Lutzmannsburg
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market community Lutzmannsburg
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| Basic data | ||
| Country: | Austria | |
| State : | Burgenland | |
| Political District : | Oberpullendorf | |
| License plate : | OP | |
| Surface: | 23.16 km² | |
| Coordinates : | 47 ° 28 ' N , 16 ° 38' E | |
| Height : | 204 m above sea level A. | |
| Residents : | 863 (January 1, 2020) | |
| Population density : | 37 inhabitants per km² | |
| Postal code : | 7361 | |
| Area code : | 02615 | |
| Community code : | 1 08 10 | |
| NUTS region | AT111 | |
| UN / LOCODE | AT LTZ | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
Neustiftplatz 1 7361 Lutzmannsburg |
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| Mayor : | Christian Rohrer (ADL) | |
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Municipal Council : ( 2017 ) (15 members) |
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| Location of Lutzmannsburg in the Oberpullendorf district | ||
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 The " Sonnentherme " in Lutzmannsburg |
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| Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria | ||
Lutzmannsburg ( Hungarian : Locsmánd ; Croatian : Lucman ) is a market town in the Oberpullendorf district in Burgenland in Austria .
geography
Geographical location
The community is located in Central Burgenland at an average altitude of 204 m above sea level. A. and belongs to the southeastern part of the political district of Oberpullendorf. The area around Lutzmannsburg represents the transition zone from the Landseer Bay to the Little Hungarian Plain and on to the Pannonian Basin . The local area of the municipality is embedded in a large plain. This is traversed by the Rabnitz river, into which the Raidingbach and the Stooberbach flow in the Strebersdorf district .
In the south, Lutzmannsburg is bounded by the “Lutzmannsburger Weingebirge”, an extension of the Günser Mountains , and in the east by the state border with Hungary.
Community structure
The municipality includes the following two localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):
- Lutzmannsburg (612) including courtyard
- Strebersdorf ( Hungarian : Micske ; Croatian : Selce ) (251)
The community consists of the cadastral communities Lutzmannsburg and Strebersdorf.
Like Horitschon , Deutschkreutz , Raiding and Neckenmarkt, Lutzmannsburg is part of the Blaufränkischland .
Incorporations
On January 1, 1971, the communities of Strebersdorf and Lutzmannsburg were merged under the name Lutzmannsburg.
history
The first settlements in the municipality of Lutzmannsburg go back to a period of about three to five millennia back to the Neolithic Age .
Before the birth of Christ, the area was part of the Celtic Kingdom of Noricum and belonged to the surroundings of the Celtic hill settlement Burg on the Schwarzenbacher Burgberg .
For the time of the Roman Empire , when the area belonged to the province of Pannonia , a larger settlement can be found in the area of the Lutzmannsburg vineyards. In the early Middle Ages , during the time of the Great Migration , the Goths , Huns , Lombards , Slavs , Avars and other tribes settled the region around Lutzmannsburg before it was incorporated into the Avarmark of his empire by Charlemagne at the end of the 8th century . This resulted in a Franconian-Bavarian settlement. When the Archdiocese of Salzburg was assigned the area between the Danube and Lake Balaton for missions in 796 , Christianization also found its way into Lutzmannsburg . After the arrival of the Magyars and the marriage of the Hungarian King Stephan I with the Bavarian Duchess Gisela, who later became Queen of Hungary, numerous Bavarian aristocrats came to the country after the turn of the millennium.
The first documentary mention goes back to the year 1156, when the Hungarian King Géza II awarded the village "Lusman" to the knights Gottfried and Albrecht for loyal military service. Since the place was already called market back then , Lutzmannsburg is one of the oldest market communities in Burgenland. Around 1171, a county castle was built on today's Kirchberg , from which the current name is derived.
The Strebersdorf district is first mentioned in 1195 in a donation from the provincial administrator ( Banus ) Dominicus to the Heiligenkreuz Abbey.
