Nickelsdorf

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Nickelsdorf
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Burgenland
Political District :	Neusiedl am See
License plate :	ND
Surface:	60.67 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 56 '  N , 17 ° 4'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 56 '26 "  N , 17 ° 4' 8"  E
Residents :	1,797 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	30 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	2425
Community code :	1 07 14
Address of the municipal administration:	Obere Hauptstrasse 3 2425 Nickelsdorf
Website:	www.nickelsdorf.at
politics
Mayor :	Gerhard Zapfl ( SPÖ )
Municipal Council : ( 2017 ) (21 members)	11 8th 2 11 8th 2  A total of 21 seats SPÖ : 11 ÖVP : 8 FPÖ : 2
Location of Nickelsdorf in the Neusiedl am See district
Center with Roman Catholic. Parish church. In front of it a green area with the war memorial
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Nickelsdorf is a municipality with 1797 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Neusiedl am See district in Burgenland in Austria .

The Hungarian place name is Miklóshalma .

geography

Nickelsdorf is one of the easternmost communities in Austria. To the east of Nickelsdorf lies the important road and rail border crossing to Hegyeshalom (German Straß-Sommerein ) in Hungary .

history

After the Hungarian conquest, Petschenegen were settled here . The Pechenegs lived here as border guards of the Hungarian kingdom. The community was called Turdemech at this time (Turdemicz, Thurdamesz, Tordamez). In 1532 it is mentioned as Miklósfalu . The place belonged to Hungary in Moson County until 1921 .

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 ).

Population development

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Nickelsdorf

• Evangelical Parish Church Nickelsdorf : The church or prayer house was built in 1787 and consecrated on October 11th that same year. After Protestant churches were allowed to have a tower and a bell from 1791, the first bell was purchased in 1797 and raised in a wooden frame. In 1823 an octagonal tower with a bell chamber and pointed helmet was added to the northwest facade. In 1975 the buildings in front of the church were demolished so that a large church forecourt was created.
• Catholic parish church Nickelsdorf hl. Nikolaus: The previous church was used by the Protestants during the Reformation . On August 24, 1673, it was returned to the Catholic population by Bishop Count Kolonitsch with the help of 40 soldiers. From 1904 onwards, a new one was built immediately to the north instead of the predecessor church, which was too small and dilapidated, and was consecrated on October 15, 1905. It has a single nave nave with buttresses, an east tower, a stair tower and a retracted choir . The four-bay nave is vaulted with ribs, the gallery has three axes with a parapet in front. The three neo-Gothic carved altars date from the construction period. The previous church was demolished during the new building and some of the building material was used for the new building. A parish garden was set up on the area that was freed up and the funeral hall was built on it from 1972 to 1974.

Regular events

• Nova Rock : The Nova Rock, a rock music festival, has been held annually in June in Nickelsdorf on the Pannonia Fields since 2005
• Confrontations : The international jazz event was founded with the Nickelsdorf Jazz Gallery in 1976. The Jazzgalerie has been the organizer since 1979.

politics

Parish council

In addition to Mayor Gerhard Zapfl (SPÖ) and Deputy Mayor Helmut Pecher (ÖVP), the community board also includes Michael Eder (ÖVP), Roman Nitschinger (SPÖ), Ilse Pahr (SPÖ), Denise Pecher (ÖVP) and Erich Weisz (SPÖ).

Municipal council

Municipal council elections

 %

60

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

50.48%
(-8.73  % p )

37.20%
(+ 4.62  % p )

9.10%
(+ 0.89  % p )

3.22%
( n. K. )

SPÖ

ÖVP

FPÖ

GREEN

2012



2017



The council comprises a total of 21 members on the basis of population.

