Jois

This article deals with the municipality in Austria; for the Indian yoga teacher see K. Pattabhi Jois .

market community Jois
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Burgenland
Political District :	Neusiedl am See
License plate :	ND
Surface:	25.91 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 58 '  N , 16 ° 48'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 57 '40 "  N , 16 ° 47' 40"  E
Height :	130  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,644 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	63 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	7093
Area code :	(+43) 02160/8310
Community code :	1 07 10
Address of the municipal administration:	Untere Hauptstrasse 23 7093 Jois
Website:	www.jois.at
politics
Mayor :	Hannes Steurer ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2017 ) (21 members)	12 7th 2 12 7th 2  A total of 21 seats ÖVP : 12 SPÖ : 7 GfJ : 2
Location of Jois in the Neusiedl am See district
Jois with the characteristic vineyards
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Jois is a market town with 1644 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in Burgenland in the Neusiedl am See district in Austria . The Hungarian place name of the municipality is Nyulas .

geography

The community is located in Northern Burgenland. Jois is located 130 m above sea level on the slopes of the Leithagebirge directly on Lake Neusiedl in the Austrian Burgenland . Parts of the municipality belong to the nature park Neusiedlersee - Leithagebirge .

Neighboring communities

• Bruckneudorf
• Neusiedl am See
• Parndorf
• Winches on the lake

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 Nyulas 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 ). There was a market judge as early as 1429 . The date of the launch is not known.

Population development

Culture and sights

museum

• Local museum

Buildings

See also:  List of listed objects in Jois

• Neolithic to Roman Age sites, documented in 1214
• Old Parish Church Jois (1757–1770) is a baroque building with the remarkable high altar (1749–1752) of the parish church of St. Michael of Sopron (transferred in 1865)
• New parish church Jois (1898, expanded in 1937)
• Pillar of light (15th century)
• Russian Cross (1747)
• Marian column (1877)

Sports

Apart from the usual leisure activities, shooting is very important in Jois . A rifle house with a terrace offers the spectator space for throwing pigeon, trap and parcour shooting. Lake Neusiedl is not only ideal for practicing various sports such as swimming , sailing , kite surfing and windsurfing in summer , but is also ideal for ice skating , ice sailing and ice surfing in winter . Three sailing clubs - the Seewind Yacht Club , the Jois Yacht Club and the “Austrian Army Yacht Club ” - operate their own club facilities on the grounds of the Joiser ( yacht ) port .

nature

• In the fully nature reserve Hackelsberg, a circular hiking trail leads through the area
• World Heritage National Park Neusiedler See-Seewinkel
• Neusiedlersee Nature Park - Leithagebirge

Culinary specialties

The "Joiser Heart Cherry ", which also adorns the town's coat of arms, has its origin in Jois . Several Heurigenkeller and wine taverns invite you to stop.

Economy and Infrastructure

Jois is mainly a summer tourist community (25,200 overnight stays) and a wine-growing place . Since 2008, the drive technology manufacturer Zoerkler , who moved from Vienna, has been the only large industrial company in the community.

Jois from the north

The high altar of the old Roman Catholic parish church

traffic

• Street: Jois is on Burgenland Strasse (B 50).
• Rail: The place is connected to the railway network of the Eastern Railway with the Pannoniabahn .

politics

Municipal council

Local council elections 2017

 %

60

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

51.12%
(+ 20.45  % p )

34.00%
(-18.95  % p )

12.72%
(-0.61  % p )

2.16%
( n.k. )

ÖVP

SPÖ

GFJ

FPÖ

2012



2017



The council comprises a total since 2017 by taking account of population 21 seats. Until 2012 it comprised only 19 seats.

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	591	51.12	12	322	30.67	6th	361	36.21	7th	422	42.84	9	316	40.00	8th
SPÖ	393	34.00	7th	556	52.95	11	517	51.86	10	457	46.40	9	379	47.97	9
FPÖ	25th	2.16	0	not running			not running			25th	2.54	0	not running
GfJ	147	12.72	2	140	13.33	2	119	11.94	2	not running			not running
Job	not running			32	3.05	0	not running			not running			not running
SUG	not running			not running			not running			81	8.22	1	not running
Save Jois	not running			not running			not running			not running			95	12.03	2
Eligible voters	1532			1444			1353			1220			1095
voter turnout	81.92%			83.10%			83.22%			85.00%			89.95%

Parish council

In addition to the mayor Hannes Steurer (ÖVP) and the deputy mayor Alfred Dobler (SPÖ), the municipal board also includes the executive councilors Sascha Krikler (ÖVP, village development officer), Peter Waldbott-Bassenheim (ÖVP, economic officer), Alexander Hasenhündl (ÖVP, building consultant) Haltschuster (ÖVP, youth community council), Martin Wetschka (ÖVP, finance officer and environmental community council) and Martin Winter (SPÖ).

mayor

Johann Steurer (ÖVP) has been mayor since 2017. Deputy Mayor is Alfred Dobler (SPÖ).

Head of office is Malik Cirak.

Chronicle of the mayor

• 1931–1933 Karl Steidl (SPÖ)
• 1992–1997 Norbert Kusolitsch (SPÖ)
• 1997–2002 Georg Hoffmann (ÖVP)
• 2002–2017 Leonhard Steinwandtner (SPÖ)
• since 2017 Hannes Steurer (ÖVP)

Personalities

• Karl Steidl (1896–1967) was a farmer and politician ( SPÖ ).
• Hermine Mospointner (* 1952), is an Austrian politician (SPÖ)
• Leo Hillinger (* 1967) is an Austrian winemaker.

literature

Jois and the surrounding area around 1873 (recording sheet of the state survey )

• Wilfried Hicke: Hill and flat graves of the Early Bronze Age from Jois and Oggau. Landesmuseum Burgenland , Eisenstadt 1987. ISBN 3-85405-101-5
• Franz Hillinger: Jois: building blocks for history . F. Hillinger, Jois 2005, ISBN 3-7142-0025-8 .
• Section “The partner communities” in “TÜPL Bruckneudorf - 150 Years of Brucker Lager” by Petra Weiß, publisher. Stadtgemeinde Bruck an der Leitha, April 2017, pp. 436/437

Web links

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

• 10710 - Jois. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Province of Burgenland: election results (accessed on November 8, 2017)
2. ↑ Province of Burgenland: Election result Jois 2017 (accessed on November 26, 2017)
3. ↑ Province of Burgenland: Election result Jois 2012 (accessed on November 26, 2017)
4. ↑ Province of Burgenland: Election result Jois 2007 (accessed on November 26, 2017)
5. ↑ ^{a b} Province of Burgenland: Election results Jois 2002 (accessed on November 26, 2017)
6. ↑ mein district.at: Jois: New community leadership decides first promised measures (accessed on November 8, 2017)
7. ↑ ^{a b} Municipality of Jois: Municipal Office (accessed October 27, 2018)
8. ↑ Municipality of Jois: Municipal Council (accessed on November 27, 2017)