Oggau on Lake Neusiedl

market community Oggau on Lake Neusiedl
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Burgenland
Political District :	Eisenstadt area
License plate :	EU
Surface:	52.08 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 50 ′  N , 16 ° 40 ′  E Coordinates: 47 ° 50 ′ 0 ″  N , 16 ° 40 ′ 0 ″  E
Height :	130  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,753 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	34 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	7063
Area code :	02685
Community code :	1 03 10
Address of the municipal administration:	Hauptstrasse 52 7063 Oggau am Neusiedler See
Website:	www.oggau.at
politics
Mayor :	Thomas Schmid ( SPÖ )
Municipal Council : ( 2017 ) (21 members)	12 7th 1 1 12 7th 1 1  A total of 21 seats SPÖ : 12 ÖVP : 7 FPÖ : 1 FBL : 1
Location of Oggau am Neusiedler See in the Eisenstadt-Umgebung district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Oggau am Neusiedler See is a place with 1753 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in Burgenland on the west bank of the Neusiedler See . Since 1994 the place has the status of a market town .

history

Oggau in the recording sheet of the Francisco-Josephinian state survey (1873)

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 Oggau was then in the province of Pannonia . During excavations, drinking bowls with remains of red wine from Roman times were found. Because of this find, Oggau is the "oldest red wine community in Austria".

The place name is first attested in 1344 as villa Zaka . This form comes from the old Hungarian personal name Sac . The settlement is named after its first owner.

In German, the initial sibilance / s / of the name, which is not further understandable, was identified with the mhd. Preposition ze ("zu; in"), which is very common in determining locations ; if you omitted the supposed preposition, the only place name that remained was today's Oggau . This Germanized form, in turn, was soon borrowed back into Hungarian and has been attested as Oka since 1393 .

Like the whole of Burgenland, the place belonged to Hungary until 1920/21 . After the end of the First World War, after bitter negotiations, part of Hungary was assigned to Austria in the Treaty of Trianon 1920. The place has belonged to the newly founded federal state of Burgenland since 1921 (see also the history of Burgenland ).

Between October 1944 and April 1945, Hungarian Jews were used as slave labor in the quarry .

Oggau am Neusiedler See has been a market town since 1994 (through VO 16).

Population development

Culture and sights

Oggau parish church

Kreuzkapelle

Rosalia Chapel

Wine trail near Oggau

See also:  List of listed objects in Oggau am Neusiedler See

• Parish Oggau : The baroque Parish was built from 1727 to 1731 and has a shrine from the Rococo . The rectory was built in 1795. In Oggau there are two pillars of plague (erected in 1695 and 1713).
• A special attraction is the Hölzlstein , a 10 by 20 meter limestone that is located just outside the village. This is a remnant from when the area was still below sea level. According to a legend, witches once lived in the Hölzlstein.

Regular events

• 24 hour Burgenland Extreme Tour
• Every year at the end of August a Kirtag tree is set up. This is passed on from generation to generation. The reason for this is the pattern. All future soldiers or civil servants set up this tree together.

politics

Municipal council

Local council election 2017

 %

60

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

54.19
(+7.04)

35.40
(-5.52)

5.28
( n. K. )

5.13
(-6.80)

SPÖ

ÖVP

FPÖ

FBL

2012



2017



Oggau municipal office on Lake Neusiedl

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	718	54.19	12	636	47.15	10	705	53.57	12	727	55.54	12	549	46.13	9
ÖVP	469	35.40	7th	552	40.92	9	509	38.68	8th	527	40.26	9	528	44.37	9
FPÖ	70	5.28	1	not running			not running			55	4.20	0	102	8.57	1
FBL	68	5.13	1	161	11.93	2	102	7.75	1	not running			not running
BBO	not running			not running			not running			not running			11	0.92	0
Eligible voters	1540			1591			1584			1534			1472
voter turnout	91.10%			92.52%			91.04%			92.42%			94.02%

Parish council

In addition to Mayor Thomas Schmid (SPÖ) and Deputy Mayor Peter Eibl (ÖVP), the executive councils Franz Dinhof (SPÖ), Gabriele Hirschmann (SPÖ), Hannes Kern (ÖVP), Johann Kröss (SPÖ) and Harald Zinkl (SPÖ) also belong to the community council on.

mayor

Mayor has been Thomas Schmid (SPÖ) since 2017 . In the 2017 direct mayor election, he was confirmed in office with 58.72% of three candidates in the first ballot. Peter Eibl (ÖVP) got 33.14%, Josef Graßl (FBL) got 4.94% and Christian Eissner (FPÖ) got 3.20%. Eibl was thus allowed to keep his position as Vice Mayor.

Office manager is Edith Zechmeister.

