Moschendorf (Burgenland)

Mosque village
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Burgenland
Political District :	Gussing
License plate :	GS
Surface:	13.17 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 3 '  N , 16 ° 29'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 3 '23 "  N , 16 ° 28' 40"  E
Residents :	394 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	30 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	7540
Area code :	03324
Community code :	1 04 28
Address of the municipal administration:	Moschendorf 95 7540 Moschendorf
Website:	www.moschendorf.at/
politics
Mayor :	Werner Laky ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2017 ) (11 members)	7th 4th 7th 4th  A total of 11 seats ÖVP : 7 SPÖ : 4
Location of Moschendorf in the Güssing district
Kellergasse in Moschendorf with wine museum
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Moschendorf is a municipality with 394 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Güssing district in Burgenland in Austria . The Hungarian place name of the municipality is Nagysároslak and the Croatian Šerešlaka .

geography

The community is located in the lower Pinkatal in southern Burgenland, directly on the Austria / Hungary border. Moschendorf is the only place in the municipality. The municipality of Bergen Häuser is also located in the municipality .

Neighboring communities

Due to the border negotiations between Austria and Hungary in 1922/1923, the northern neighboring town on the Pinka, Postrum / Szentpéterfa , was reassigned to Hungary. Since the neighboring village to the south, Pinkamindszent, also belongs to Hungary, the municipality borders on Hungary in the north, east and south, and inland only in the west.

history

The first written mention of the place took place in the 13th century. In 1482 the place was named Sároslak (sáros = swamp; lak = dwelling place), in 1564 it appeared as Németsároslak (német = German). The oldest existing evidence of the German name Moschendorf (mos, mhdt. = Moss) comes from the year 1600.

Parish church in Moschendorf

Devastation from war occurred in 1532 and 1605; Fires destroyed the place in 1636 and 1836. In 1713 the church and parish school were built. Today's parish church was built in 1773 and the place had 764 inhabitants at that time. The Moschendorf volunteer fire brigade was founded in 1882 . In 1900 there were 1,215 inhabitants.

It belonged, as the entire German-West Hungary until 1921 to Hungary . Since 1898 had due to the Magyarization of the government in Budapest of Hungarian name Nagysároslak be used (nagy = large). After the First World War, German West Hungary was awarded to Austria in the treaties of the victorious powers of St. Germain (with Austria) in 1919 and Trianon (with Hungary) in 1920. The Austrians called it Burgenland and were able to take possession of it in 1921 (see also the history of Burgenland ).

The need of the population around 1900 was so great that many people emigrated to the USA. Especially people who had no property (Holden) and mostly earned their money as day laborers set out for America. The earning potential in the USA was so good that there were also many migrant workers. They sent the money home to their families, who built a house or farm building or used it to increase their property. The houses built with this money stood out on a walk through the village, as they were more magnificent and larger than the other houses. The money earned in the USA was also used to pay off the inheritance to the siblings. At that time, many children grew up with their grandparents because their parents were earning money in America. Many of the migrant workers came back to their homeland, even though they had it better in America than here. From 1930 to 1938, many Moschendorfers emigrated to the USA due to the economic crisis. There are more Moschendorfers living in America than it says here in a posted village chronicle. In 1939 only 715 inhabitants were counted.

At the end of the Second World War, the area around Moschendorf was a battle zone for two weeks in the spring of 1945 when the Red Army , coming from Hungary, advanced westward.

In 1970 the place was incorporated into the large municipality of Strem. In 1996 Moschendorf became an independent municipality again.

Population development

Culture and sights

Kellerstöckl in the wine museum

See also:  List of listed objects in Moschendorf (Burgenland)

• Parish church in Moschendorf
• Moschendorf Wine Museum

politics

Municipal council

Local council election

 %

70

60

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

58.97%
(-7.00  % p )

41.03%
(+ 7.00  % p )

ÖVP

SPuUA ^A1

2012



2017



The council comprises a total of 11 members based on the number of eligible voters.

