Purbach am Neusiedler See

Borough Purbach am Neusiedler See
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Burgenland
Political District :	Eisenstadt area
License plate :	EU
Surface:	45.75 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 55 '  N , 16 ° 42'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 54 '53 "  N , 16 ° 41' 36"  E
Height :	128  m above sea level A.
Residents :	2,885 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	63 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	7083
Area code :	02683
Community code :	1 03 12
Address of the municipal administration:	Hauptgasse 38 7083 Purbach am Neusiedler See
Website:	www.purbach.at
politics
Mayor :	Richard Hermann ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2017 ) (23 members)	12 10 1 12 10 1  A total of 23 seats ÖVP : 12 SPÖ : 10 FPÖ : 1
Location of Purbach am Neusiedler See in the Eisenstadt-Umgebung district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Old market coat of arms of Purbach

Purbach am Neusiedler See in Burgenland ( Austria ) is a town with 2885 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) on the west bank of the Neusiedler See . Purbach is known for its old town center with its historic town wall and for the idyllic Kellergasse.

geography

The city is located in northern Burgenland near the state capital Eisenstadt. No other localities belong to the municipality. Districts are the Florianisiedlung and the Waldsiedlung in the northwest of Purbach. Parts of the urban area are located in the Neusiedlersee - Leithagebirge nature park .

Neighboring communities

Mannersdorf am Leithagebirge and Hof am Leithaberge	Summer	Breitenbrunn am Neusiedler See
Donnerskirchen		Lake Neusiedl
Donnerskirchen	Donnerskirchen and Neusiedler See	Lake Neusiedl

history

Purbach on Lake Neusiedl, which dried up at the time, around 1873 (excerpt from the recording sheet of the regional survey )

There are finds from the early and late Bronze Age in the local area . A settlement from the Hallstatt period is attested by finds on the Burgstall (north of the village). There are also Roman settlement finds. Under the Romans, today's Purbach was in the province of Pannonia .

In 1527 Purbach was raised to the market. In 1529 and 1532 the market was sacked by the Turks.

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 Feketeváros 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 ).

Purbach am Neusiedler See has been a municipality since 1997 (through VO 22, market municipality 24/1976).

Population development

Culture and sights

Parish church Purbach am Neusiedler See

The "Türkentor" with part of the city fortifications

One of the numerous preserved cellars in Purbach

Purbach am Neusiedler See from the west

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

• Parish church Purbach am Neusiedler See with the second tallest church tower in Burgenland.
• Historic city wall with Turkish gates and Sonnwendstein (1630–1634)
• Historic cellar district
• Neusiedler See cultural landscape (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
• Türkenkeller The Purbach Turk
• Nikolauszeche (Renaissance period)
• Cherry blossom region
• Woman column
• Plague Column (1713)
• The Rust Gate

Economy and Infrastructure

Purbach is on Burgenland Strasse (B 50). Purbach is also connected to the Ostbahn network with the Pannoniabahn .

The Purbach economy is shaped by viticulture and tourism. The insulation material manufacturer Austrotherm is the only major industrial company with a local branch.

Viticulture and wine culture

The Purbacher vineyard Streifling on the Leithagebirge

Landmark of Purbach am Neusiedler See: The Purbach Turk

Purbach has always been an important wine-growing community. As early as 1632, an imperial document issued by Ferdinand II. Purbach a "privilege on the free export of wine for peculiar Paw wine via the Leytha to the Ezherzogthumb Austria under the Enns and other countries".

The Purbacher Kellergasse is famous and is considered the most beautiful of its kind in Burgenland. At the beginning of the Kellergasse is the "Haus am Kellerplatz", a community vinotheque with an innovative wine dispensing system. The landmark of Purbach is the " Purbacher Turk ", around whom a wine legend is entwined.

politics

Municipal council

Local council election 2017

 %

70

60

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

51.66
(-14.48)

42.89
(+9.03)

5.45
( n. K. )

ÖVP

SPÖ

FPÖ

2012



2017



The listed community center

The council comprises a total of 23 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	1024	51.66	12	1213	66.14	15th	1027	55.51	14th	956	53.20	13	1011	60.43	14th
SPÖ	850	42.89	10	621	33.86	8th	693	37.46	9	780	43.41	10	573	34.25	8th
FPÖ	108	5.45	0	not running			59	3.19	0	61	3.39	0	89	5.32	1
Green	not running			not running			58	3.14	0	not running			not running
FBL	not running			not running			13	0.70	0	not running			not running
Eligible voters	2569			2402			2308			2158			2004
voter turnout	82.21%			84.05%			87.26%			90.50%			91.17%

Parish council

In addition to Mayor Richard Hermann (ÖVP) and the two Vice Mayors Gerhard Wein (SPÖ) and Peter Gmeiner (ÖVP), the City Councilors Oswald Brunäcker (ÖVP), Johann Egermann (ÖVP), Harald Neumayer (SPÖ) and Elisabeth Schüller (SPÖ) also belong to the Parish council.

