Unterkohlstätten

Unterkohlstätten
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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Burgenland
Political District :	Oberwart
License plate :	OW
Surface:	29.12 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 23 '  N , 16 ° 19'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 22 '33 "  N , 16 ° 19' 27"  E
Height :	503  m above sea level A.
Residents :	998 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	34 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	7434, 7435
Community code :	1 09 24
Address of the municipal administration:	Unterkohlstätten 32 7435 Unterkohlstätten
Website:	www.unterkohlstaetten.at
politics
Mayor :	Christian Pinzker ( SPÖ )
Municipal Council : (Election year: 2017 ) (19 members)	11 8th 11 8th  A total of 19 seats SPÖ : 11 ÖVP : 8
Location of Unterkohlstätten in the Oberwart district
View from near the state road L363 from Oberkohlstätten to Glashütten near Schlaining to the village of Unterkohlstätten.
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Unterkohlstätten is a municipality in the Oberwart district in Burgenland in Austria .

geography

The community is located on the northwest slopes of the Günser Mountains in southern Burgenland at the sources of the Unterkohlstättner Bach.

Community structure

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

• Glassworks near Schlaining (114)
• Günseck (178)
• Felling (302)
• Oberkohlstätten (185)
• Unterkohlstätten (219)

In addition, the Rotten Weißenbachl and Langau belong to the community.

The community consists of the cadastral communities Glashütten bei Schlaining, Günseck , Holzschlag , Oberkohlstätten and Unterkohlstätten.

German place name	Hungarian place name
Glassworks near Schlaining	Szalónakhuta
Günseck	Gyöngyösfő
Felling	Vágod
Oberkohlstätten	Felsőszénégető
Unterkohlstätten	Alsószénégető

Neighboring communities

Amber	Pilgrim village	Lockenhaus
Stadtschlaining		Lockenhaus
Stadtschlaining	Weiden near Rechnitz	Lockenhaus

history

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 Alsószénégetö 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 state of Burgenland since 1921.

In 1950, Unterkohlstätten was connected to the STEWEAG power grid .

In 1954 the construction of the aqueduct began and the project was completed on December 31, 1955.

In 1971, in the course of the amalgamation of the municipalities, together with glassworks near Schlaining, Günseck, Holzschlag and Unterkohlstätten, they were incorporated into Unterkohlstätten.

See also: History of Burgenland

Population development

Culture and sights

Subsidiary church Unterkohlstätten

See also:  List of listed objects in Unterkohlstätten

• Evangelical Parish Church Holzschlag : The church was built in 1811 and rebuilt and expanded in 1842.
• Catholic parish church Oberkohlstätten hl. Leonhard: The Roman Catholic Church, built in 1749, has a neo-Romanesque interior.
• Subsidiary church in Unterkohlstätten: The Roman Catholic subsidiary church of Mariae Visitation in Unterkohlstätten with a south-facing tower was built between 1858 and 1859.
• The Romanesque church in Glashütten near Schlaining, in honor of Saint Louis of Toulouse , was built in 1816.

Economy and Infrastructure

fire Department

• The Unterkohlstätten volunteer fire brigade was founded in 1910. As of January 1, 2015, the team comprised a total of 21 active participants. Martin Schuch has been in command since January 1, 2013. On May 5, 2012, a new fire engine with a portable pump was handed over to its destination. On May 15, 1999, the new fire station was blessed. This was built in the years from 1994. The fire brigade was responsible for the construction through its own contribution. The old fire station was demolished in 1999 and this property was redesigned as part of the village renewal in Burgenland.

politics

Municipal council

Local council election 2017

 %

60

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

57.60
(-1.74)

42.40
(+1.74)

SPÖ

ÖVP

2012



2017



The council comprises a total of 19 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	504	57.60	11	524	59.34	11	494	53.64	10	515	55.56	11	449	53.64	8th
ÖVP	371	42.40	8th	359	40.66	8th	427	46.36	9	381	41.10	8th	356	42.53	7th
FPÖ	not running			not running			not running			31	3.34	0	32	3.82	0
Eligible voters	1019			1034			1048			1055			993
voter turnout	92.25%			92.36%			91.98%			92.32%			92.15%

Parish council

In addition to Mayor Christian Pinzker (SPÖ) and Vice Mayor Martin Pinczker (ÖVP), the executive councils Bernhard Koller (ÖVP), Bernhard Lackner (SPÖ) and Martin Ringhofer (SPÖ) are also members of the community board.

Wolfgang Schmidt (SPÖ) was elected to the environmental council.

