Sankt Georgen am Leithagebirge

Sankt Georgen am Leithagebirge ( village ) locality cadastral community St. Georgen
Basic data
Pole. District , state	Eisenstadt  (E), Burgenland
Judicial district	Eisenstadt
Pole. local community	Eisenstadt
Coordinates	47 ° 51 '20 "  N , 16 ° 33' 10"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 51 '20 "  N , 16 ° 33' 10"  E
height	160  m above sea level A.
Residents of the village	2466 (January 1, 2020)
Building status	668 (2001)
Area  d. KG	14.13 km²
Statistical identification
Locality code	00003
Cadastral parish number	30019
Counting district / district	St. Georgen am Leithagebirge (10101 010)
Source: STAT : index of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; GIS-Bgld

St. Georgen am Leithagebirge is a rural village and a district as well as a cadastral community of Eisenstadt and had 2002 inhabitants in the 2001 census. It is also known as the " Grinzing von Eisenstadt" and is locally known as "Sank 'Diring" or "San' Diring" and "Schurldorf" .

geography

The city district of St. Georgen is around 160 m above the Adriatic Sea . The federal capital Vienna is approx. 50 km north, Ödenburg / Sopron approx. 20 km south and Pressburg / Bratislava approx. 60 km east. The distance to Budapest is approx. 350 km.

The cadastral border to Eisenstadt runs south of the Burgstallberg mostly on the strikingly straight traffic route to Trausdorf . The border to Trausdorf is formed by the Eisbach . The border to Stotzing lies entirely in the Leithagebirgswald and that to Oslip in Esterházy 's zoo, in the Leithagebirgswald and in Weingartenrieden near the Flachgraben.

Michael Mayr : St. Georgen (1825)

history

Based on archaeological finds, it can be said that the area has been settled since the Neolithic Age. Around the birth of Christ, the Romans began to occupy the area, only a few remains, such as a manor from the 2nd century and the Attilastein. The first mention of the place St. Georgen was around 1300. The place was referred to as villa Sancti Georgii . Around 1392 there was a new division of rule; the southern and southeastern settlements came under the rule of Eisenstadt and the northern and western settlements of the Leithagebirge came to Hornstein (Roy, Leithaprodersdorf, Wimpassing;). In 1491, in the Treaty of Bratislava, the rule of Eisenstadt fell to Hungary, in 1622 the Esterházys took over the rule of Eisenstadt, and the reintegration took place in 1647.

In 1551 the then pastor Johannes of Silesia joined Protestantism and many believers followed him. But in 1651 all the villagers were Catholic again.

Between 1938 and 1950 and since 1970, St. Georgen has been part of Eisenstadt.

The parish church

Culture and sights

• Parish Church Eisenstadt-St. George
• The most interesting archaeological monument of St. Georgen, well-known beyond the borders of the country, is the so-called Attila stone, a legendary Roman grave site by the former village well in front of the Zum Attilabrunnen inn. The Römerstein has stood here for at least 250 years. Because on the upper part of the stone the busts of a man and a woman are carved and in the inscription the names "Atili." and "Atiliae" can be read, it was said around 1800 that the memorial stone was erected on the occasion of the wedding of Attila, King of the Huns, to Ildiko in AD 453. Some time later, around 1830–1840, it was said that where the stone stood, Attila, the scourge of God, had accepted Christianity, and the legend has been going on since around 1900 that Attila’s grave was next to the stone.

Web links

Commons : Sankt Georgen am Leithagebirge  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dorfblick St. Georgen - Association for coming to terms with village life yesterday, today and tomorrow, St. Georgen History and Stories - Village Chronicle, 2000, St. Georgen
2. ↑ DORFBLICK St. Georgen, St. Georgen, annual course in a Burgenland village - YEAR IN - YEAR out - Village Chronicle Part II, 2008, St. Georgen