Potzneusiedl

Potzneusiedl
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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Burgenland
Political District :	Neusiedl am See
License plate :	ND
Surface:	12.1 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 3 '  N , 16 ° 57'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 2 '43 "  N , 16 ° 56' 49"  E
Height :	166  m above sea level A.
Residents :	611 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	50 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	2473
Community code :	1 07 26
Address of the municipal administration:	Untere Hauptstrasse 26 2473 Potzneusiedl
Website:	www.potzneusiedl.at
politics
Mayor :	Franz Werdenich ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2017) (13 members)	7th 6th 7th 6th  A total of 13 seats ÖVP : 7 SPÖ : 6
Location of Potzneusiedl in the Neusiedl am See district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Potzneusiedl is an Austrian municipality with 611 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in Burgenland in the Neusiedl am See district . The Hungarian place name of the municipality is Lajtafalu , the Croatian Lajtica .

geography

Potzneusiedl is close to Neudorf bei Parndorf and Gattendorf , on the edge of the Parndorfer Platte and on the south bank of the Leitha .

history

In 1002, the Magyar King Stefan I married the Bavarian Princess Gisela , a daughter of Duke Heinrich II. As a result, Bavarian nobles, religious orders and settlers came to Hungary ( German East Settlement ). To secure the border, the defeated Petschenegen - they were also called Bissener and originally came from the area between Talas and Danube - were settled on Lake Neusiedl around 1021 .

Potzneusiedl (Lajtafalu) on the border with Lower Austria around 1873 (recording sheet of the 3rd regional recording )

The Bavarian immigrants also included the Counts Poth, who founded or took over Potzneusiedl and Podersdorf in the 13th century , which is reflected in the place names. At the end of the 15th century, the area was the seat of petty aristocrats such as the Lords of Oslip. Anna, the last representative of this family, gave her shares in what was then the manor house to her nephew, Johann Vogt von Donnerskirchen. During the Turkish invasion of 1529, the former residence was destroyed.

Around 1550 the place was repopulated with Croats; from 1880 the German-speaking population already predominated (327 to 287 people). In the following decades the Croatian population element was gradually assimilated. The language was able to persist in individual families until the late post-war period (proportion of the Croatian-speaking population: 1900 36.1%, 1923: 20.6%, 1935 12.5%, 1981 0.9%). Today the Croatian language in Potzneusiedl is considered to be extinct. It should be noted that the war memorial bears the inscription “The fallen hero” in Croatian and Hungarian as well.

In the first half of the 18th century the property belonged to the Harrach rule in Bruck an der Leitha. Around the middle of the same century, Potzneusiedl, which was never of military importance, came into the ownership of Baron Karl von Bender.

Like the whole of Burgenland, the place belonged to Hungary ( Moson County ) until 1920/21 . Since 1898 had due to the Magyarization of the government in Budapest of Hungarian name Lajtafalu 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. The place has belonged to the newly founded federal state of Burgenland since 1921 (see also the history of Burgenland ).

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Potzneusiedl

• Potzneusiedl Castle : The construction of today's castle was built with the partial use of Gothic foundation walls from 1796. Construction was completed in 1808. Around 1850 the Batthyány family acquired the property, which had its heyday in the inter-war period of the 20th century, when glamorous festivals were celebrated here. When Countess Louise Batthyány, the last noble owner, died in 1956, she bequeathed the castle to her personal doctor. He kept the agriculture and sold the palace in 1966 to the Viennese merchant Gerhard Egermann, who in the following years had the already extremely desolate building repaired and revitalized it as a center of art and antiques. He set up the First Austrian Icon Museum here in 1970 , the highlight of which is the "Mother of God of Kazan", through which Potzneusiedl became a place of pilgrimage for devout Russians. Today the castle is run as a huge antiques center with an attached antique shop, the treasures of which fill almost all rooms. In addition, there are always special exhibitions, e.g. B. Bibles from Five Centuries (2003). Events such as the Potzneusiedler theater summer , concerts and readings take place in the former coach garage, which was set up as a theater and concert hall. Since 1987 the Potzneusiedl Castle has been the headquarters of the Austro-Hungarian Cultural Institute and since 2001 also the headquarters of the Austro-Romanian Cultural Institute .