Armed conflict between Hungary and Austria led to the ruin of Lutzmannsburg Castle, which was no longer habitable around 1263. Due to its short existence, the fortification was not overbuilt by the city like most other county castles. Where the "modern" destruction caused by the two cemeteries and road construction have not progressed too far, the rampart and ditch are still clearly visible in the area today.
At the end of the 13th century, the entire area was transferred from royal property to the property of the Güssing counts . Subsequently, the area of Lutzmannsburg belonged to Güns Castle , which was built in 1445 by the German King and later Emperor Friedrich III. was conquered.
Although the village was completely destroyed in 1529 and 1532 as a result of the Turkish wars , it was quickly rebuilt.
The place, which became Protestant around 1570, was the seat of the archdeaconate in the 17th century , to which all places in western Hungary belonged. Due to the Counter Reformation in 1674 and the Edict of Tolerance by Emperor Joseph II in 1781, there is both a Catholic and a Protestant church in the village.
Originally, the Lutzmannsburg market was on the Rabnitz's bed . Since this repeatedly overflowed its banks and flooded the village, the houses in the town north of the Rabnitz were built on a hill in the 1820s. The farmstead, which is still on the bed of the Rabnitz, was hit by floods again in 1965 .
From 1898 had to due to the Magyarization of the government in Budapest of Hungarian name Locsmánd be used.
Since Lutzmannsburg was not a frontline area, the place was largely spared during the First World War and there was no war damage. Like all of Burgenland, the place belonged to Hungary (German-West Hungary) until 1920/21 . 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 ).
At the time of the Second World War , the south-east wall was marked out near Lutzmannsburg . In 1945 the Red Army crossed the border to Austria in the vicinity of Lutzmannsburg . In 1948, as a result of the Cold War , the Iron Curtain was erected on the municipal border with Hungary , isolating Lutzmannsburg to the east and south.
Due to the Hungarian uprising , Lutzmannsburg was a reception camp for Hungarian refugees in the second half of November 1956.
From May 2, 1989, the iron curtain was dismantled again. As a result, a "small border crossing" for pedestrians and cyclists to Hungary was built directly behind the thermal baths. On December 21, 2007, the border station was closed due to the Schengen Agreement .
Population development
The population development increased until 1900 and reached its highest level with 1,862 inhabitants. Since then it has been in decline. On the cut-off date of the last census on May 15, 2001, Lutzmannsburg had 944 inhabitants (including 127 children and young people under 15 years of age and 206 seniors over 60 years of age) with almost all of them (97.9%) Austrian citizenship. In addition to German (855 people), Hungarian (51) and Burgenland-Croatian (14) are the most common colloquial languages . 57.7% (545 people) of the community population profess to the Roman Catholic Church . Around 5.4% of the population belong to the Burgenland Hungarians . A proportion of 38% (359 people), which is relatively large for Austria, is committed to the Evangelical Church .
According to the 2001 census, there were 497 buildings in Lutzmannsburg, of which 438 were residential buildings (with 507 apartments, but of which only 398 were main residences), 15 hotels, 8 industrial and 4 office buildings.
Due to the most recent registration by the municipality as of December 31, 2007, the population continued to decrease to 875 inhabitants. This means that the population has halved over the past 100 years. In addition to the sharp decline in the birth rate, the main reason for this is the long negative migration balance , which has only been reversed in recent years through the construction of the thermal baths.
Culture and sights
Roman Catholic Church Lutzmannsburg
Evangelical Church Lutzmannsburg
pillory
Trinity pillar
Roman Catholic parish church in the Strebersdorf district
- Catholic parish church Lutzmannsburg
- Evangelical parish church Lutzmannsburg
- Roman Catholic parish church in the Strebersdorf district
- pillory
Club life
Nine associations have their headquarters in Lutzmannsburg, which contribute to the community with various activities. These are:
- Strebersdorf Tourist and Beautification Association
- Lutzmannsburg volunteer fire department
- Strebersdorf volunteer fire brigade - founded on October 21, 1890
- Weinbauverein Lutzmannsburg
- Folk dance group Lutzmannsburg
- SV Lutzmannsburg - football , championship participation in 2nd class middle (7th performance level)
- Tourism association
- Youth Lutzmannsburg
- Dartverein Lutzmannsburg (Dart Monkeys) Year of foundation: 2015
- Lutzmannsburg theater group
Regular events
- Beginning of August: red wine experience
- Beginning of November: Open cellar day
- Mid-May: Wine Blossom Festival on the Sonnberg
Economy and Infrastructure
Lutzmannsburg suffered economically for a long time from the fact that the community was right next to the Iron Curtain . The economy was therefore limited to agricultural products and especially viticulture. It was not until the construction of the thermal baths in the 1990s that there was a general economic boom.
traffic
Lutzmannsburg can be reached from the north via Landesstraße 228 (Nikitscher Landesstraße), which branches off in Deutschkreutz from Bundesstraße 62 ( Deutschkreutzer Straße ) and from the west via Landesstraße 225 (Lutzmannsburger Landesstraße), which branches off in Unterpullendorf from Bundesstraße 61 ( Günser Straße ), reachable.
Immediately next to the thermal baths there is a road connection via the former border crossing to Hungary to Zsira (German Tening ). However, in the area of the border station, which was closed on December 21, 2007, the road may only be used by pedestrians and cyclists, despite the opening of the border and the Schengen Agreement.
In the period from November 9, 1913 to May 14, 1933, Lutzmannsburg was also opened up by the railway line from Oberloisdorf to Bük , a branch of the Burgenland Railway. The Lutzmannsburg station was a border station and was located at a distance of 12.6 kilometers. The state border was located at kilometer 13.5.
Conflict over opening the border crossing for motor vehicles
Considerations to also open the border crossing for motor vehicles were rejected not only by the local council, but also by the tourism association. Mayor Günther Toth had the view of the municipal council in a TV - Interview with the ORF publicly confirmed Burgenland on November 5 of 2007. The reason for the rejection was that the transition was directly adjacent to the relaxation areas of the thermal baths and the hotels. As understandable as this argument is, this approach appears remarkable in the age of a united Europe and the opening of the borders and is criticized especially by Austrians living in the Hungarian border area, because the Schengen Agreement allows "free border crossing wherever possible" .
This problem began to move in the spring of 2008 when the neighboring Hungarian community of Zsira pushed for a connection and presented a project that provides for a road at another location. Since then, the Lutzmannsburg community has been in negotiations with the Oberpullendorf district administration. However, a resolution has still not been passed (as of August 2008). According to the most recent plans, the construction of a bypass road north of the hotels, which is to flow into the main road at the beginning of the town, is intended (status: 2017).
Viticulture
Lutzmannsburg is a traditional wine-growing place . The first documentary mention of viticulture can be traced back to the year 1218. Lutzmannsburg is one of the oldest wine-growing communities of Burgenland . The entire area (around 180 hectares ) of the Sonnberg vineyard was already planted with vines at the beginning of the 13th century .
Lutzmannsburg was one of the very first wine-growing locations in Burgenland to receive approval very early on to sell its home-grown wines abroad. The prerequisite for this was that the wines were of special quality. Thanks to the conversion to rational economic forms and thanks to the introduction of modern working methods, Lutzmannsburg viticulture was able to boom in the 1950s and is now an insider tip among wine connoisseurs. For many farmers, however, viticulture was only pursued as a second mainstay.
Today there are 18 companies in the community that fill bottles with wine .
Lutzmannsburg is one of the localities of the Blaufränkischland . In this Pannonian climate , the varieties especially thrive:
- Red wine: Blaufränkisch , Zweigelt , Cabernet Franc , Cabernet Sauvignon , Merlot , Shiraz , Blauburger , St. Laurent , Pinot Noir
- White wine: Müller-Thurgau , Goldburger , Welschriesling , Grüner Veltliner , Pinot Blanc .