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	217	58.97	7th	254	65.97	7th	255	63.12	7th	265	68.65	8th	256	70.14	8th
SPuUA A1	151	41.03	4th	131	34.03	4th	not running			not running			not running
SPÖ	not running			not running			149	36.88	4th	121	31.35	3	109	29.86	3
Eligible voters	399			419			421			418			395
voter turnout	95.24%			96.18%			97.15%			93.54%			95.95%

^A1 SPÖ and independents

mayor

Mayor is Werner Laky (ÖVP).

After Peter Schlaffer (ÖVP), who had headed the municipality since Strem was spun off in 1996, resigned his office on February 29, 2012, Werner Laky was elected mayor by the local council on the same day. In the direct mayor election on October 7, 2012, Laky had to face the electorate. Since there was no competitor, his choice with 82.62% was merely a formal act. In the election on October 1, 2017, he had a competitor in Cornelia Kedl-Oswald (SPÖ and Independent). Laky was confirmed as mayor with 60.65%, Kedl-Oswald got 39.35%.

Cornelia Kedl-Oswald was elected Vice Mayor at the constituent meeting of the municipal council.

The head of office is Klaudia Jost.

coat of arms

The coat of arms was awarded to the municipality on June 16, 1998 by the Burgenland state government. Blazon : “ In the shield split by green and gold, a house of mixed colors; the house is raised by a green vine with two grapes (front) and an ox rising inwards (rear). “ The church colors are green and gold.

Personalities

Honorary citizen

• 2019: Verena Dunst (* 1958), Austrian politician ( SPÖ ), Provincial Councilor of the Burgenland Provincial Government 2000–2019, President of the Burgenland Landtag since 2019, lives in Moschendorf and grew up here
• 2019: Peter Schlaffer, Mayor of Moschendorf 1996–2012

Sons and daughters of the church

• Walter Laki (* 1951), politician ( FRANK ), member of the Lower Austrian state parliament 2013–2018

Personalities associated with the community

• Stefan Behm (1929–2005), politician ( ÖVP ) and farmer, mayor of Moschendorf 1967–1970, member of the Burgenland State Parliament 1977–1991

Web links

Commons : Moschendorf, Burgenland  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• 10428 - Moschendorf. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Website Moschendorf

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Almost all of the data in the history section from the village chronicle mentioned, Fig. In Hans-Jörg Vogler, Johann Scheibner: A culinary journey of discovery through Burgenland , Umschau, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 2005, ISBN 3-86528-315-2 , p. 162
2. ↑ http://weinbaumuseum.at/
3. ↑ ^{a b} Results of the 2017 municipal council elections in Moschendorf. Office of the Burgenland Provincial Government, October 29, 2017, accessed on January 17, 2020 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Results of the 2012 local council election in Moschendorf. Office of the Burgenland Provincial Government, November 4, 2012, accessed on January 17, 2020 . 
5. ^ Result of the 2007 municipal council election in Moschendorf. Office of the Burgenland Provincial Government, October 21, 2007, accessed on January 17, 2020 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Results of the 2002 local council election in Moschendorf. Office of the Provincial Government of Burgenland, October 21, 2002, accessed on January 17, 2020 . 
7. ↑ BVZ of February 29, 2012: Local chief Schlaffer resigns (accessed on January 26, 2018)
8. ↑ Municipality of Moschendorf: Municipal Council (accessed on January 26, 2018)
9. ↑ Municipality of Moschendorf: Municipal Office (accessed on January 26, 2018)
10. ↑ Municipality of Moschendorf: coat of arms (accessed on January 26, 2018)
11. ↑ https://www.bvz.at/guessing/moschendorf-zwei-neue-ehrenbuerger-moschendorf-verena-dunst-peter-schlaffer-175906885# (accessed on December 7, 2019)
12. ↑ https://www.bvz.at/guessing/moschendorf-zwei-neue-ehrenbuerger-moschendorf-verena-dunst-peter-schlaffer-175906885# (accessed on December 7, 2019)