municipal office , fire station , curling , football club ( memento of the original from May 19, 2016 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. . Internet. Retrieved: May 19, 2016. 6:29:48 PM.