St. Kathrein in Burgenland

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Sankt Kathrein im Burgenland ( village )
locality
cadastral community St. Kathrein im Burgenland
St. Kathrein in Burgenland (Austria)
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Basic data
Pole. District , state Oberwart  (OW), Burgenland
Judicial district Oberwart
Pole. local community German Schützen-Eisenberg
Coordinates 47 ° 8 '20 "  N , 16 ° 24' 54"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 8 '20 "  N , 16 ° 24' 54"  Ef1
height 237  m above sea level A.
Residents of the village 105 (January 1, 2020)
Building status 63 (2001)
Area  d. KG 3.54 km²
Post Code 7474f1
Statistical identification
Locality code 00248
Cadastral parish number 34069
Counting district / district St. Kathrein im Bgl. (10903 003)
image
The view of Sankt Kathrein from the nearby vineyards
Source: STAT : index of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; GIS-Bgld
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The parish church of St. Catherine
The Magdalenenkapelle in Sankt Kathrein in Burgenland
In 2018, the Beautification Association built a new bus stop. The village's former milk house used to be located here.

St. Kathrein in Burgenland ( Hungarian : Pósaszentkatalin , Croatian: Katalena ) is a village in the Austrian municipality of Deutsch Schützen-Eisenberg in the Oberwart district .

St. Kathrein in Burgenland was first mentioned in 1378 as Posafalva . In the 17th century, the healing spring near the Magdalena Chapel was visited by many pilgrims, as certain miracles were attributed to it.

The place was repopulated by Croats in the 16th century. Until the interwar period, the Croatian population element predominated, since then Croatianity has been declining or disappearing.

history

The first documented mention of St. Kathrein was in 1489 under the name Zenthkatherina. This name goes back to a will from Johann Ellerbach, in which the place St. Kathrein, in the form of Zenthkatherina, a possible reference to the name of the wife of the last Ellerbacher, is mentioned for the first time in a document in the border description of the goods. The second documentary mention was made in 1496 under Posafalva alias Zenthkatherynazzon .

For the place name, Zenthkathalina in 1610 , Szent Katalin in 1698 and Sankt Katerein in 1786 are occupied. The spelling Sankt Kathrein in Burgenland was established in 1937. However, the place name was changed from January 1, 1944 until the end of the war to St. Kathrein an der Pinka , since then the name adopted from 1937 has been used. In the 16th century the place was donated with Croats - Erdödy and Zriny -, the last mention of it. The conscription of the Eberau rule from 1617 shows almost only Croatian names and the visit from that year calls St. Kathrein Croatian. Even the church visitation Patakfalu of 1697 describes the whole parish as "pure Croatica". In 1697, 1846, 1898 and 1900 St. Kathrein was predominantly Croatian, the proportion of the Croatian population was rated high in 1921 after the annexation of Burgenland to Austria.

VD Martin Jernits named 1954 as the reasons for the decline in the Croatian population:

  1. The nearest Croatian settlements are too far away
  2. German-language lessons at the St. Kathrein elementary school
  3. German-language media only
  4. Mixed marriage (Germans and Croats)

Therefore, the proportion of Croats has continuously decreased and today only older people can speak the Croatian language. In 1925 a war memorial was erected in the town center, which was inaugurated on October 17, 1926 under Dean Osztovits. On April 12, 1945 - towards the end of the Second World War - Russian combat troops came into the place and in the following days Hungarian occupation troops moved up. Many local residents had already fled to the Punitz Forest or Croatian Ehrensdorf with some pigs and cows (self-sufficiency) out of fear of the Soviet troops , but they returned home to their houses in St. Kathrein after a few days.

From 1895 to 1906 the place belonged to the municipality of Eberau, but from 1907 to Deutsch Schützen. In 1971, the political independence of the parish of St. Kathrein, which is now part of the large parish of Deutsch-Schützen-Eisenberg, ended, as did the long-standing independent parish of St. Kathrein, which has been part of the Deutsch-Schützen parish association since 1975.

Economy and Infrastructure

The ladder wagon with wine barrels adorns the northern exit

economy

Five companies are based in Sankt Kathrein. The largest employers are the construction company LadoBau, the joinery Sitzmöbelbau Bruckner and the Mittl winery. In addition to the production of seating furniture, the Bruckner joinery also operates a museum for wood processing on the main square.

societies

  • Local beautification association: It designs and renovates the public areas of Sankt Kathrein. The Magdalenenkapelle was renovated in 2018. A bus stop in modern southern style was also built from a former milk house. In 2019 the community and fire station was expanded .
  • Voluntary fire brigade Sankt Kathrein with around 20 active members
  • Youth club
  • Pensioners' Association

Public facilities

  • Sankt Kathrein community and fire station: The building, renovated in 2018/19, is the club house of the fire brigade and the meeting place for the community council and local associations.
  • Youth center of the Sankt Kathrein youth club
  • Parish Church of St. Catherine

Events

  • Raising the maypole on May 1st, organizer: Beautification Association
  • Wine spring of the wine idyll of southern Burgenland on the first weekend in May in the Mittl winery
  • Maypole cutting on May 31st, organizer: Beautification Association
  • Church day of the parish of Sankt Kathrein
  • Morning pint of the FF Sankt Kathrein on the Sunday of the last weekend in July
  • Sankt Kathreiner village festival on Saturday of the second weekend in August, organized by: Beautification Association
  • Mulled wine stand on the Advent weekends in the wood and handicraft museum, organizer: Beautification Association

Culture and sights

  • Parish Church of Sankt Kathrein
  • Magdalenenkapelle: Pilgrims and pilgrims have been visiting the healing spring of the Magdalenenkapelle since the 17th century. Today the Magdalenenkapelle is visited mainly for the beautiful view of the nearby vineyards in the region.

Landscape and climate

  • Landscape: Sankt Kathrein is an idyllic place surrounded by hills, which offers many possibilities for hiking routes through vineyards, fields and forests, as well as at the Ortsbach Rodling. There are several vineyards nearby, such as Csaterberg, Eisenberg, Deutsch-Schützen Berg or Wintener Berg.
  • Climate and hours of sunshine : With around 2250 hours of sunshine per year, Sankt Kathrein in Burgenland is one of the sunniest places in Austria. The place is characterized by a very mild Mediterranean climate and relatively little rainfall, especially in winter. In summer the average maximum temperatures are around 25 ° C and in winter the average minimum temperatures are -5 ° C.

Personalities

  • Oskar Herics (* 1958), civil servant (Austrian representative at the European Court of Auditors)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lang Josef (1989): St. Kathrein (Bgld). 1489–1989: 500 years. Local history .