There are numerous wine bars .
Sonnentherme
On the so-called Angerwiesen east of Lutzmannsburg, in the immediate vicinity of the Austro-Hungarian border, successful drilling for thermal water was carried out in 1989/90. Construction work began at the beginning of June 1993, on September 17, 1994 the Sonnentherme Lutzmannsburg-Frankenau was opened, and on May 28, 2003 the third extension was completed.
The thermal bath is for families with small children and has a total water surface of 1,581 square meters. The total area is 44,367 square meters, of which 6,918 square meters are built.
In 1996 the thermal baths received the environmental award from the Ministry of the Environment, and in October of the following year the thermal water was recognized as a medicinal product.
The state of Burgenland took a 95 percent stake in the newly founded Thermen GesmbH Lutzmannsburg Frankenau in the initial construction. The communities of Lutzmannsburg and Frankenau-Unterpullendorf each have a 2.5 percent stake in the company. The WIBAG (Business Service Burgenland AG) took over in 2000, the shares of Burgenland, while the municipalities Lutzmannsburg and Frankenau-Unterpullendorf still retained their shares.
The construction of the thermal baths and the subsequent renovation work were funded in accordance with the EU funding program. Of the project costs of EUR 46.3 million that started from 1995 to 2006, EUR 19.5 million (42%) were provided by the EU. A total of EUR 28.3 million was provided by the EU for various projects in the Lutzmannsburg / Frankenau tourist region with a total investment of EUR 76.3 million. The majority of this funding (92%) was through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
In August 2016, the state of Burgenland is looking for a buyer for the thermal baths who will also operate it himself. In 2015, the state-owned thermal baths were sold to the Spanish Aspro Group, which operates two thermal baths in Austria, because the price was too low (the offer was rumored 4.8 million euros) and a lack of a development concept. The thermal bath has a positive financial balance sheet as a company and was most recently valued at 35 to 50 million euros in an expert report.
campsite
In spring 2007 a new campsite with 170 parking spaces was opened in Lutzmannsburg. The "Camping Sonnenland-Freizeitpark" funded with 500,000 euros by the Province of Burgenland is privately operated and is located about 900 meters from the thermal baths. The system has five stars as a quality feature. There are pitches from 115 to 240 square meters, all of which are equipped with electricity and water. SAT receivers, umbrellas and bicycles can be rented.
The centerpiece of the facility, which was built according to Feng Shui criteria and equipped with a restaurant , a shop , extensive leisure facilities and its own bad weather area, is a natural bathing pond of around 6,000 square meters with a sandy beach.
tourism
| Year data source |
Guest beds |
Overnight stays |
Budget framework in € |
Tax head rate in € |
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| 1995 | 98 | 6,000 | 1,031,228 | 469.39 |
| 1996 | 161 | 8,500 | 1,162,765 | 563.00 |
| 1997 | 313 | 29,069 | 1,286,236 | 516.49 |
| 1998 | 361 | 43.207 | 1,246,048 | 607.62 |
| 1999 | 394 | 53,490 | 1,596,331 | 624.40 |
| 2000 | 441 | 87,247 | 1,315,960 | 612.41 |
| 2001 | 479 | 93,731 | 1,344,375 | 675.42 |
| 2002 | 555 | 114,968 | 1,492,700 | 696.00 |
| 2003 | 693 | 126,585 | 1,638,600 | 733.00 |
| 2004 | 1.004 | 157.928 | 1,702,100 | 741.00 |
| 2005 | 1,236 | 214,609 | 1,683,700 | 755.00 |
| 2006 | 1,247 | 232,850 | 1,732,200 | |
| 2007 | 1.926 | 1,718,300 |
With the construction of the thermal bath, an extensive infrastructure was developed in parallel, which turned Lutzmannsburg from a rural community into one of the largest tourist destinations in Burgenland. In 1995 there were just 98 guest beds available for non-residents, in which around 6,000 overnight stays were recorded, in 2007 this was already 1,926 guest beds. In 2006, 232,850 overnight stays were recorded. The average length of stay of the guests was 2.5 days. Then there are the numerous day visitors who visit the thermal baths.