The Museum Schloss Potzneusiedl contains:

• Collection of masterpieces from the 17th to 20th centuries Century (Austrian and Hungarian art of this period; since 1975).
• Icon Museum : Foundation of the First Austrian Icon Museum (1970).
• Bible Museum: bibliophile treasures such as an early Bible by Martin Luther , magnificent artist editions of the 20th century (e.g. by Ernst Fuchs ), and baroque legends of saints (since 2004).
• Zsolnay Museum: the ceramic museum dedicated to the Hungarian ceramic artist Vilmos Zsolnay (1828–1900) shows around 500 objects (since 1975).
• Book flea market: antiquarian book market
• Antique trade

• Catholic parish church Potzneusiedl hl. Markus: The former fortified church, which is essentially medieval, was built in an elevated position and is surrounded by a cemetery. The square west tower has a stone pyramid helmet with corner pyramids.

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  Street view of the castle

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  Parish church Potzneusiedl

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  Listed bulk box in Potzneusiedl

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  Both wind turbines E-126 near Potzneusiedl

economy

• Wind Turbine: Near Potzneusiedl were 2011/12 two years in the E-126 - wind turbines of Enercon built with 198.5 meters, two of the world's largest and most powerful wind turbines with a capacity of 7.5  MW .

politics

Municipal council

Local council election 2017

 %

70

60

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

55.51
(-7.37)

44.49
(+7.37)

ÖVP

SPÖ

2012



2017



The council comprises a total of 13 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.
ÖVP	247	55.51	7th	293	62.88	8th	123	29.15	4th	118	28.71	3	117	31.54	4th
SPÖ	198	44.49	6th	173	37.12	5	257	60.90	8th	267	64.96	8th	226	60.92	7th
FPÖ	not running			not running			42	9.95	1	26th	6.33	0	28	7.55	0
Eligible voters	560			544			513			486			428
voter turnout	86.43%			89.71%			86.35%			87.24%			92.52%

Potzneusiedl municipal office

mayor

The mayor is Franz Werdenich (ÖVP), who succeeded Franz Kaiser (SPÖ) in 2010. In the 2017 municipal council election he was able to prevail against Andrea Netuschill (SPÖ), who is vice mayor, with 55.44%. Together with Franz Windisch (ÖVP), they also form the community board.

The head of office is Romana Puzsar.

coat of arms

By resolution of the Burgenland provincial government on June 13, 2000, the municipality was granted the right to use a coat of arms after their application. Blazon : “ In a golden shield a red pole, accompanied by a red lily each (front and back); the stake is covered with a golden pillory. “ The two lilies symbolize the coat of arms of the Counts Poth , during whose reign the place was founded in the 13th century. The name of the count lives on in the place name to this day. The pillory symbolizes the autonomy of the community and reminds of the importance of the place that held market rights in the 18th century. The colors of the municipality are red and gold and can be found in the coat of arms.

literature

• Stefan Geosits : Results of the censuses 1900–1981 . In: Stefan Geosits (ed.): The Burgenland Croats through the ages . Edition Tusch, Vienna 1986, ISBN 3-85063-160-5 , pp. 354–376.
• Nikolaus Wilhelm-Stempin: The settlement area of ​​the Burgenland Croats in Austria, Hungary, Moravia and Slovakia . BoD, Norderstedt 2008, ISBN 978-3-8370-4278-8 .
• Section “The partner communities” in “TÜPL Bruckneudorf - 150 Years of Brucker Lager” by Petra Weiß, publisher, Stadtgemeinde Bruck an der Leitha, April 2017, pp. 454/455

Web links

Commons : Potzneusiedl  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Potzneusiedl municipality

• 10726 - Potzneusiedl. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Schloss Potzneusiedl ( Memento of the original from June 15, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Austrian-Romanian Cultural Institute
3. ↑ http://energie-und-umwelt.at/energie-news/bewag-baut-weltgroste-windkraftanlage-enercon-e126-863
4. ↑ Potzneusiedl: Strongest wind turbines in the world. In: burgenland.orf.at. October 14, 2011, accessed November 23, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Province of Burgenland: Election results Potzneusiedl 2017 (accessed on November 29, 2017)
6. ↑ Province of Burgenland: Election results Potzneusiedl 2012 (accessed on November 29, 2017)
7. ↑ Province of Burgenland: Potzneusiedl 2007 election results (accessed on November 29, 2017)
8. ↑ ^{a b} Province of Burgenland: Potzneusiedl 2002 election results (accessed on November 29, 2017)
9. ↑ Municipality of Potzneusiedl: Municipal Council (accessed on November 29, 2017)
10. ^ Municipality of Potzneusiedl: Municipal administration (accessed on November 29, 2017)