Parndorf

Parndorf ( Croatian Pandrof , Hungarian Pándorfalu ) is a bilingual municipality with 4858 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Neusiedl am See district in Burgenland .

geography

The western part of Parndorf extends into the Leithagebirge and is located on the Parndorfer Platte . The place is 7 km north of Lake Neusiedl .

Neighboring communities

	Rohrau (Lower Austria)
Bruck an der Leitha		Neudorf near Parndorf
Jois	Neusiedl am See

history

The area was already densely populated in Roman times, a few kilometers west of today's town is the Roman Villa Bruckneudorf, one of the most important villa finds in Eastern Austria.

The place was mentioned on March 25, 1264 (or 1268) for the first time under the name " Perun ". At that time, King Béla IV gave lands near Parndorf to the Wieselburg citizen Leopold. Prehistoric and Roman finds as well as Celtic - Boi silver coins are available from the time before. Parndorf belonged to Wieselburg County . In 1529, like many other villages in the area, the area fell victim to the Turkish invasion during the first Turkish siege of Vienna . After that the area was repopulated by Croatians from the Dalmatian coastal area. Further destruction took place in the course of the Turkish invasions in 1570, 1619/20, 1683 and during the Kuruc uprising in 1709 as well as by a fire in 1945.

In the north of the village are the remains of the Kuruzzenschanze : It is an old military fortification and consists of an earth wall with a trench in front, in the course of which there were some brick watchtowers. The hill was created from 1703 to 1711 during the anti-Habsburg uprising under Franz Rákóczi against his troops, the Kuruzzen . The hill ran from Petronell via Parndorf to Tabor near Neusiedl am See .

Parndorf was elevated to market status in 1810, but according to Statistics Austria no longer bears this title. In 1837 the place received a post office.

In 1863 the place got the final name "Parndorf". 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 Pandorfalu be used.

Parndorf Airport was established in 1915, was used for pilot training during World War II and was used by the Red Army air forces until 1955.

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 ).

On August 27, 2015 Parndorf hit the headlines of the world press because a refrigerated truck full of 71 bodies of asphyxiated refugees was found on a hard shoulder on the motorway between Neusiedl am See and Parndorf.

Population development

According to the 2001 census, 66% of the population profess to be German-speaking and 17% to the Burgenland-Croatian ethnic group. In addition, 4% describe themselves as Croatians . 6% of the community population list Turkish as their predominant language of everyday life.

79% of the community's population are members of the Roman Catholic Church . For Islam to 7% profess no religious affiliation are also 7% of the population.

Culture and sights

Parndorf Parish Church : The Roman Catholic Church is consecrated to St. Ladislaus and is considered a medieval parish, a church consecrated to St. Benedict is mentioned in 1430. The re-establishment of the parish and the change of patronage take place after the destruction in 1570 in 1572. The tower of the church stands on Romanesque foundations, the masonry of which dates back to the 12th-13th centuries. Century is dated. The nave was built in 1716–1718 according to plans by Lucas von Hildebrandt . In the basement of the tower there is a Romanesque groin vaulted chapel. Since 2008, the original wall painting from the Baroque period, discovered around 1990 but not yet uncovered, has been restored in the apse of this church. The frescoes are attributed to the artist Johann Gfall .
To the east of the church is the crypt chapel of the Harrach family , consecrated to the Holy Cross from the first half of the 19th century.
On the road to Bruckneudorf there is a plague chapel from the first half of the 18th century, the time when the last plague epidemics were rampant in Europe. Parndorf was last hit by epidemics like the plague in 1713. The chapel is dedicated to St. Rochus .
Parndorf Castle was in the south of the village. Its location is only documented by historical maps; the building was demolished in 1979.
In summer there is the Theater Sommer Parndorf on the Kirchenplatz , which has been directed by Christian Spatzek since 2012 . He opens with " The Talisman " by Johann Nestroy .

Sports

The local soccer club SC-ESV Parndorf 1919 played from 2006 to 2008 and in the 2013/14 season in the second highest Austrian division - the first division . Currently (as of the 2014/15 season) the club belongs to the third-tier Regionalliga Ost.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Rail: In 1854 the place received a rail connection through the construction of the Eastern Railway from Vienna via Parndorf to Raab . With the further construction of the railway lines to Sopron ( Pannoniabahn ) and to Bratislava (branch of the Eastern Railway) Parndorf became a railway junction. Next to the Parndorf train station there is the Parndorf Ort train station with a large Park & Ride area with 430 parking spaces. Currently, only regional express and regional trains stop in Parndorf as well as some rapid transit lines that connect the place with Vienna, Bruck an der Leitha, Bratislava, Győr , Eisenstadt , Sopron, Neusiedl am See and Pamhagen. Since 2017, Parndorf has been under discussion as a location for a cargo handling hub from Russian broad gauge to (west) European standard gauge. For this purpose, an approximately 160 km long broad-gauge railway line to Kosice in Slovakia would have to be built, see broad-gauge line Košice – Vienna .
Street: Parndorf is on the Budapest (B 10) and Burgenland Straße (B 50).

The north of Parndorf with the Kuruzzenschanze, around 1873 (recording sheet of the 3rd regional photo )

The south of Parndorf around 1873

Established businesses

Designer Outlet Parndorf

Villaggio Fashion Outlet Parndorf

Designer Outlet Parndorf :

The Designer Outlet Parndorf, planned by the British McArthurGlen Group for 58 million euros from 1996 and originally built in 1997 on an area of 10,000 m², is located approx. 2.5 km south of the Parndorf town center on the open field. It was the first factory outlet center in Austria and was opened in August 1998 against the resistance of local traders with initially 30 shops. By 2017, the range had been expanded in five steps to 160 suppliers of branded clothing and designer fashion on 36,500 m² of retail space. With 1,800 employees, the Designer Outlet Parndorf is one of the largest employers in the region. Almost half of the employees (44%) and around a third of the customers (32%) come from the two neighboring countries of Hungary and Slovakia.

Fashion Outlet Parndorf :

In 2005, BIGG opened another outlet center built by Signa in the immediate vicinity. Signa sold the center with around 25 retail spaces in 2006 to the Hamburg fund manager Warburg-Henderson, who in turn had McArthurGlen operate it as a Parndorf gallery . At the end of March 2012, the 9,200 m² Villaggio Fashion Outlet Parndorf, operated by two Austrian real estate companies, opened as the third outlet center, immediately northeast of the two existing outlet centers. In 2014, Villagio took over the 11,600 m² Parndorf galleries from Warburg-Henderson, renamed the entire complex to Fashion Outlet Pardorf , expanded the area to 27,500 m² and operated ROS Retail Outlet Shopping, which was replaced by FOP Management GmbH in September 2016 has been. Over 100 brand manufacturers in the middle and upper segment offer their goods in the FOP . Before the last expansion, the fashion outlet had around 450 employees.

The Neuhof wind farm consists of 9 Vestas V80s and 2 Vestas V90s. The latter went into operation in 2005 and, with a total height of 150 meters when commissioned, were among the tallest wind turbines in Austria.

politics

Municipal council

Municipal council elections

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50

40

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20th

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54.53%
(-0.07 % p )

26.15%
(-8.85 % p )

9.10%
(+1.71 % p )

4.37%
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4.23%
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1.63%
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LIPA

thistle

2012

2017

Mayor Wolfgang Kovacs

The council comprises a total result of increased population since 2012 25 seats.

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.
LIPA	1174	54.53	14th	1234	54.60	14th	594	30.17	7th	392	20.85	5	423	28.47	6th
SPÖ	563	26.15	7th	791	35.00	9	929	47.18	11	1172	62.34	14th	740	49.80	12
ÖVP	196	9.10	2	167	7.39	2	318	16.15	4th	316	16.81	4th	242	16.29	4th
FPÖ	91	4.23	1	68	3.01	0	128	6.50	1	not running			81	5.45	1
Green	94	4.37	1	not running			not running			not running			not running
The thistle	35	1.63	0	not running			not running			not running			not running
Eligible voters	3333			3203			2994			2581			2156
voter turnout	70.51%			75.34%			71.31%			78.77%			78.57%

mayor

Mayor since 2007 is Wolfgang Kovacs (LIPA, abbreviation for LI ste PA rndorf), who succeeded Anton Gabriel (SPÖ). In the mayoral election in 2017 , Kovacs was able to gain 3 percent and has now been confirmed in his office with 72.2 percent.

Mayor since 1945

from	to	mayor
April 1945	December 15, 1945	Johann Stergerich
December 15, 1945	January 30, 1949	Matijas Sutrich
January 30, 1949	April 14, 1951	Johann Sutrich Sr.
April 14, 1951	November 18, 1955	Franz Kammerhofer
November 18, 1955	January 13, 1961	Johann Ostermann
January 13, 1961	5th November 1982	Johann Umathum
5th November 1982	October 18, 1992	Franz Krammer
October 18, 1992	October 20, 2002	Johann Sutrich jun.
October 21, 2002	November 5, 2007	Anton Gabriel
since November 6, 2007		Wolfgang Kovacs

Parish council

In addition to Mayor Wolfgang Kovacs, the municipal board also includes Vice Mayor Franz Huszar (LIPA), the municipal treasurer Rudolf Ladich (LIPA) and Norbert Samwald (SPÖ), Paul Czerwenka (LIPA), Michael Koss (SPÖ), Michael Boschner (LIPA) and Wolfgang Daniel ( LIPA).

Head of office is Otto Lippert.

coat of arms

Blazon : In a silver shield, a two-leaved natural thistle.

