Schandorf

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the farmers of the same name in the Osnabrück district, see Menslage

Schandorf Čemba
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Burgenland
Political District :	Oberwart
License plate :	OW
Surface:	11.26 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 15 '  N , 16 ° 25'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 14 '33 "  N , 16 ° 25' 5"  E
Height :	260  m above sea level A.
Residents :	262 (January 1, 2020)
Postal code :	7472
Area code :	03364
Community code :	1 09 32
Address of the municipal administration:	Schandorf 150 7472 Schandorf
Website:	www.schandorf.at
politics
Mayor :	Werner Gabriel ( SPÖ )
Municipal Council : ( 2017 ) (11 members)	6th 5 6th 5  A total of 11 seats SPÖ : 6 ÖVP : 5
Location of Schandorf Čemba in the Oberwart district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Schandorf , in Croatian Čemba , in Hungarian Csém , is a bilingual municipality in the Oberwart district in Burgenland in Austria .

The share of Burgenland Croats is 70%, the German-speaking population is 25%. Croatian is given as a colloquial language by 4% of the population.

geography

The municipality is located in southern Burgenland, 260 m above sea level and covers an area of ​​1,126 hectares.

Schandorf is the only place in the municipality.

Panorama view of the community of Schandorf

history

Tumulus in the peasant forest

The area around Schandorf was already settled in the old Iron Age and should have been the center of the entire area. In the Schandorf Forest there are 170 barrows that are up to 16 meters high and up to 40 meters in diameter. The graves date from the Hallstatt period .

The village community was first mentioned in documents as "villa Chem" in 1244, when the Hungarian King Béla IV handed over the old Óvár castle to the lords of Csém / Schandorf to rebuild. At that time Schandorf was a German-populated farming village that belonged to the Hungarian border guards and rifle settlement of the Gyepű system .

After the fate of Schandorf was closely linked to the rule of Schlaining under Andreas Baumkircher in the 15th century, the place came into the possession of the Counts Batthyány in 1537 , who repopulated the village , which had been desolate and depopulated by the Turkish wars , with Croatian farmers in 1543.

The municipal seal from 1872 shows a raised grain sheaf with a grain rake crossed in front of it with a scythe and bears the Hungarian inscription "Csémi Község" (community Schandorf). Since 1898 had due to the Magyarization of the government in Budapest of Hungarian name Csém be used.

After Burgenland was annexed to Austria in 1921, Schandorf did not come to Austria until January 10, 1923 as one of the last villages to be re-annexed.

Due to the municipal structure improvement law, Schandorf was united with Dürnbach and Schachendorf to form the large municipality of Schachendorf on January 1st, 1971 . Since January 1st, 1996 Schandorf has been a separate municipality again.

Schandorf – Narda border crossing

Since June 1, 2007, the community of Schandorf has a border crossing to Hungary , which can only be used on foot, by bike or on horseback. From this border crossing you can get directly into the neighboring Hungarian municipality of Narda .

Population development

Culture and sights

Roman Catholic parish church Schandorf hl. Anna

See also:  List of listed objects in Schandorf

• Catholic parish church Schandorf hl. Anna

politics

Municipal council

Local council election 2017

 %

60

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

56.01
(-0.90)

43.99
(+0.90)

SPÖ

ÖVP

2012



2017



Schandorf municipal office

The council comprises a total of 11 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	191	56.01	6th	206	56.91	6th	215	62.50	7th	172	56.21	7th	131	48.34	6th
ÖVP	150	43.99	5	156	43.09	5	129	37.50	4th	122	39.87	4th	106	39.11	4th
FPÖ	not running			not running			not running			12	3.92	0	not running
LHL	not running			not running			not running			not running			34	12.55	1
Eligible voters	380			397			391			341			293
voter turnout	92.63%			93.95%			90.54%			92.96%			96.59%

mayor

Mayor is Werner Gabriel (SPÖ). After Josef Csencsics (SPÖ), who had headed the municipality since the municipality was separated from Schachendorf in 1996, announced in October 2011 that he would no longer be available at the end of his term of office, Gabriel was succeeded by the municipal council in spring 2012 elected. In the direct mayor election on October 7, 2012, he was confirmed in his office with 59.73% of the voters. His competitor Gernot Mager (ÖVP) came to 40.27%. In the election on October 1, 2017, Mager lost again to Gabriel, who gained 3.26 percentage points and reached 62.99%. Mager was re-elected Vice Mayor by the local council.

In addition to Mayor Werner Gabriel (SPÖ) and Deputy Mayor Gernot Mager (ÖVP), the executive councilor Johann Kolonovits (SPÖ) is also a member of the community board.

Municipal coat of arms

The coat of arms was awarded to the municipality on July 14, 1998 by the Burgenland state government. Blazon : “ In gold a red three-mountain of nested hills from which a red tree with a broad crown grows covered with three golden ears. “ The three golden ears of corn refer to the Schandorf agriculture, but also promise the vital bread over time and testify to the hard work of the community citizens; the colors red and gold were chosen as a sign of solidarity with the province of Burgenland.

Personalities

• Koloman Tomsich (1886–1944), state official and politician
• Edith Mühlgaszner (* 1951), district school inspector and member of the state parliament (SPÖ)

Web links

Commons : Schandorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• 10932 - Schandorf. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Provincial Law Gazette for Burgenland, 17th issue from 1970, current. No. 44
2. ↑ Province of Burgenland: election results Schandorf 2017 (accessed on January 15, 2018)
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Province of Burgenland: election results Schandorf 2012 (accessed on January 15, 2018)
4. ↑ Province of Burgenland: Schandorf 2007 election results (accessed on January 15, 2018)
5. ↑ ^{a b} Province of Burgenland: Schandorf 2002 election results (accessed on January 15, 2018)
6. ↑ BVZ of October 12, 2011: Election 2012 (accessed on January 16, 2018)
7. ↑ ORF Burgenland from September 19, 2012: Schandorf: Independence & Barrows (accessed on January 16, 2018)
8. ↑ ^{a b} Municipality of Schandorf: Municipal Council (accessed on January 16, 2018)