As a result of this development, the municipality's budget increased from 1,031,228 euros in 1995 to 1,718,300 euros in 2007 and the tax rate from 469.39 euros in 1995 to 755.00 euros in 2005.
employment
The construction of the thermal baths had a positive effect on the number of companies and jobs. A comparison of the 1991 and 2001 censuses showed an increase from 25 to 48 workplaces. This becomes even clearer in the number of employees, which increased from 78 to 227, of which 83 were active in the hotel and restaurant sector, 68 in the provision of other public and personal services and 26 in trade. There was a further increase in workplaces and employees up to 2008, but exact figures are not yet available.
Public facilities
There is a police station in Lutzmannsburg , which is housed in the former customs building.
politics
Municipal council
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The council comprises a total of 15 members based on the number of eligible voters.
| Political party | 2017 | 2012 | 2007 | 2002 | 1997 | ||||||||||
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| Sti. | % | M. | Sti. | % | M. | Sti. | % | M. | Sti. | % | M. | Sti. | % | M. | |
| SPÖ | 261 | 36.92 | 6th | 188 | 25.23 | 4th | 201 | 28.03 | 4th | 225 | 30.20 | 5 | 170 | 24.64 | 4th |
| ÖVP | 217 | 30.69 | 4th | 302 | 40.54 | 6th | 270 | 37.66 | 6th | 340 | 45.64 | 7th | 308 | 44.64 | 7th |
| ADL A1 | 229 | 32.39 | 5 | 255 | 34.23 | 5 | 242 | 33.75 | 5 | not running | not running | ||||
| FBL | not running | not running | 4th | 0.56 | 0 | not running | not running | ||||||||
| FPÖ | not running | not running | not running | 137 | 18.39 | 3 | not running | ||||||||
| Green | not running | not running | not running | 43 | 5.77 | 0 | 25th | 3.62 | 0 | ||||||
| Freedom u. a. | not running | not running | not running | not running | 187 | 27.10 | 4th | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | 850 | 899 | 857 | 890 | 846 | ||||||||||
| voter turnout | 89.18% | 90.32% | 88.21% | 88.43% | 87.12% | ||||||||||
Parish council
In addition to Mayors Christian Rohrer (ADL) and Roman Kainrath (SPÖ), Katharina Kainrath (ÖVP), Alfred Schneller (SPÖ) and a member of the ADL are also members of the community board. The board member of the ADL could not be elected because the required three-quarters attendance of the ADL was not given.
Klaus Pacher (SPÖ) was elected as the community treasurer.
mayor
Mayor is Christian Rohrer (ADL). Rohrer prevailed in the mayor direct election 2012 in the second ballot with 56.17% against his predecessor Günther Toth (ÖVP), who achieved 43.83%. In the 2017 election, Rohrer had to go to the second ballot again in order to prevail with 62.89% against his competitor Roman Kainrath (SPÖ), who got 37.11%. The ÖVP candidate, Katharina Kainrath, was eliminated in the first ballot.
Roman Kainrath (SPÖ) was elected deputy mayor at the constituent meeting of the local council.
Karl Gansrigler is the head of the municipal office.