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	627	50.48	11	656	59.21	12	570	52.63	11	540	48.13	10	536	48.24	10
ÖVP	462	37.20	8th	361	32.58	6th	258	23.82	4th	134	11.94	2	123	11.07	2
FPÖ	113	9.10	2	91	8.21	1	68	6.28	1	76	6.77	1	104	9.36	1
Green	40	3.22	0	not running			187	17.27	3	101	9.00	1	not running
BGL	not running			not running			not running			271	24.15	5	348	31.32	6th
Eligible voters	1619			1496			1444			1360			1319
voter turnout	81.53%			81.08%			82.55%			87.72%			91.13%

mayor

Gerhard Zapfl (SPÖ) has been mayor since 1996. Deputy Mayor is Helmut Pecher (ÖVP). In the 2017 mayoral direct election, Zapfl received 52.41% and Pecher 47.59% of the vote.

Head of office is Paul Haider.

Chronicle of the mayor

• from April 8, 1945 Rudolf Juno
• from May 1945 Matthias Lang
• 1947–1950 Andreas Roth (SPÖ)
• 1950–1954 Franz Scherhaufer (ÖVP)
• 1954–1966 Andreas Roth (SPÖ)
• 1966–1972 Johann Weiss (SPÖ)
• 1972–1982 Alfred Nachnebel (ÖVP)
• 1982–1996 Gerhard Jocham (SPÖ)
• since 1996 Gerhard Zapfl (SPÖ)

Evangelical parish church Nickelsdorf

Catholic parish church Nickelsdorf

coat of arms

Blazon : Three white lily-like flowers with green lance-shaped leaves spring from a red heart on a golden (yellow) coat of arms.

Community partnerships

• Geretsried in Upper Bavaria , Germany
• Pusztavám in Fejér , Hungary

Personalities

• Hans Sylvester (1897–1939), Austrian agricultural expert, politician and Nazi victim

literature

• Burgenland state government (ed.): General state topography of Burgenland. First volume: The administrative district of Neusiedl am See. Eisenstadt 1954. Nickelsdorf: pages 302-309.
• Ludwig Volker Toth: Protestant churches in Burgenland, visible - tangible. Salzburg (Edition Tandem) 2011, pp. 18–21.
• Austrian Art Topography, Volume LIX: The Art Monuments of the Political District of Neusiedl am See (edited by Henny Liebhart-Ulm). Horn (Berger) 2012, pp. 543-559.
• Section “The partner communities” in “TÜPL Bruckneudorf - 150 Years of Brucker Lager” by Petra Weiß, publisher. Stadtgemeinde Bruck an der Leitha, April 2017, pp. 446/447

Web links

Commons : Nickelsdorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikivoyage: Nickelsdorf  - Travel Guide

• Site of the municipality of Nickelsdorf

• 10714 - Nickelsdorf. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Nova Rock Festival
• Confrontations, jazz event in Nickelsdorf

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Evangelical Church Community AB Nickelsdorf: 225-year anniversary 1787–2012 ; Retrieved Nov. 29, 2016
2. ^ Evangelical Church AB Burgenland: Nickelsdorf ; Retrieved Nov. 29, 2016
3. ↑ Freizeitinfo.at: Katholische Kirche Nickelsdorf ; accessed on Nov. 30, 2016
4. ↑ Dehio Burgenland 1976 : Nickelsdorf, Catholic parish church hl. Nikolaus , p. 215
5. ↑ Municipality of Nickelsdorf: Municipal Council (accessed December 1, 2017)
6. ↑ ^{a b} Province of Burgenland: Nickelsdorf 2017 election results (accessed on December 1, 2017)
7. ^ Province of Burgenland: Nickelsdorf 2012 election results (accessed on December 1, 2017)
8. ^ Province of Burgenland: Nickelsdorf 2007 election results (accessed on December 1, 2017)
9. ↑ ^{a b} Province of Burgenland: Nickelsdorf 2002 election results (accessed on December 1, 2017)
10. ↑ Municipality of Nickelsdorf: Mayor (accessed December 1, 2017)
11. ↑ Municipality of Nickelsdorf: Vice Mayor (accessed on December 1, 2017)
12. ↑ Municipality of Nickelsdorf: Municipal administration (accessed December 1, 2017)