Kleinhöflein in Burgenland

Kleinhöflein im Burgenland ( village ) ; locality ; cadastral municipality Kleinhöflein im Burgenland
	Basic data
Pole. District , state	Eisenstadt (E), Burgenland
Judicial district	Eisenstadt
Pole. local community	Eisenstadt
Coordinates	47 ° 50 ′ 19 ″ N , 16 ° 30 ′ 9 ″ E Coordinates: 47 ° 50 ′ 19 ″ N , 16 ° 30 ′ 9 ″ E
height	223 m above sea level A.
Residents of the village	3107 (January 1, 2020)
Building status	505 (2001)
Area d. KG	10.18 km²
	Statistical identification
Locality code	00002
Cadastral parish number	30008
Counting district / district	Kleinhöflein in Burgenland (10101 020)
	; Southeast view of Kleinhöflein in Burgenland
	Source: STAT : index of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; GIS-Bgld

Parish church hl. Vitus

Kleinhöflein in Burgenland is a district in the west of the Burgenland capital Eisenstadt .

geography

Just like most of Eisenstadt, Kleinhöflein is also located on a terrace sloping towards the Wulka plain at the southern foot of the Leitha Mountains .

history

The place was first mentioned in 1380 as Clanhewelin. In the course of time the name changed to Kysheflin (Hungarian name 1382), Chlain Hoeflein (1405), Khlain Höflein (1580), Minor Hefflan (Latin name 1641), Klain Hefflein (1651). 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 Kishöflány be used.

After the end of World War I was after tough negotiations German-West Hungary in the Treaty of St. Germain and Trianon 1919 Austria awarded. The place has belonged to the newly founded federal state of Burgenland since 1921 (see also the history of Burgenland ). The wine-growing village of Kleinhöflein, located in the west of Eisenstadt, was part of the Eisenstadt rule in the Middle Ages , came into the possession of the Esterházy family in the 17th century and belonged to the Ödenburg county .

Incorporation

On January 1, 1971, the previously independent municipality was incorporated into the free town of Eisenstadt.

Culture and sights

Catholic parish church Eisenstadt-Kleinhöflein hl. Veit: One of the sights in Kleinhöflein is the parish church, which has both Romanesque and Gothic features. The church, which sits enthroned on a hill above the village, is dedicated to St. Vitus and surrounded by a defensive wall and was mentioned in a document as early as 1464.
Eisenstadt-Kleinhöflein cemetery
There are wine growers and Heurigen in Kleinhöflein

Regular events

Winzerkirtag Kleinhöflein: Biggest Heuriger in Burgenland

Personalities

Josef Farkas , Austrian National Socialist politician
Josef Kirchknopf , ÖVP National Councilor, City Councilor of Eisenstadt
Johann Luif , (* 1959) Military Commander of Burgenland, DCOM KFOR, Kosovo 2011/12, COM EUFOR, Bosnia 2014/15, since 2016 Lieutenant General and Head of the General Staff Directorate in the BMLV
Regina Petrik , member of the Greens in the Burgenland state parliament .

Literary processing

Kleinhöflein is the scene of many traditionally handed down legends, such as the story of the Germbutten tree or the saga of the Kümmerlingstein zu Kleinhöflein.

Web links

Commons : Kleinhöflein in Burgenland - collection of images, videos and audio files