Sons and daughters of the church

Jonny Moser (1925–2011), resistance fighter, historian and politician
Franz M. Wuketits (1955–2018), biologist and science theorist

Parndorf and the surrounding area
Parndorf parish church
baroque church portal
Romanesque apse on the church tower
Crypt chapel of the Harrach family from 1826
Kuruzzenwall: fortifications from the 18th century
Trinity column in the Wunkau
Wayside shrine from 1696
Chapel of St. Roch in the southeast of the village

literature

Section “The partner communities” in “TÜPL Bruckneudorf - 150 years of Brucker Lager” by Petra Weiß, publisher. Stadtgemeinde Bruck an der Leitha, April 2017, pp. 452/453

Web links

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

Wikivoyage: Parndorf - travel guide

10717 - Parndorf. Community data, Statistics Austria .
Parndorf parish
Parndorf theater summer
Elections in Burgenland

Individual evidence

↑ Balduin Saria: The Roman manor near Parndorf and its interpretation. In: Scientific work from Burgenland. Year 35, 1966, pp. 252–271, PDF on ZOBODAT
↑ ^a ^b ^c Adelheid Schmeller-Kitt: Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Burgenland. Edited by the Institute for Austrian Art Research of the Federal Monuments Office. 2nd edition 1980. Verlag Anton Schroll Vienna. Pp. 230-232. ISBN 3-7031-0493-7 .
↑ Statistics Austria: Community list sorted by community name, area status 2019 (accessed on August 3, 2019)
↑ Leopold Wolfram: 1938 and its consequences until 1945. In: Höfleiner municipality newspaper “Gemeindetrommler” , issue 32, December 2008. p. 39.
^ Report of the Federal Monuments Office , accessed June 30, 2011.
↑ derstandard.at: Designer Outlet Parndorf enlarged: 300 new jobs , April 11, 2017
↑ ots.at: 20 years of Designer Outlet Parndorf: The success story continues (press release, April 13, 2018)
↑ Fashion Outlet VILLAGGIO: New Mecca for price-conscious fashionistas! (PDF) The new Austrian Outlet Center Villaggio opens in Parndorf under the motto “Make it yours”. Fashion Outlet VILLAGGIO, March 15, 2012, accessed August 5, 2012 .
↑ diepresse.com: Fashion Outlet Parndorf is growing , October 27, 2015
↑ Wind turbines in Neuhof.
↑ ^a ^b Province of Burgenland: Parndorf 2017 election results (accessed on November 21, 2017)
^ Province of Burgenland: Parndorf 2012 election results (accessed on November 21, 2017)
↑ Province of Burgenland: Parndorf 2007 election results (accessed on November 21, 2017)
↑ ^a ^b Province of Burgenland: Parndorf 2002 election results (accessed on November 21, 2017)
^ Parndorf parish: Mayor's ancestral gallery (accessed on October 9, 2017)
^ Parndorf parish: The Parndorfer parish council (accessed on October 9, 2017)
^ Parndorf parish: Parndorf parish office (accessed on October 9, 2017)

[1] Balduin Saria: The Roman manor near Parndorf and its interpretation. In: Scientific work from Burgenland. Year 35, 1966, pp. 252–271, PDF on ZOBODAT

[dehio-2] Adelheid Schmeller-Kitt: Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Burgenland. Edited by the Institute for Austrian Art Research of the Federal Monuments Office. 2nd edition 1980. Verlag Anton Schroll Vienna. Pp. 230-232. ISBN 3-7031-0493-7 .

[3] Statistics Austria: Community list sorted by community name, area status 2019 (accessed on August 3, 2019)

[4] Leopold Wolfram: 1938 and its consequences until 1945. In: Höfleiner municipality newspaper “Gemeindetrommler” , issue 32, December 2008. p. 39.

[5] Report of the Federal Monuments Office , accessed June 30, 2011.

[6] rstandard.at: Designer Outlet Parndorf enlarged: 300 new jobs , April 11, 2017

[7] ts.at: 20 years of Designer Outlet Parndorf: The success story continues (press release, April 13, 2018)

[8] Fashion Outlet VILLAGGIO: New Mecca for price-conscious fashionistas! (PDF) The new Austrian Outlet Center Villaggio opens in Parndorf under the motto “Make it yours”. Fashion Outlet VILLAGGIO, March 15, 2012, accessed August 5, 2012 .

[9] resse.com: Fashion Outlet Parndorf is growing , October 27, 2015

[10] Wind turbines in Neuhof.

[Wahlergebnis_2017-11] Province of Burgenland: Parndorf 2017 election results (accessed on November 21, 2017)

[12] Province of Burgenland: Parndorf 2012 election results (accessed on November 21, 2017)

[13] Province of Burgenland: Parndorf 2007 election results (accessed on November 21, 2017)

[WE_2002-14] Province of Burgenland: Parndorf 2002 election results (accessed on November 21, 2017)

[15] Parndorf parish: Mayor's ancestral gallery (accessed on October 9, 2017)

[16] Parndorf parish: The Parndorfer parish council (accessed on October 9, 2017)

[17] Parndorf parish: Parndorf parish office (accessed on October 9, 2017)