Steingraben (municipality of Güssing)

Steingraben ( village ) Ortschaft Katastralgemeinde Steingraben
Basic data
Pole. District , state	Güssing  (GU), Burgenland
Judicial district	Gussing
Pole. local community	Gussing
Coordinates	47 ° 3 '50 "  N , 16 ° 16' 28"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 3 '50 "  N , 16 ° 16' 28"  E
Residents of the village	168 (January 1, 2020)
Area  d. KG	5.9 km²
Statistical identification
Locality code	00047
Cadastral parish number	31047
Steingraben seen from Güssing Castle
Source: STAT : index of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; GIS-Bgld

Stone moat bell tower

Steingraben is a village and a cadastral municipality in the municipality of Güssing in Burgenland. The Hungarian place name is Bányácska , the Croatian Bojane .

Steingraben was founded by Croatian immigrants in the second half of the 16th century. Steingraben was an independent municipality until December 31, 1970. Due to the municipal structure improvement law, it was incorporated into Güssing with effect from January 1st, 1971.

The place is located on a hill in the Zickenbachtal 5 km west of the district capital Güssing.

The place has a cemetery and a bell tower. Steingraben has 168 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). In 1870 the place had 258 inhabitants.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Steingraben on guessing.net
2. ↑ Provincial Law Gazette for Burgenland 44/1970: Law of September 1, 1970 on territorial changes of municipalities (Municipal Structure Improvement Act) (PDF document; accessed on January 1, 2018)
3. ↑ Steingraben on best-of-burgenland.com
4. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )