Stadtschlaining

Borough Stadtschlaining
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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Burgenland
Political District :	Oberwart
License plate :	OW
Surface:	42.04 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 19 '  N , 16 ° 16'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 19 '22 "  N , 16 ° 16' 27"  E
Height :	409  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,985 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	47 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	7400, 7461
Community code :	1 09 23
Address of the municipal administration:	Baumkircher Gasse 1 7461 Stadtschlaining
Website:	www.stadtschlaining.gv.at
politics
Mayor :	Markus Szelinger ( SPÖ )
Municipal Council : ( 2017 ) (21 members)	15th 6th 15th 6th  A total of 21 seats SPÖ : 15 ÖVP : 6
Location of Stadtschlaining in the Oberwart district
View of Stadtschlaining from Schlaining Castle
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Stadtschlaining is a municipality in the Oberwart district in Burgenland in Austria . The Hungarian place name is Városszalónak (Hungarian város = city).

geography

The city is located in southern Burgenland on the western slope of the Günser Mountains .

Community structure

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

• Altschlaining (266)
• Drumling (236)
• Goberling (416)
• Neumarkt im Tauchental (395)
• Stadtschlaining (672)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Altschlaining , Drumling , Goberling , Neumarkt im Tauchental and Stadtschlaining.

German place name	Hungarian place name	Croatian place name	Place name in Romani
Altschlaining	Ószalónak	Stari Solunak	-
Drumling	Drumoly	-	-
Goberling	Góborfalva (old Kapornok)	-	Goblina
Neumarkt in the diving valley	Kethely, Felsokethely	Ketelj	-
Stadtschlaining	Városszalónak	Solunak	-

Neighboring communities

Mariasdorf	Amber , Unterkohlstätten	Unterkohlstätten
Bad Tatzmannsdorf , Oberwart		Weiden near Rechnitz
Unterwart	Rotenturm on the Pinka	Großpetersdorf

history

The 12/13 Schlaining Castle , built in the 19th century, was located on a strategically important north-south toll road . It was in 1441 by Emperor Friedrich III. pledged to the mercenary leader Andreas Baumkircher , who took it over in 1461, including the rulership, expanded it into a strong fortress and founded Stadtschlaining as a civil settlement. After a feud with Emperor Friedrich III. Baumkircher was executed in 1471. After the Baumkirchers died out, it fell to the Hungarian magnate family Batthyány from 1544 . During the second Turkish siege in 1683, Christoph Batthány joined the besiegers. This brought the Batthánys a tremendous loss of power after the Turkish defeat. Schlaining Castle thus lost its importance. In the second half of the 17th century, Jews settled in Schlaining, who were under the special protection of the Batthánys. In 1922 the last rabbi left Schlaining and moved to the Oberwart branch . The synagogue used as a library and two Jewish cemeteries still remind of this community today .

Schlaining Castle in the middle of the 19th century

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 Városszalóna 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 ). Stadtschlaining has been a municipality since 1991 (through VO 80).

From 1988 to 2014 the European Peace University was located in the city. In 1995 she co-organized the international conference “Against Racism, Violence and Discrimination”, the result of which was the Schlaining Declaration .

Population development

Culture and sights

former monastery church and current Roman Catholic Parish church

See also:  List of listed objects in Stadtschlaining

• Schlaining Castle ; Seat of the Peace University, European Museum for Peace
• The three-sided city wall ring is well preserved and a listed building.
• Catholic parish church Stadtschlaining
• Catholic parish church Neumarkt im Tauchental
• Evangelical parish church Stadtschlaining
• Stadtschlaining synagogue now used as a peace library
• Stadtschlaining Jewish Cemetery (new)
• Goberling Mining Museum

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Economy and Infrastructure

education

• since 1982 Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution
• 2010–2013 European Peace University

politics

Municipal council

Local council election 2017

 %

70

60

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

66.94
(+8.54)

29.91
(-1.19)

3.15
( n. K. )

SPÖ

ÖVP

FPÖ

2012



2017



The council comprises a total of 21 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	913	66.94	15th	845	58.40	13	658	45.01	9	631	44.06	10	557	41.02	9
ÖVP	408	29.91	6th	450	31.10	6th	668	45.69	10	747	52.16	11	706	51.99	11
FPÖ	43	3.15	0	not running			not running			54	3.77	0	95	7.00	1
BLS A1	not running			152	10.50	2	not running			not running			not running
FBL	not running			not running			136	9.30	2	not running			not running
Eligible voters	1743			1833			1849			1778			1737
voter turnout	84.22%			85.22%			86.48%			88.36%			89.81%

^A1 Stadtschlaining citizens' list

City council

In addition to Mayor Markus Szelinger (SPÖ) and Vice Mayor Hans Walter Bieler (SPÖ), Manuela Eberwein (SPÖ), Christian Osztovits (ÖVP), Gerald Rohr (ÖVP), Jürgen Trattner (SPÖ) and Waltraud Weschitz (SPÖ) are also members of the city council.

Manuela Eberwein (SPÖ) was also elected environmental councilor.

mayor

Mayor has the mayor directly either on October 7, 2012 Markus Szelinger (SPO). In the 2012 municipal council elections, the ÖVP lost four seats and fell back to six; the SPÖ rose from nine to thirteen seats. The ÖVP candidate Evelin David, who was to succeed Herbert Dienstl, who had headed the municipality since 2007, got 27.11%, while Szelinger, who was also new, won the first ballot with 64.11%, the third applicant was Wagner (BLS), who did not get beyond 8.78%. In the election on October 1, 2017, Szelinger was confirmed as mayor with 74.08%. Gerald Rohr (ÖVP) came to 23.98% and Gerhard Pichelbauer (FPÖ) to 1.94%.

Due to the large lead of the SPÖ, this time it was also allowed to appoint the deputy mayor, to whom Hans Walter Bieler was elected by the local council.

The head of the city office is Johann Pleyer.

List of mayors

• 1992–2006 Alfred Rohr (ÖVP)
• 2007–2012 Herbert Dienstl (ÖVP)
• since 2012 Markus Szelinger (SPÖ)

Personalities

• Andreas Baumkircher (around 1420–1471), Baron von Schlaining, imperial military leader
• Alfred Weichselberger (1919–2009), farmer and politician
• Karl Pfeiler (1920–1990), architect
• Eugen Kedl (1933–2008), photographer
• Alfred Rohr (* 1945), Austrian politician (ÖVP)

Web links

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

• Side of the community

• 10923 - Stadtschlaining. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Aerial photos of Stadtschlaining

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ^ Jüdische Gemeinde Schlaining , website regiowiki.at, accessed on March 11, 2015
3. ^ The Schlaining Declaration: Against Racism, Violence and Discrimination (PDF), 1995, Section II: "On the obsolete nature of the term 'race'".
4. ↑ ^{a b} Province of Burgenland: Election results Stadtschlaining 2017 (accessed on January 16, 2018)
5. ↑ ^{a b} Province of Burgenland: Cityschlaining 2012 election results (accessed on January 16, 2018)
6. ↑ Province of Burgenland: Cityschlaining 2007 election results (accessed on January 16, 2018)
7. ↑ ^{a b} Province of Burgenland: Stadtschlaining 2002 election results (accessed on January 16, 2018)
8. ↑ Stadtschlaining Municipality: City Council (accessed on January 17, 2018)
9. ↑ Stadtschlaining municipality: Umweltgemeinderat (accessed on January 17, 2018)
10. ↑ City of Stadtschlaining: Bieler Hans Walter (Vice Mayor) (accessed on January 17, 2018)
11. ↑ Stadtschlaining municipality: Office management (accessed on January 17, 2018)