Rudersdorf (Burgenland)

market community

Rudersdorf

coat of arms

Austria map

Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Burgenland

Political District :

Jennersdorf

License plate :

JE

Surface:

21.42 km²

Coordinates :

47 ° 3 ' N , 16 ° 7' E Coordinates: 47 ° 2 '54 " N , 16 ° 7' 20" E

Height :

248 m above sea level A.

Residents :

2,172 (January 1, 2020)

Population density :

101 inhabitants per km²

Postcodes :

7564, 7571

Community code :

1 05 08

NUTS region

AT113

Address of the
municipal administration:

Kirchenplatz 1
7571 Rudersdorf

Website:

www.rudersdorf.at

politics

Mayor :

Manuel Weber ( ÖVP )

Municipal Council : (2017)
(23 members)

13

9

1

13 9 1

A total of 23 seats

ÖVP : 13
SPÖ : 9
FPÖ : 1

Location of Rudersdorf in the Jennersdorf district

Municipal Office

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Rudersdorf is a market town in the Jennersdorf district in Burgenland in Austria with 2172 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The Hungarian place name of the municipality is Radafalva .

geography

The municipality is located in southern Burgenland, only separated from Styria by the Lafnitz River .

Community structure

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

Dobersdorf (471)
Rudersdorf (1701) including Höch, Hütergraben, Kuhberg, Lindwald, Marbach, Pussta, Shoulderreigel and Weichenberg

The community consists of the cadastral communities Dobersdorf and Rudersdorf.

history

Former Batthyány Castle in Rudersdorf

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 Radafalva 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 state of Burgenland since 1921.

Rudersdorf has been a market town since 1991 (by VO 81).

History of Rudersdorf

Historical photo of Rudersdorf (1901)

There are several theories for the origin of the place name “Rudersdorf”. The first explanation is very simple: In the old days there was a lake between Fürstenfeld and today's Rudersdorf, on the banks of which the Prince of Fürstenfeld had a hunting lodge and a large hunting area. Since the princes rowed over to the castle, the little village that grew up around the castle was called “Rudersdorf”.

According to another version, Rudersdorf is derived from the personal name Ruodolf, in Hungarian Rodolf, based on the old form of the name Ruodolvesdorf = "Village of Rudolf". In 1391 Rudersdorf appears under the Magyar name “Radofalva” in the document intended by King Sigismund for Ladislaus von Sáró. The Rudersdorf customs station was a so-called thirtieth office . Thirties were former Hungarian customs posts along the western border. The term “thirty” goes back to the fact that the thirtieth part of a commodity was levied as customs on import and later also on export. This customs clearance was introduced under the first Hungarian King Stephen .

As early as the Middle Ages, around 1336, Rudersdorf was a thirtieth place and a toll station. At the end of the 19th century the thirty-year office in Rudersdorf was closed. Rudersdorf belonged to Güssing Castle until around 1380 .

History of Dobersdorf

Dobersdorf is mentioned in writing for the first time in 1157 in the letter of the Güssing landlord Walfer . The German name Dobersdorf goes back to the Slavonic form "Dobrovnuk" and means forest village or Waldhütter. It is believed that the place was inhabited by Slavs around the year 870. In 1428 Dobraflava became part of the Güssing domain. In 1605 the place was destroyed by Haiduken . In 1698 Dobersdorf belonged to the parish Königsdorf-Zahling . In 1779 the construction of a chapel began. In 1830 today's church was built in honor of the Visitation of Mary, and in 1871 the first school building was built. As a result of the great floods of the Lafnitz, a dam was built in 1927. After the Second World War, the community began expanding the village streets and building a local water pipe. On January 1, 1971, the Dobersdorf community was merged with the Rudersdorf community.

Population development

Culture and sights

Parish Church Rudersdorf

Evangelical school and prayer house in Rudersdorf

Parish church Dobersdorf

Batthyány Rudersdorf Castle : The castle was built around 1750.
Catholic parish church Rudersdorf hl. Florian
Catholic parish church Dobersdorf Mariä Visitation

Economy and Infrastructure

There are numerous small and medium-sized businesses in the community. Among other things, one can find a branch of the Sattler company and the Katzbeck company in Rudersdorf, which are also among the largest employers in the region.

Rudersdorf is located directly on Gleisdorfer Straße B65, which connects the south motorway (A2) with the Heiligenkreuz border crossing in the Lafnitztal . To improve the infrastructure in the region and to relieve the communities in the region, ASFINAG is building the Fürstenfeld expressway from the southern motorway to the border crossing in Heiligenkreuz. However, this expressway project is very controversial among the population.

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council has 23 members.

With the municipal council elections in Burgenland in 1997, the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP, 7 SPÖ, and 3 FPÖ.
With the municipal elections in Burgenland in 2002, the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 ÖVP, 8 SPÖ, and 1 FPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Burgenland 2007 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 13 ÖVP, 7 SPÖ, and 1 Greens.
With the municipal council elections in Burgenland 2012 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 14 ÖVP, and 7 SPÖ.
With the municipal council elections in Burgenland 2017 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 13 ÖVP, 9 SPÖ, and 1 FPÖ.

mayor

1946–1963 Adolf Brunner (ÖVP)
1977–1990 Eduard Fröhlich (ÖVP)
1990–1997 Hans Peter Katzbeck (ÖVP)
1997–2017 Franz Eduard Tauss (ÖVP)
since 2017 Manuel Weber (ÖVP)

coat of arms

Blasonierung : In blue plate golden over a three-pass of five Nüsschen and one sheet each of elm in chief a universally abutting curved Frontal a Fenstersohlbank with a Guttula in the center and three on the lateral Guttulae Lätzen.

Personalities

Adolf Brunner (1900–1963), politician (ÖVP) and textile worker
Josef Reichl (1913–2003), politician (SPÖ)
Petra Wagner (* 1968), politician (FPÖ)
Adolf Erkinger , politician (NSDAP)

Web links

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

10508 - Rudersdorf (Burgenland). Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )