Kobersdorf

market community

Kobersdorf

coat of arms

Austria map

Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Burgenland

Political District :

Oberpullendorf

License plate :

OP

Surface:

27.27 km²

Coordinates :

47 ° 36 ' N , 16 ° 24' E Coordinates: 47 ° 35 '43 " N , 16 ° 23' 32" 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

Website:

www.kobersdorf.at

politics

Mayor :

Klaus Schütz ( SPÖ )

Municipal Council : ( 2017 )
(21 members)

11

7th

3

11 7th 3

A total of 21 seats

SPÖ : 11
ÖVP : 7
ZDORF : 3

Location of Kobersdorf in the Oberpullendorf district

Kobersdorf, left castle and Evang. Parish church, in the middle Catholic parish church

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 .

Kobersdorf (top left) around 1880 (recording sheet of the state survey )

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

Kobersdorf Castle, 1970

Catholic parish church Kobersdorf

Evang. Parish church Kobersdorf

Culture and sights

Buildings

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

Local council election 2017

%

60

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

48.53
(-3.57)

30.43
(-1.29)

15.71
(-0.47)

3.16
( n. K. )

2.17
( n. K. )

ZDORF ^A1

The council comprises a total of 21 members based on the number of eligible voters.

Results of the municipal council elections since 1997
Political party	2017			2012			2007			2002			1997
Political party	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%

^A1 List future village

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).Template: future / in 4 years

Mayor Klaus Schütz

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.