Kobersdorf
market community Kobersdorf
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Basic data | ||
Country: | Austria | |
State : | Burgenland | |
Political District : | Oberpullendorf | |
License plate : | OP | |
Surface: | 27.27 km² | |
Coordinates : | 47 ° 36 ' N , 16 ° 24' E | |
Height : | 320 m above sea level A. | |
Residents : | 1,878 (January 1, 2020) | |
Population density : | 69 inhabitants per km² | |
Postcodes : | 7332, 7341 | |
Area code : | 02618 | |
Community code : | 1 08 07 | |
NUTS region | AT111 | |
UN / LOCODE | AT KBF | |
Address of the municipal administration: |
Hauptstrasse 38 7332 Kobersdorf |
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politics | ||
Mayor : | Klaus Schütz ( SPÖ ) | |
Municipal Council : ( 2017 ) (21 members) |
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Location of Kobersdorf in the Oberpullendorf district | ||
Kobersdorf, left castle and Evang. Parish church, in the middle Catholic parish church |
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Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria |
Kobersdorf ( Hungarian : Kabold , Croatian : Kobrštof ) is a market town with 1,878 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in Burgenland in the Oberpullendorf district in Austria .
geography
Geographical location
The community is located at the foot of the Pauli Mountain , Austria's youngest extinct volcano , in the Schwarzenbachtal in Central Burgenland .
Parts of the municipality belong to the Landseer Berge nature reserve .
Community structure
The municipality includes the following three localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):
- Kobersdorf (1080) including Am Waldhof, Buchgraben and Neuberg
- Lindgraben (209)
- Oberpetersdorf (589)
The community consists of the cadastral communities Kobersdorf, Lindgraben and Oberpetersdorf.
Incorporations
On January 1, 1971, the previously independent communities of Lindgraben and Oberpetersdorf were merged with Kobersdorf to form the large community of Kobersdorf.
history
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 Kobersdorf was then 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 Kabold 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 and 1920 respectively. The place has belonged to the newly founded federal state of Burgenland since 1921 (see also the history of Burgenland ).
There was a Jewish community in Kobersdorf since 1526 , which was founded by refugees from Ödenburg . Kobersdorf has been one of the seven Jewish communities in Burgenland since the 18th century . In 1828, 746 Jews lived in Kobersdorf, by 1934 their number had fallen to 172. The synagogue , built in 1860, is the only one of the seven communities that has survived and has been used for memorial events since restoration.
Kobersdorf has been a market town since 1463.
Population development
Culture and sights
Buildings
- Kobersdorf Castle
- Catholic parish church Kobersdorf
- Evangelical parish church Kobersdorf
- Former synagogue Kobersdorf
- Jewish cemetery Kobersdorf
nature
- Kobersdorf is a nature park municipality in the Landseer Berge nature park and has an extensive network of mountain biking, cycling, riding and hiking, which leads past the Kobersdorf swimming lake and the Kobersdorf campground, among other places.
- Kobersdorfer Sauerbrunn, a public water extraction point whose water is an alkaline acid, whose ingredients sodium, calcium, magnesium and iron are particularly suitable for cure for stomach, intestinal and bladder ailments.
- Two Austrian long-distance hiking trails and the European long-distance hiking trail E4 run through Kobersdorf with the Central Alpine Trail and the Eastern Austrian Grenzlandweg .
Regular events
- Kobersdorf Castle Games : Since 1972 the Kobersdorf Castle Games have been held annually in July and early August in Kobersdorf Castle
Economy and Infrastructure
The place is home to several companies from various sectors:
- Waldquelle (well-known mineral water manufacturer)
- Reitter Bau (construction company)
- Basalt mining on Pauliberg
- Kobersdorfer Schlossbräu
- Locksmith Scheiber
- Hausensteiner butcher's shop
- Butcher Berger
- Needlework Pauer (specialist shop for needlework and wool)
politics
Municipal council
The council comprises a total of 21 members based on the number of eligible voters.
