Mattersburg

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Mattersburg
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Mattersburg (Austria)
Mattersburg
Basic data
Country: Austria
State : Burgenland
Political District : Mattersburg
License plate : MA
Surface: 28.17 km²
Coordinates : 47 ° 44 '  N , 16 ° 24'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 44 '17 "  N , 16 ° 23' 49"  E
Height : 256  m above sea level A.
Residents : 7,456 (January 1, 2020)
Postal code : 7210
Area code : 02626
Community code : 1 06 06
NUTS region AT112
UN / LOCODE AT MAT
Address of the
municipal administration: 		City of Mattersburg
Brunnenplatz 4
7210 Mattersburg
Website: www.mattersburg.gv.at
politics
Mayoress : Ingrid Salamon ( SPÖ )
Municipal Council : ( 2017 )
(25 members)
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A total of 25 seats
Location of Mattersburg in the Mattersburg district
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The city's landmark: the valley viaduct of the Mattersburger Bahn
The city's landmark: the valley viaduct of the Mattersburger Bahn
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria
The main square in Mattersburg
Southwest view of Mattersburg

Mattersburg ( Hungarian : Nagymarton (Groß-Martin), Croatian : Matrštof ) is a town and a district suburb (Burgenland name for district capital) of the district of the same name in Burgenland in Austria .

geography

Mattersburg is located in the northern part of Burgenland east of Wiener Neustadt in the Wulkatal .

Community structure

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

  • Mattersburg (6675) including pipe bridge
  • Walbersdorf (781)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Mattersburg and Walbersdorf .

Incorporations

Mattersburg and Walbersdorf were united into one community with effect from January 1, 1971 through the municipal structure improvement law.

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 Mattersburg was then in the province of Pannonia . Archaeological excavations documented prehistoric, Roman and early medieval finds.

Mattersburg was first mentioned in 1202 as Villa Martini . It should have been about St. Martinus . A castle originally standing here, the family seat of the Lords of Mattersdorf-Forchtenstein , was razed before 1294. Forchtenstein Castle was built in place of this .

Mattersburg received market rights as early as 1354 .

The market took off when the railway from Wiener Neustadt to Mattersburg was put into operation in 1847.

Since 1898 had due to the Magyarization of the government in Budapest of Hungarian name Nagymarton be used.

20th century

After the end of the First World War , the short-lived Republic of Heinzenland was proclaimed on December 22nd, 1918 in Mattersburg by the local social democrat Hans Suchard . After that, like the whole of Burgenland, the place belonged to Hungary (German-West Hungary) and after tough negotiations it was awarded to Austria in the treaties of St. Germain and Trianon in 1919. Since the referendum in Burgenland in 1921, the place has belonged to the newly founded federal state of Burgenland (see also History of Burgenland ). Until June 14, 1924 the community was officially called "Mattersdorf". On July 2, 1926, the town was raised as Mattersburg.

Still as Mattersdorf / Nagy Márton (top left), around 1880 (recording sheet of the state survey )

Immediately after Austria's annexation to the German Reich in March 1938, the Jewish population was expelled and expropriated, so that by autumn 1938 there were no more Jews in Mattersburg. Around 100 Jewish residents are believed to have been largely murdered in the extermination camps. The shtetl , the shul , the synagogue and the yeshiva were blown up in 1940. 77 years later, on November 5th, 2017, shortly before the anniversary of the November pogroms , a warning memorial was inaugurated in the presence of high -profile people on Brunnenplatz, the former location of the synagogue. 3 stele with inscriptions and the graphic of a 7-armed chandelier, a door frame and a storage area for "Stones of Remembrance", made of rusting iron on a concrete slab, were designed by Michael Feyer from the "We remember" association, which also deals with the financing cared.

In the course of the hostilities of the Second World War , more than 200 dead and missing soldiers were mourned.

After the war, many returnees so-called Eastern workers came to the city. Here was typhoid introduced to the city.

In the first post-war years, construction work was carried out that is impressive. New residential areas were built, the sports facility was expanded and the jubilee secondary school was built, and the project for the construction of the swimming pool area was also tackled. The Burgenland German Middle School, which had already been established in 1924, was taken over by the Republic of Austria as the Bundesrealgymnasium and Bundesgymnasium in 1948 and has been run as the Bundesgymnasium and Bundesrealgymnasium Mattersburg since 1964 .

The Swedish company Felix Austria , founded by South Moravians, was founded in 1959 as a subsidiary of the large Swedish canning factory Felix in Mattersburg - one of the most important economic projects in the post-war period.

A major renovation of the district administration building took place in 1962; the core building was presumably already occupied as the official residence in 1912. In 2004 a modern new building was built.

