Sankt Martin an der Raab

The municipality includes the places on the right bank (south) of the Raab , for the entire Burgenland section of this river, upstream opposite Jennersdorf and west of St. Gotthard (Szentgotthárd) . This also includes the south adjoining Riedel of the Neuhauser Hügelland , and small wetlands north of the Raab (old river course; a small unpopulated part to the right of the Raab belongs to Weichselbaum ).

Neighboring municipalities:

	Jennersdorf	Vistula tree
Fehring ( ref. Südoststeiermark , Styria. )		Alsószölnök (Unterzemming; Szentgotthárdi jár. , Vas meg. , Hungary )
Mill moat Minihof-Liebau	Kuzma (Bonisdorf; Pomurska reg. , Slovenia )	Felsőszölnök (Oberzemming; Szentgotthárdi jár. , Vas meg. , Hungary )

Community structure:

The community comprises the following six cadastral communities and seven localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

Raab downstream west-east:

Welten (Hungarian Velike ; 370) including Deutscheck, Gamperlberg, Jagerberg, Schwabengraben and Weltenberg
Gritsch (Hungarian Gercse ; 103) including the Gritsch mountains
Doiber (Hungarian Döbör ; 235) including Doiberberg and Jagerberg
Sankt Martin an der Raab (Hungarian: Rábaszentmárton ; 576; KG St. Martin an der Raab ) including Drosen, Mittereck, Mühlanger, Schaffereck and Wehappeck
Neumarkt an der Raab (Hungarian Farkasdifalva ; 283) including Eisenberg and Kirchengreut

South in the mountainous region (valley of the Drosenbach ):

Eisenberg an der Raab (village 220; belongs to KG Neumarkt)
Oberdrosen (Hungarian: Rábaör ; 208) including Kölbereck and Oberdrosen mountains

gallery

View from Jennersdorf Table Mountain to Sankt Martin
Doiber from the east
The place worlds from the north
Oberdrosen from the southwest
Gritsch

history

Market survey 1980

Like the rest of Burgenland, the place belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary ( German West Hungary ) until 1920/21 . Since 1898 had due to the Magyarization of the government in Budapest of Hungarian name Raba-Szent-Márton 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 ).

Sankt Martin an der Raab has been a market town since 1979 (by VO 47).

In 2016, a mass grave from World War II was excavated at Welten .

Population development

politics

Local council:

Mayor is Franz Josef Kern (SPÖ).
The distribution of mandates (21 seats) in the municipal council is:
- SPÖ 11
- ÖVP 5
- Future of St. Martin an der Raab 4
- FPÖ 1

Town twinning

Ludesch in Vorarlberg , Austria

economy

Resident companies: Carpenters, locksmiths, Wahlhütter ceramics atelier, Niederer building materials trade

education

kindergarten
Josef Reichl elementary school
Kolibri private school

Culture and sights

Parish Church of Saint Martin

Roman Museum: opened in 1998
Roman barrows : under strict monument protection
Künstlerdorf Neumarkt: Summer academy courses from fine arts to music, in Neumarkt (see web link)
Lawn cross in Eisenberg
Mud store and a listed bell tower in Eisenberg
Parish church of St. Martin an der Raab : built in 1746 in baroque style, badly damaged in World War II, reconstruction 1947–1973
Wegkapelle Neumarkt an der Raab
Artists village Neumarkt an der Raab
Border triangle : the border triangle Slovenia - Hungary - Austria

freetime and sports

ASV St. Martin / Raab
Tennis club
Ice rifle club
Archery
Adventure land worlds (see web link)

Personalities

Sons and daughters:

Joseph Sucher (1843–1908), Austrian composer, conductor and conductor
Feri Zotter (1923–1987), Austrian painter and sculptor, founded the “Atelierhaus” in Neumarkt an der Raab
Susanne Gstöttner (* 1928), Austrian painter
Christian Bakanic (* 1980), Austrian jazz musician, accordionist and composer

People related to the place:

Josef Reichl (1860–1924), Austrian homeland poet, grew up in Sankt Martin an der Raab
Johannes Wanke (1923–2005), Austrian painter, lived in Neumarkt an der Raab since 1981 and died there
Walter Pichler (1936–2012), Austrian architect and artist, since 1972 studio and center of life in St. Martin an der Raab

Individual evidence

↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
↑ Mass grave found at Worlds. ORF.at, April 12, 2016 (accessed August 17, 2019).

Web links

Commons : Sankt Martin an der Raab - Collection of images, videos and audio files

10509 - Sankt Martin an der Raab. Community data, Statistics Austria .
Website of the municipality (sankt-martin-raab.at)

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_AT_Ortschaft_QUELLE-1] Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )

[2] Mass grave found at Worlds. ORF.at, April 12, 2016 (accessed August 17, 2019).