Werner Kappel (SPÖ, Oberkohlstätten), Bernhard Lackner (SPÖ, for wood felling), Martin Ringhofer (SPÖ, for Günseck) and Rudolf Voith (SPÖ, for glassworks near Schlaining) were appointed mayor.

mayor

Mayor is Christian Pinzker (SPÖ). On November 26, 2016, he was elected by the local council to succeed Leonhard Schneemann (SPÖ), who had headed the community since 2006, and was sworn in by district governor Helmut Nemeth on November 28, 2016. In the direct mayor election on October 1, 2017, Christian Pinzker had to face the electorate and was confirmed in his office with 59.10% of the votes. His competitor was Martin Pinczker (ÖVP), who received 40.90%. In the constituent meeting of the municipal council, Martin Pinczker was then elected deputy mayor.

Johann Eichberger is the head of the office.

List of mayors

Before 1971

• 1939–1945 upholstery Anton No. 31
• 1946–1947 Gruber Michael No. 17
• 1948–1950 upholstery Josef No. 46
• 1951–1954 Pratscher Michael No. 7
• 1955–1964 Breakfast Johann No. 36
• 1964–1968 Wagner Johann No. 23
• 1968–1971 Breakfast Johann No. 36

The last mayor before the municipalities were amalgamated was Breakfast Johann No. 36 (ÖVP). In the municipal council elections in 1968 the ÖVP received 6 council seats, the SPÖ 3rd vice mayor was Gruber Johann Nr. 44 (SPÖ).

Since the parishes were merged in 1971

With effect from January 1, 1971, the smaller municipalities in Burgenland were dissolved. In the course of this, the places Glashütten bei Schlaining, Günseck, Holzschlag, Oberkohlstätten and Unterkohlstätten were merged to form the large community of Unterkohlstätten for the purpose of simpler administrative work.

• 1971–1992 Pinczker Johann (ÖVP)
• 1992-2006 Franz Klein (SPÖ)
• 2006-2016 Leonhard Schneemann (SPÖ)
• since 2016 Christian Pinzker (SPÖ)

Web links

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

• 10924 - Unterkohlstätten. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• History and chronicle of the location of Unterkohlstätten , best-of-burgenland.com
• History, culture and sights of Glashütten bei Schlaining , best-of-burgenland.com
• Culture and sights in Günseck , best-of-burgenland.com
• Culture and sights to the place Holzschlag , best-of-burgenland.com
• History of Rotte Langau , best-of-burgenland.com
• History and sights of Oberkohlstätten , best-of-burgenland.com
• History of Rotte Weißenbachl , best-of-burgenland.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ↑ ORF Burgenland: Naturparkgemeinde Unterkohlstätten (accessed on January 17, 2018)
3. ^ Ortschronik von Oberkohlstätten and Unterkohlstätten, 1597–1997, pages 60 and 123
4. ^ Ortschronik von Oberkohlstätten and Unterkohlstätten, 1597–1997, pages 125–127
5. ↑ Unterkohlstätten on best-of-burgenland.com
6. ↑ Fire brigades and associations in the municipality of Unterkohlstätten
7. ↑ Mein Bezirk.at: New fire engine for the Unterkohlstätten volunteer fire brigade (accessed on December 22, 2015)
8. ^ Community newspaper of the municipality of Unterkohlstätten 02/2009, page 9
9. ↑ ^{a b} Province of Burgenland: election results Unterkohlstätten 2017 (accessed on January 17, 2018)
10. ↑ Province of Burgenland: election results Unterkohlstätten 2012 (accessed on January 17, 2018)
11. ↑ Province of Burgenland: election results Unterkohlstätten 2007 (accessed on January 17, 2018)
12. ↑ ^{a b} Province of Burgenland: election results Unterkohlstätten 2002 (accessed on January 17, 2018)
13. ^ Parish of Unterkohlstätten: parish council (accessed on January 17, 2018)
14. ↑ Municipality of Unterkohlstätten: November 2017 municipality newspaper (PDF document; accessed on January 17, 2018)
15. ↑ Municipality of Unterkohlstätten: local committees (accessed on January 17, 2018)
16. ↑ meinbezirk.at of 28 November 2016: Christian Pinzker sworn in as the new mayor of Unterkohlstätten (accessed on 17 January 2018)
17. ^ Parish of Unterkohlstätten: Vice Mayor Martin Pinczker (accessed on January 17, 2018)
18. ↑ Municipality of Unterkohlstätten: Our team (accessed on January 17, 2018)
19. ^ Ortschronik von Oberkohlstätten and Unterkohlstätten, 1597–1997, page 157