Mattersburg and Walbersdorf were united into one community with effect from January 1, 1971 through the municipal structure improvement law. The city administration has been housed in a newly built town hall since 1972. Until then, the old schoolhouse, built in 1855/57, had served as the first town hall.

With the establishment of the cultural center 1973-1976 (one of the few surviving buildings in the Brutalist style ), a communication center for all classes of the population was created. Since the jubilee secondary school turned out to be too small, it was replaced in 1975 by the central secondary school with the sports hall. The special education center, the polytechnic school as well as the commercial school and commercial academy moved into the vacated premises in the anniversary secondary school.

Mattersburg cultural center

In 1985 the guild tree was set up on the square in front of the Florianihof. It shows 16 representatives of various trades that once belonged to guilds. In 2004 the tree was given a new location in front of the old district administration.

In 1996 the largest municipal rubble dump in Burgenland was opened in Mattersburg - the rubble is processed and largely reused. The waste material collection point was awarded the "Golden Dung Beetle" - an award the municipality received for its services to waste management.

Likewise, many building sites have been created in the settlement areas in recent years, and apartments and family houses have been completed.

The infrastructure was improved by redesigning the city center, redeveloping the parks and setting up the MEZ shopping center. The new construction of a municipal kindergarten with a children's playground and its own crèche is intended to make Mattersburg an interesting place to live for young families.

21st century

Numerous investments have been made in recent years: the pool and ice rink as well as the elementary and secondary school have been renovated. In addition, an outdoor sports facility, a mountain bike and a Nordic walking route were built. SVM Mattersburg built a new football stadium.

In 2005, a "fun court" and a "movement park" were built - thus taking into account the health and wellness concept. In 2006 the social center "Villa Martini" was opened. In 2007, the ARENA 2000, a modern shopping center on the outskirts, was opened. In 2008, the construction of the first soccer academy in Burgenland began.

Jewish history

The Jewish cemetery in Mattersburg
Historical information about the cemetery
Memorial at the site of the former synagogue

The story is interesting in connection with Judaism . In the 16th century, the Jews expelled from Ödenburg settled here and the city grew rapidly. In 1671 the Jews had to leave Mattersdorf, as the town was called at the time, on the orders of Leopold I. However , they returned in 1678 at the invitation of Prince Paul I, Esterházy , but had to buy their property again. Since then Mattersdorf has belonged to the seven Jewish communities in Burgenland. The independent Jewish community was only merged with the market community in March 1902. After Austria was annexed to the German Reich in 1938, the Jews were expelled and expropriated. Many of the tombstones in the Jewish cemetery were used to build roads. As early as September 30, 1938, the local Nazis announced that all Jews had disappeared. Many managed to emigrate to Brooklyn , New York. Including the doctor and later employee of the New Yorker , Richard Berczeller , and the chief rabbi Samuel Ehrenfeld. After Israel was founded, Ehrenfeld founded the Kirjat Mattersdorf district in the north of Jerusalem , in memory of its Burgenland origins. The yeshiva, the Thora school of Mattersdorf, which was respected supraregionally before 1938, is continued there to this day, since Ehrenfeld's son and then his son succeeded their father as rabbi and holder of the “Mattersdorfer scholarship”.

In 2017, the memorial to the memory of the former Jewish community Mattersburg was erected in Judengasse . On November 5, 2017, the monument was opened on the site of the destroyed synagogue by Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen (see above).

Population development


Culture and sights

Sports

Poplar stadium of SV Mattersburg
  • Football: The city has gained particular fame in recent years primarily through the football club SV Mattersburg , which played in the Bundesliga from 2003 to 2013 and from 2015 to the insolvency in 2020 .

In 2009, a soccer academy for around 10 million euros with several grass pitches and a boarding school was set up to promote young footballers in Burgenland.

  • Basketball: BK Mattersburg Rocks has been playing in the 2nd Bundesliga Division South since the 2007/08 season.
  • Hockey: The ASKÖ -Hockeysportverein has been playing in the leagues of the Austrian Hockey Association since 2006.

Economy and Infrastructure

Mattersburg is the economic center of the region with more than 300 companies and over 3,400 jobs. One of the largest companies is the food manufacturer Felix Austria . There are also many other businesses in the commercial and service sectors. Mattersburg has three shopping centers.

The Commerzialbank Mattersburg im Burgenland AG, a regional banking institute, is based in Mattersburg. The bank became known nationwide in July 2020 after the financial market supervisory authority FMA uncovered extensive falsified accounts and the bank was then forcibly closed.

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politics

Municipal council

Municipal council elections
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The council comprises a total of 25 seats due to the number of inhabitants.

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.
SPÖ 1993 51.31 14th 1942 54.14 14th 1,885 55.18 15th 1836 53.94 14th 1361 44.61 11
ÖVP 1244 32.03 8th 993 27.68 7th 1115 32.64 8th 1228 36.08 9 1419 46.51 12
FPÖ 280 7.21 1 384 10.71 2 188 5.50 1 171 5.02 1 271 8.88 2
Green 165 4.25 1 268 7.47 2 191 5.59 1 169 4.96 1 not running
LBL not running not running 37 1.08 0 not running not running
LZM A1 202 5.20 1 not running not running not running not running
Eligible voters 5747 5634 5228 4855 4606
voter turnout 74.18% 71.71% 73.91% 79.22% 79.90%
A1 List future Mattersburg

mayor

Ingrid Salamon (SPÖ) has been the city's mayor since 1999 .

The office management is in the hands of Karl Aufner.

City council

In addition to Mayor Ingrid Salamon (SPÖ), the City Council also includes Vice Mayor Otmar Illedits (SPÖ) and Melanie Eckhardt (ÖVP), Manfred Schandl (SPÖ), Claudia Schlager (SPÖ), Rafaela Strauss (SPÖ) and Andreas Feiler (ÖVP) .

coat of arms

AUT Mattersburg COA.svg The coat of arms was awarded to the city on July 4, 1973 by the Burgenland state government.

Description of coat of arms : In a red shield there is a golden poker hook with a silver handle. Above the shield is a gold crown with nine silver pearls .
The coat of arms figure is also interpreted as a vine knife , which indicates that the place was the largest wine-growing community in the territory in the 17th century, had a number of privileges in the wine trade and had the right to serve wine as early as the 14th century.

Personalities

Honorary citizen

  • 1993: Eduard Sieber († 2020), Mayor of Mattersburg 1986–1991

Sons and daughters of the church

People related to the community

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
  2. ↑ Dorothea Talaa, Ingomar Herrmann: Fund report. In: Find reports from Austria. Volume 48, year 2009. Vienna 2010. Pages 453–455.
  3. ↑ Wolfgang Weisgram: "Anschluss" in Mattersburg: When the city amputated its shtetl. In: The Standard . March 10, 2018, accessed March 19, 2018 .
  4. ↑ a b Wolfgang Weisgram: Jewish history: Mattersburg remembers itself. In: The Standard . November 2, 2017. Retrieved November 11, 2017 .
  5. ^ Memorial to the memory of the Jewish community in Mattersburg orf.at, November 7, 2017, accessed November 12, 2017.
  6. ↑ Memorial site for Jewish community opened orf.at, November 5, 2017, accessed November 12, 2017. - Image of the synagogue. Right stele: "All that evil needs to triumph / is the silence of the majority".
  7. ^ Jewish memorial in Mattersburg opened mein district.at, November 6, 2017, accessed November 12, 2017. - Representation of the inscriptions, pictures of the participants.
  8. ↑ Wolfgang Weisgram: Memory lies under the pavement. Der Standard, January 20, 2009, p. 17.
  9. ↑ Mattersburg Historical on mattersburg.gv.at. Accessed May 1st.
  10. ^ KUZ Mattersburg: Demolition work has started. In: burgenland.ORF.at. July 20, 2019, accessed July 20, 2019 .
  11. ↑ FMA blocks Commerzialbank: Pucher resigned. ORF Burgenland, 15./16. July 2020.
  12. ^ Province of Burgenland: election results Mattersburg 2017 (accessed on November 23, 2017)
  13. ↑ Province of Burgenland: election results Mattersburg 2012 (accessed on November 23, 2017)
  14. ↑ Province of Burgenland: election results Mattersburg 2007 (accessed on November 23, 2017)
  15. ↑ a b Province of Burgenland: election results Mattersburg 2002 (accessed on November 23, 2017)
  16. ^ City of Mattersburg: Mayor (accessed on November 22, 2017)
  17. ^ City of Mattersburg: Head of Office (accessed on November 22, 2017)
  18. ↑ Former Mayor Eduard Sieber has died. In: ORF.at . April 22, 2020, accessed April 22, 2020 .
  19. ↑ City of Mattersburg: City Council (accessed on November 22, 2017)
  20. ↑ Coat of Arms award certificate of the Burgenland provincial government of July 4, 1973
  21. ↑ Mattersburg's coat of arms. City of Mattersburg, accessed December 14, 2019 .
  22. ↑ Gertraud Tometich: When the Schofahorn still sounded in Burgenland. Edition Marlit, 2013, p. 180