Rotenturm on the Pinka

market community Rotenturm on the Pinka
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Burgenland
Political District :	Oberwart
License plate :	OW
Surface:	17.03 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 15 '  N , 16 ° 15'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 15 '8 "  N , 16 ° 14' 36"  E
Height :	295  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,439 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	84 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	7501
Community code :	1 09 21
Address of the municipal administration:	Schloßplatz 2 7501 Rotenturm on the Pinka
politics
Mayor :	Manfred Wagner ( SPÖ )
Municipal Council : ( 2017 ) (19 members)	13 6th 13 6th  A total of 19 seats SPÖ : 13 ÖVP : 6
Location of Rotenturm an der Pinka in the Oberwart district
Landmark of the community: Rotenturm Castle
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Rotenturm an der Pinka ( Hungarian : Vasvörösvár , Croatian : Verešvar ) is a market town in southern Burgenland . It is the only trilingual municipality in Austria and is best known for the historic Rotenturm Castle .

Community structure

The municipality includes the following three localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

• Rotenturm on the Pinka (954)
• Siget in der Wart (ung. Őrisziget ) (296)
• Spitzzicken (Croatian Hrvatski Cikljin ) (189)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Rotenturm an der Pinka, Siget in der Wart and Spitzzicken . The community is part of the political district of Oberwart .

Neighboring communities

Unterwart	Stadtschlaining	Stadtschlaining
Unterwart		Großpetersdorf
Oberdorf in Burgenland	Mischendorf	Jabing

history

Burial place of Count Erdődy

The present area was settled for the first time as early as the Bronze and Iron Ages , as substantiated by finds of sword points, battle axes and domestic objects. At the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries, several Roman graves were also found in this region ; based on the inscriptions, they can be dated to the first centuries AD. Those Rotenturm indigenous people are likely to have consisted of Romanized natives ( Pannonians , Illyrians and Celts ) as well as Romans . Already in Carolingian times (around 860) a small settlement was established in what is today the municipality, which is first mentioned in a deed of donation from the Hungarian King Louis the Great in 1355 as Veresuarfelde . The first written evidence of the place was soon followed by others under the name Castrum Veresuar and Castellum Veresuar , which suggests that a castle may have been in the local area even then.

1402 the place of king Sigismund the market rights granted. Because of this privilege, the inhabitants of the medieval settlement at that time had significantly more rights than the inhabitants of ordinary villages. The market town rose to become a communication center and trading center, which only lost its importance from 1841, when Oberwart was also granted market rights. After the rule of the area was pledged to the German noble family of Ellersbach in 1424 , they rebuilt the dilapidated castle. The first written mention of the German name Rotenturm (1456) was found under the rule of the Ellersbacher.

After a brief interlude by the Primate of Hungary , Tamás Bakócz , and a pledge to the reformed count family Zrinyis (which meant that the subjects had to be Protestant ), the area finally came into the possession of the Hungarian magnate family Erdődy at the beginning of the 17th century . This initiated the re-Catholicization of the local residents, developed a brisk building activity and steered the fortunes of the place for the next centuries. Politically, the family was always on the side of the Habsburgs . Worth mentioning is Count Stefan Erdődy (1812-1896), a great diplomat of his time. He mediated during the revolutionary turmoil in 1848/49 , represented Hungary in the Hungarian-Croatian settlement of 1867 and later worked for various delegations of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy .

It was also he who had today's Rotenturm Palace built in 1864 according to plans by Anton Weber , a pupil of Pietro Nobile at the Vienna Academy , in the Moorish-Byzantine style and who created the park with a pond as we know it today. His son Julius von Erdődy stood out as a patron of the community: on his initiative, the volunteer fire brigade was founded (1880), Rotenturm got a post office (August 1881) and a state registry office .

Since 1898 had due to the Magyarization of the government in Budapest of Hungarian name Vasvörösvár be used. The First World War finally heralded the end of the Erdődys' rule. Julius died in 1917, his son Thomas was secretary and adjutant to Emperor Charles I and as such was involved in the affair surrounding the Sixtus letters as well as in Charles' failed attempts at restoration after the proclamation of the First Republic . He was expelled from the country. His brother Ludwig remained the owner of the castle until his death in 1926, after which the remaining property of the Erdődys was auctioned, in the 1930s the castle was also owned by the Czech violinist and composer Jan Kubelík for a short time . When he bought the castle, he is said to have lost all of his fortune, which he lost due to concerts on all continents, including an open air Christmas concert in San Francisco with up to 100,000 visitors. In 1971 the castle finally came into the possession of the Province of Burgenland.

The First World War did not leave Rotenturm without a trace: 33 local residents lost their lives on the battlefields. Like all of Burgenland, the place belonged to Hungary (German-West Hungary) until 1920/21 . 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 ). In 1925 the market town got its final name "Rotenturm an der Pinka".

The Second World War also brought great suffering to the local population: In the last weeks of the war, Rotenturm was included in the combat area. The Red Army finally took the village on April 5, 1945 and partially devastated it. Residents were driven from their houses, the school and the castle converted into sleeping quarters for the Red Army soldiers. Apart from the material damage, Rotenturm had 54 fallen or missing people to complain about.