The municipal treasurer is Johann Moser (ÖVP) and the environmental councilor is Johann Egermann (ÖVP).

mayor

Mayor is Richard Hermann (ÖVP), who succeeded Franz Steindl (ÖVP) on March 25, 2001 after his change on December 28, 2000 as Deputy Governor. In the direct mayor election on October 1, 2017, Hermann was only just barely confirmed in his office with 50.47%. He lost 17.45% of the vote compared to the 2012 election. Especially with Gerhard Wein (SPÖ), who achieved 44.21%, he had a strong competitor, while Martin Sandhofer (FPÖ) only got 5.32%.

At the constituent meeting of the municipal council on October 24, 2017, Gerhard Wein (SPÖ) was elected first vice mayor and Peter Gmeiner (ÖVP) was elected second vice mayor.

Office manager is Michael Hoffmann.

Chronicle of the mayor

until 1923 from to mayor 1903 1906 Josef Pratschner 1906 1909 Josef Schüller 1909 1912 Johann Schüller 1912 1916 Johann Steindl 1916 1919 Johann Schüller 1919 1920 Johann Steindl 1920 1922 Rudolf Neumayer 1922 1923 Josef Steindl

1923-1945 from to mayor 1923 Rudolf Neumayer 1924 Michael Pressl 1931 1935 Johann Schüller 1935 1938 Johann Schüller 1938 1943 Johann Hölzl 1943 1945 Josef Kummer 1945 Martin Hölzl 1945 Florian Gstettner

from 1945 from to mayor 1945 1950 Johann Karner 1950 1962 Michael Sandhofer (ÖVP) 1963 1968 Robert Schüller 1968 1977 Rudolf Lang 1977 1992 Josef Wein 1992 12/28/2000 Franz Steindl (ÖVP) 12/28/2000 03/25/2001 Rudolf Wallner (interim) since March 25, 2001 Richard Hermann (ÖVP)

Personalities

• Hans Kietaibl, (1911–1999) headmaster, buried at the Eisenstadt cemetery.
• Michael Sandhofer (1907–1984), farmer and politician
• Franz Steindl (* 1960), politician

literature

• Alex Garami: Brief history of the community of Purbach am Neusiedlersee (Burgerland) , Sopron 1937.
• Hans Kietaibl: Purbach am Neusiedler See. 1270–1970 , Eisenstadt 1970.
• Sylvia Schmidt-Luttenberger: Purbach - a village in political social change . Univ.-Diss., Vienna 1984.
• Robert Heger (ed.): Purbach, the city in the country . City of Purbach am Neusiedlersee, Purbach am Neusiedlersee 1997.
• Purbach am Neusiedler See , ed. from the association for researching the history of Purbach, red. Directed by Franz Steindl and Johann Egermann. Purbach 2007.
• Johann Werfring: Vinophile foray through the "Black City" . In: “Wiener Zeitung”, July 11, 2014, supplement “Wiener Journal”, p. 22f.

Web links

Commons : Purbach am Neusiedler See  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• 10312 - Purbach am Neusiedler See. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• official homepage
• Article of the Federal Monuments Office (BDA) about the "Ruster Tor" and the fortifications of Purbach
• Aerial photos of Purbach
• Municipal boundaries with neighboring municipalities
• Purbacher Kellergasse nicest place Article from October 6, 2016 on burgenland.orf.at

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Federal Monuments Office (ed.): Dehio-Handbuch. The art monuments of Austria. Burgenland , Verlag Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1980, 2nd edition
2. ↑ Church leaders. Editor and publisher: Röm.-Kath. Purbach rectory
3. ↑ Hans Kietaibl: Purbach on Lake Neusiedl. 1270-1970 , Eisenstadt 1970, p. 37; further: Johann Egermann: Ferdinand II's wine privileges . In: Purbacher yearbook. Contributions to the town history of Purbach am Neusiedler See, ed. from the Association for Research into Purbach History, Vol. 9, Purbach 2012, pp. 41–59.
4. ↑ Johann Werfring: vinophile foray into the "Black City" . In: “Wiener Zeitung”, July 11, 2014, supplement “Wiener Journal”, p. 22f.
5. ↑ ^{a b} Province of Burgenland: election results Purbach 2017 (accessed on December 18, 2017)
6. ↑ ^{a b} Province of Burgenland: election results Purbach 2012 (accessed on December 18, 2017)
7. ↑ Province of Burgenland: election results Purbach 2007 (accessed on December 18, 2017)
8. ↑ ^{a b} Province of Burgenland: election results Purbach 2002 (accessed on December 18, 2017)
9. ↑ ^{a b c} City of Purbach am Neusiedler See: Municipal Council (accessed on December 18, 2017)
10. ↑ The standard of March 19, 2001: Burgenland: Frauenkirchen and Purbach elect mayors (accessed December 18, 2017)
11. ↑ City of Purbach am Neusiedler See: Municipal Office (accessed on December 18, 2017)
12. ↑ ^{a b c} Fuhno's website: All mayors of Purbach (accessed December 18, 2017)