Chronicle of the mayors since 1945
- 1945–1950 Josef Stifter
- 1950–1952 Ernst Fleischhacker
- 1952–1962 Karl Plöchl († 1973)
- 1962–1971 Karl Toth
- 1971–1980 Robert Magedler
- 1980–1984 Horst Weber
- 1984–1987 Walter Toth
- 1987–1990 Robert Magedler
- 1990-2002 Horst Weber
- 2002–2007 Manfred Knahr
- 2007–2012 Günther Toth (ÖVP)
- since 2012 Christian Rohrer (ADL)
coat of arms
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The market town of Lutzmannsburg was granted the right to use a municipal coat of arms on July 4, 1973 by a resolution of the Burgenland state government. Blazon : “ A red shield, crossed by a silver wall from which a three-pinned silver tower rises. From the tower rises the figure of a man in a sleeveless blue robe with a blue hat, who in his right hand grasps the handle of an erect silver sickle and in his left holds a bunch of blue grapes lowered. The shield is surrounded by an ornamented bronze-colored border. " |
Others
State flower decoration competitions
The decoration of the market town with flowers has a long tradition. Long before the thermal baths were built and tourism started, Lutzmannsburg took part in the national flower decoration competitions and, after finishing third in 1978, was able to win first place for the first time in 1979. This was followed by five more first places in 1980, 1984, 1989, 2000 and 2003.
Second places were achieved in 1981, 1985, 1998, 2006 and 2007. Further third places could be won in 1997 and 1999.
After some irregularities in the course of the 2007 evaluation - the commission was accused of partiality and an already preconceived opinion - the Lutzmannsburg Beautification Association decided in August not to take part in the 2008 state flower decoration competition. However, this should not have any influence on the decoration of the local area with flowers.
In the competition “Most beautiful village square in the country”, Lutzmannsburg emerged as the winner in 2004 after taking second place (2003).
Web links
- 10810 - Lutzmannsburg. Community data, Statistics Austria .
- Entry on Lutzmannsburg in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
- ↑ [Statistics Austria: dissolutions or associations of municipalities from 1945 http://www.statistik.at/web_de/static/gemeindeaenderungen_ab_1945_vereinigungen_teilungen_namens-_u._statusaende_054994.pdf ]
- ↑ Municipality of Lutzmannsburg: A historical review ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Statistics Austria: Census of May 15, 2001, demographic data (PDF file, 5 kB, accessed on August 4, 2008)
- ↑ Statistics Austria: Building and Apartment Census from May 15, 2001 (PDF file, 6 kB, accessed on August 4, 2008)
- ↑ Information Office of the European Parliament for Austria: The Schengen Extension ( Memento of December 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on August 9, 2008)
- ↑ Red wine experience Lutzmannsburg: Chronicle ( memento from October 22, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on August 5, 2008)
- ↑ Kreutzer Fischer & Partner Consulting GmbH: Evaluation of the macro-economic effects of tourism subsidies in Lutzmannsburg / Frankenau (PDF file from October 2007, 231 kB, accessed on August 5, 2008)
- ↑ Information on sonnentherme.at ( Memento from November 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Lutzmannsburg: Interested parties wanted orf.at, August 13, 2016, accessed on August 13, 2016.
- ↑ ORF Burgenland: New luxury campsite in Lutzmannsburg (accessed on August 8, 2008)
- ↑ a b c community Lutzmannsburg community data (accessed on August 5, 2008)
- ↑ a b Statistics Austria: Workplace census from May 15, 2001 - Workplaces and employees compared to 1991 (PDF file, 2 kB, accessed on August 5, 2008)
- ↑ a b Province of Burgenland: Lutzmannsburg 2017 election results (accessed on December 28, 2017)
- ↑ Province of Burgenland: Lutzmannsburg 2012 election results (accessed on December 28, 2017)
- ↑ Province of Burgenland: Lutzmannsburg 2007 election results (accessed on December 28, 2017)
- ↑ a b Province of Burgenland: Lutzmannsburg election results 2002 (accessed on December 28, 2017)
- ↑ a b c Lutzmannsburg community: Constituent meeting of the community council on November 21, 2017 (PDF document, 103 kB; accessed on December 28, 2017)
- ↑ Municipality of Lutzmannsburg: Gansrigler Karl, OAR (Head of Office) (accessed on December 28, 2017)
- ↑ a b https://www.lutzmannsburg.info/1_Platz_beim_Landes-Blumenschmuckwettbewerb
- ↑ https://www.lutzmannsburg.info/system/web/news.aspx?gnr_search=-1&detailonr=222484200-2245&typid=2004&menuonr=221426003
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