In the period after 1955, the community's infrastructure was steadily improved; for example, the development of new building areas, the construction of a new elementary school, a modern water supply system, the construction of the fire station and the expansion of the sports field are worth mentioning.

The preliminary highlight was the opening of the new parish hall, on the occasion of which the market town was awarded a coat of arms on October 11, 1992.

Population development

The German-speaking population makes up 74.5%, followed by the Burgenland Hungarians (especially in Siget) with 16.8% and the Burgenland Croats (especially in Spitzzicken) with 7%. Due to the ethnic diversity of the community population, Rotenturm also calls itself a European community.

Culture and sights

Parish church Rotenturm on the Pinka

See also:  List of listed objects in Rotenturm an der Pinka

• Rotenturm Castle : The Rotenturm Castle, built in the Moorish-Byzantine style, is one of the most important historical country castles in Burgenland.
• Catholic parish church Rotenturm on Pinka Allerheiligen: The first church is said to have stood in 1402. According to the visitation report from March 1697, the church stood on a mountain slope in honor of All Saints' Day . The church had a wooden tower covered with clapboards. In 1759 Count Ludwig Erdődy had the church rebuilt. In 1819 the tower was rebuilt from stone with the help of the manor. The baroque interior of the church is combined with modern elements, so that old and new can be seen today. Of the baroque furnishings, the high altar painting of All Saints should be mentioned. It was acquired by the lord of the castle on a trip to Italy in 1662 and brought to Rotenturm. In the church there is also a life-size statue of Our Lady with a child. This is particularly valuable because it was made from Carrara marble . It is also mentioned that the so-called “Budapest King's Coronation Chair” from 1916 is now under the pulpit. The last Hungarian king, Charles IV, knelt on it when he was crowned. Because of the friendship between Charles IV. And Count Thomas Erdődy (adjutant of Charles IV.), This prayer chair - it was originally in the castle - came to Rotenturm. The church was completely renovated in 1992.
• Evangelical parish church in Siget in der Wart
• Catholic branch church Siget in der Wart
• Catholic branch church Spitzzicken

politics

Municipal council

Local council election 2017

 %

70

60

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

66.63
(+1.22)

33.37
(-1.22)

SPÖ

ÖVP

2012



2017



Rotenturm municipal office on the Pinka

The council comprises a total of 19 members based on the number of eligible voters.

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	651	66.63	13	658	65.41	13	555	54.95	10	629	60.19	12	441	47.93	10
ÖVP	326	33.37	6th	348	34.59	6th	455	45.05	9	388	37.13	7th	351	38.15	7th
FPÖ	not running			not running			not running			28	2.68	0	128	13.91	2
Eligible voters	1225			1245			1254			1238			1184
voter turnout	87.76%			88.51%			86.60%			88.77%			87.16%

mayor

Manfred Wagner (SPÖ) has been mayor since the 2017 election. He thus succeeded Josef Halper (SPÖ), who had headed the community since 2002 and no longer took office in 2017. Quarrels developed around Wagner's candidacy, as Halper wanted to let voters decide on his successor candidate for the SPÖ. Christian Saurer achieved the most votes with 297, ahead of Manfred Wagner (200) and Wolfgang Werderits (186). After Saurer was exposed to massive protests within the party, he decided not to run. At the beginning of February 2017, Wagner was set up by the SPÖ. In the direct mayor election on October 1, 2017, Wagner prevailed with 70.57% of the vote. The ÖVP candidate, Maria Samer, achieved 29.43%.

Vice Mayor is Manfred Schöckl (SPÖ).

Office manager is Franz Drobits.

Personalities

• Josef Dirnbeck (* 1948), book author and theater director
• Franz Pomper (1931–2007), politician
• Sebastian Tallian (* 1997), musician

Web links

Commons : Rotenturm at the Pinka  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• 10921 - Rotenturm on the Pinka. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Entry via Rothenturm Castle to Burgen-Austria

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ↑ In the commemoration, list of missing and fallen of the Second World War by Rotenturm
3. ↑ ^{a b} Province of Burgenland: election results Rotenturm an der Pinka 2017 (accessed on January 14, 2018)
4. ↑ Province of Burgenland: election results Rotenturm an der Pinka 2012 (accessed on January 14, 2018)
5. ↑ Province of Burgenland: election results Rotenturm an der Pinka 2007 (accessed on January 14, 2018)
6. ↑ ^{a b} Province of Burgenland: election results Rotenturm an der Pinka 2002 (accessed on January 14, 2018)
7. ↑ BVZ of June 8, 2016: Mayor quits: "Fed up" (accessed on January 14, 2017)
8. ↑ BVZ of December 2, 2016: Scandal about successor to the mayor: "Saublöde Gschicht" (accessed on January 14, 2017)
9. ↑ BVZ of February 5, 2017: New Mayor for Rotenturm (accessed on January 14, 2017)
10. ↑ ^{a b} Bürgermeisterzeitung.at: Rotenturm an der Pinka (accessed on January 14, 2017)