Political party | 2017 | 2012 | 2007 | 2002 | 1997 | ||||||||||
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Sti. | % | M. | Sti. | % | M. | Sti. | % | M. | Sti. | % | M. | Sti. | % | M. | |
SPÖ | 692 | 48.53 | 11 | 805 | 52.10 | 11 | 797 | 52.43 | 11 | 828 | 57.34 | 13 | 678 | 56.64 | 12 |
ÖVP | 434 | 30.43 | 7th | 490 | 31.72 | 7th | 465 | 30.59 | 7th | 562 | 38.92 | 8th | 413 | 34.50 | 7th |
ZDORF A1 | 224 | 15.71 | 3 | 250 | 16.18 | 3 | 250 | 16.45 | 3 | not running | not running | ||||
FPÖ | 45 | 3.16 | 0 | not running | not running | 54 | 3.74 | 0 | 106 | 8.86 | 2 | ||||
Green | 31 | 2.17 | 0 | not running | not running | not running | not running | ||||||||
FBL | not running | not running | 8th | 0.53 | 0 | not running | not running | ||||||||
Eligible voters | 1931 | 1950 | 1966 | 1892 | 1515 | ||||||||||
voter turnout | 81.41% | 85.18% | 82.15% | 80.13% | 89.97% |
In addition to Mayor Klaus Schütz (SPÖ) and Deputy Mayors Hans Oberhofer (ÖVP) and Andreas Tremmel (SPÖ), the municipal board includes the executive councilors Arnold Gradwohl (SPÖ), Susanna Grössing (SPÖ), Werner Schöll (ZDORF) and Martin Tremmel (ÖVP) on (as of February 2019).
As in 2012, Arnold Gradwohl (SPÖ) was appointed mayor of Lindgraben.
mayor
Mayor is Klaus Schütz (SPÖ). In 2007 he succeeded Manfred Fuchs (SPÖ). In the direct mayor election in 2017, he again had two competitors, Vice Mayor Martina Pauer (ÖVP) and Werner Schöll (ZDORF), as in 2012. In the first ballot on October 1, 2017, Schütz missed the qualified majority with 47.53%; Pauer achieved 33.18% and Schöll was eliminated with 19.29%. The runoff election on October 29th, Schütz won with 53.71%, Pauer came with 46.29%. Pauer resigned from the local council, which is why in the constituent meeting of the local council Johann Oberhofer (ÖVP) was elected first vice mayor and Andreas Tremmel (SPÖ) was elected second vice mayor.
Patricia Steiner is in charge of the municipal office.
coat of arms
Blazon : “ A golden drawbar in red, each accompanied by a six-pointed golden star. " The three gold stars not only refer to the three districts of Kobersdorf, Lindgraben and Oberpetersdorf, which have been united in the Kobersdorf community since January 1, 1971, they also indicate the three dominant denominations (Protestantism, Catholicism and Judaism) in Kobersdorf. |
Community partnerships
Kobersdorf maintains a partnership with the Baden-Württemberg city of Waldbrunn .
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the church
- Wilhelm Riedl (1895–1962), Austrian politician and President of the Austrian Federal Council
- Adalbert Riedl (1898–1978), teacher, museum director at the Landesmuseum Burgenland and Austrian politician
- Franz Marx (1922–1985), Austrian politician, 1960–1982 member of the Burgenland Landtag
- Werner Gradwohl (* 1954), VHS teacher and Austrian politician
- Georg Pehm (* 1964), Austrian politician and President of the Austrian Federal Council
People related to the community
- Theodor Kery (1918–2010), Austrian politician ( SPÖ ), Governor of Burgenland 1966–1987, died on site
literature
- Erwin J. Hausensteiner: The former Jewish community Kobersdorf. A book of memory. Self-published, Kobersdorf 2008, ISBN 978-3-85374-396-X .
- Walter Feymann: History of the Kobersdorf rule from its beginnings to its takeover by Prince Palatine Paul Esterhazy. Diss. Vienna 1970.
gallery
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
- ↑ Changes to the community from 1945 (associations, partitions, name and status changes). Statistics Austria, p. 5 , accessed on February 6, 2019 .
- ↑ Kobersdorf Jewish Community , website regiowiki.at, accessed on February 23, 2015.
- ↑ Dehio Burgenland 1976, p. 154 (passed on through VO 5).
- ↑ a b Province of Burgenland: Kobersdorf 2017 election results (accessed December 25, 2017)
- ↑ a b Province of Burgenland: Kobersdorf 2012 election results (accessed December 25, 2017)
- ↑ a b Province of Burgenland: Kobersdorf 2007 election results (accessed December 25, 2017)
- ↑ a b Province of Burgenland: Kobersdorf 2002 election results (accessed December 25, 2017)
- ↑ Municipal Council. Marktgemeinde Kobersdorf, accessed on February 6, 2019 .
- ↑ a b BVZ from November 15, 2017: Kobersdorf gets a new Vice Mayor (accessed on December 26, 2017)
- ↑ Marktgemeinde Kobersdorf: Municipal Office (accessed on December 26, 2017)
Web links
- 10807 - Kobersdorf. Community data, Statistics Austria .
- Website Kobersdorf municipality
- Schloss-Spiele Kobersdorf , association