Chronicle of the mayor

from	to	mayor
1923	1938	Elias Wimmer ( CSP )
1938	...	Georg Mähner ( NSDAP )
...	...	Richard Erdt (NSDAP)
...	...	Franz Thometitsch (NSDAP)
...	...	Ferdinand Migschitz (NSDAP)
...	1945	Paul Sallmutter (NSDAP)
1945	1948	Elias Wimmer (ÖVP)
1948	1972	Johann Siess (ÖVP)
1972	1997	Leopold Werner (ÖVP)
1997	2017	Ernst Schmid (SPÖ)
since 2017		Thomas Schmid (SPÖ)

coat of arms

Blazon : "Azure, a silver, two-tower, gezinnter Torbau with open round arch, a keyed golden portcullis round roofs and the one open arched windows on the towers. A golden sun breaks out from the upper corner on the left. The local colors are silver (white) blue corresponding to the tinctures of the coat of arms. "

Personalities

• Paul Fasching (* 1951) - farmer and politician, member of the Oggau council
• Franz Heigl (1925–2002) - director of the Oggau elementary school, player and long-time chairman of the UFC Oggau, ancestor and local history researcher
• Josef Lentsch (1909–1988) - politician born in Oggau, governor of Burgenland
• Josef Mayrhofer (1810–1897) - priest and professor of theology at the bishopric in Győr , benefactor of the parish of Oggau
• Johann Surányi 1835–1903 - member of the Raab cathedral chapter (Canon), 1897–1902 rector of the theological college in Győr
• Matthias Weißenbeck (1673–1743) - cloth merchant and councilor in Vienna, the native of Oggau financed the construction of the Oggau church
• Elias Wimmer (1889–1949) - politician, mayor of Oggau

Honorary citizen

Honorary citizenship of the municipality of Oggau am Neusiedler See was awarded to the following personalities:

• Richard Kampits † (awarded April 11, 1931) - primary school director
• Andreas Kern † (awarded on April 11, 1931) - innkeeper
• Otto von Habsburg (awarded on September 15, 1934; revoked June 7, 1938) - Emperor's son
• Kurt von Schuschnigg † (awarded November 10, 1936; revoked June 7, 1938) - Federal Chancellor
• Hans Sylvester † (awarded on November 10, 1936; revoked June 7, 1938) - Governor of Burgenland
• Josef Heurigs † (awarded on July 7, 1949) - Dechant pastor in Oggau
• Gustinus Ambrosi † (awarded on February 25, 1953) - professor and sculptor in Vienna
• Andreas Tschank † (awarded on September 28, 1954) - High School Councilor in Oggau
• Rudolf Leopold (awarded on March 14, 1958) - Head of Section in the Federal Ministry of Agriculture
• Franz Hengl (awarded on March 14, 1958) - Ministerialrat at the Federal Ministry of Agriculture
• Johann Siess † (awarded May 27, 1977) - Mayor 1948–1955 and 1960–1972
• Alfred Hirtenfelder † (awarded on December 30, 1986) - Canon, local pastor 1972–1987
• Leopold Werner (awarded on May 13, 2000) - Mayor 1972–1997
• Mathias Reiner (awarded on August 29, 2004) - really. Konsistorialrat, local pastor 1987-2004

Honorary ring bearer

Since 1976 the ring of honor of the community of Oggau am Neusiedler See has been awarded to the following personalities:

• Josef Grassl † (awarded May 27, 1977) - Mayor 1955–1959
• Johann Schmidl † (awarded May 27, 1977) - Vice Mayor 1954–1958 and 1962–1967
• Ernst Kampitsch † (awarded on May 27, 1977) - primary school director in Oggau
• Ferdinand Maad † (awarded on April 19, 1980) - Head of the Oggau Municipal Office 1947–1980
• Franz Heigl † ​​(awarded on March 16, 1985) - primary school director
• Michael Schmit (awarded on December 30, 1986) - Chairman of the Raiffeisenkasse Oggau
• Helmut Lang (awarded on September 12, 1977) - longtime Kapellmeister
• Mathias Pallitsch (conferred on May 13, 2000) - Vice Mayor 1967–1982
• Johann Neuwirth (conferred on May 13, 2000) - Vice Mayor 1967–1980
• Heribert Reinprecht (awarded on May 13, 2000) - Vice Mayor 1982–1992
• Ernst Kampitsch (awarded on May 13, 2000) - primary school director in Oggau

Web links

Commons : Oggau am Neusiedler See  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• 10310 - Oggau am Neusiedler See. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• History of the market town on Lake Neusiedl

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Forced labor camp for Hungarian Jews in Austria, entry Oggau on deutschland-ein-denkmal.de
2. ↑ ^{a b} Province of Burgenland: election results Oggau am Neusiedler See 2017 (accessed on December 16, 2017)
3. ^ Province of Burgenland: election results Oggau am Neusiedler See 2012 (accessed on December 16, 2017)
4. ↑ Province of Burgenland: election results Oggau am Neusiedler See 2007 (accessed on December 16, 2017)
5. ↑ ^{a b} Province of Burgenland: Oggau am Neusiedler See election results 2002 (accessed on December 16, 2017)
6. ↑ ^{a b} community Oggau am Neusiedler See: Parish Council (accessed on 16 December 2017)
7. ^ Community of Oggau am Neusiedler See: Head of Office (accessed on December 16, 2017)
8. ↑ Atles Burgenland: atlas-burgenland.at (accessed on December 16, 2017)
9. ↑ Oggau.com: Franz Heigl (accessed December 16, 2017)
10. ↑ Oggau.com: Josef Lentsch (accessed December 16, 2017)
11. ↑ Oggau.com: Josef Mayrhofer (accessed December 16, 2017)
12. ↑ Oggau.com: Johann Surányi (accessed December 16, 2017)
13. ↑ Oggau.com: Matthias Weißenbeck (accessed December 16, 2017)
14. ↑ Oggau.com: Honorary Citizen (accessed December 16, 2017)
15. ↑ Oggau.com: Honorary Ring Bearer (accessed December 16, 2017)