Unterrabnitz-Schwendgraben

Unterrabnitz-Schwendgraben
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Burgenland
Political District :	Oberpullendorf
License plate :	OP
Main town :	Unterrabnitz
Surface:	13.91 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 27 '  N , 16 ° 23'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 27 '16 "  N , 16 ° 22' 35"  E
Residents :	648 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	47 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	7371
Area code :	02616
Community code :	1 08 26
Address of the municipal administration:	Hauptstrasse 54 7371 Unterrabnitz
Website:	www.unterrabnitz.at
politics
Mayor :	Franz Haspel ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2017 ) (13 members)	9 4th 9 4th  A total of 13 seats ÖVP : 9 SPÖ : 4
Location of Unterrabnitz-Schwendgraben in the Oberpullendorf district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Unterrabnitz-Schwendgraben ( Hungarian : Alsórámóc-Répcefő , Croatian : Dolnji Ramac ) is a municipality in the district of Oberpullendorf in Burgenland in Austria .

geography

Geographical location

The community is located on the Rabnitz at the foothills of the Bucklige Welt in Central Burgenland and is located at an altitude of 314 m in the valley floor to around 470 m above sea level. The municipality has an area of ​​13.93 km², of which 61.1% is forest, 33.5% agriculture, 3.3% construction and traffic area and 2.1% other areas.

Panoramic picture of the cadastral community Unterrabnitz of the community Unterrabnitz-Schwendgraben

Community structure

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

• Schwendgraben (135)
• Unterrabnitz (513)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Schwendgraben and Unterrabnitz.

history

Unterrabnitz (top left) around 1880 (recording sheet of the state survey )

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 .

Later under the Romans, today's places Schwendgraben and Unterrabnitz were in the province of Pannonia .

Like the whole of Burgenland, the place belonged to Hungary until 1920/21 . The place has belonged to the newly founded federal state of Burgenland since 1921 (see also the history of Burgenland ). In 1971 the large community of Piringsdorf-Unterrabnitz-Schwendgraben was formed, which was dissolved again in 1991.

Population development

Culture and sights

Parish church Unterrabnitz

See also:  List of listed objects in Unterrabnitz-Schwendgraben

• Catholic parish church Unterrabnitz Hll. Peter and Paul
• Fort: in Unterrabnitz
• Open-air museum early Middle Ages village Unterrabnitz: The open-air museum shows life from around 500 to 1000 AD.
• Rabnitztaler Painter Weeks

politics

Municipal council

Local council election 2017

 %

70

60

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

66.16
(+1.59)

33.84
(-1.59)

ÖVP

SPÖ

2012



2017



The council comprises a total of 13 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.
ÖVP	350	66.16	9	339	64.57	9	352	61.01	8th	300	55.45	7th	277	59.31	8th
SPÖ	179	33.84	4th	186	35.43	4th	225	38.99	5	241	44.55	6th	190	40.69	5
Eligible voters	624			643			656			630			561
voter turnout	90.06%			90.82%			91.62%			92.54%			92.51%

Parish council

In addition to Mayor Franz Haspel (ÖVP) and Deputy Mayor Martin Maschler (ÖVP), the executive councilor Daniela Sturm (SPÖ) is also a member of the community board.

Rupert Schermann (ÖVP) was elected to the environmental council.

Helmut Mandl was appointed mayor of Schwendgraben.

mayor

Mayor is Franz Haspel (ÖVP). After the resignation of Mayor Wilhelm Heißenberger (ÖVP) because of the manipulation of voting cards for the state elections on November 1, 2010, Vice Mayor Johann Steinriegler (SPÖ) initially took over the mayor's agendas. In the direct election of the extraordinary mayor on February 27, 2011, Haspel stood as a candidate for the ÖVP and was able to prevail against Johann Steinriegler as mayor with 59.9% to 40.1%. In the election on October 1, 2017, Haspel was confirmed in office with 69.03%. His competitor Thomas Schautz (SPÖ) got 30.97% of the vote. Schautz renounced his council seat.

Martin Maschler (ÖVP) was elected deputy mayor at the constituent meeting of the local council.

Harald Stampf is the head of the municipal office.

coat of arms

Blazon : “ In blue a golden figure standing on a golden mountain covered with three blue wavy beams, holding a golden ploughshare pointing downwards in the front hand and a tree growing out of the ground in the back hand. "

Sons and daughters of the church

• Joseph Behm (1815–1885), Hungarian-German church musician and composer

Web links

Commons : Unterrabnitz-Schwendgraben  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• 10826 - Unterrabnitz-Schwendgraben. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Early Middle Ages Village open-air museum
• Rabnitz Painting Weeks

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ↑ ^{a b} Province of Burgenland: Election results Unterrabnitz-Schwendgraben 2017 (accessed on January 3, 2018)
3. ↑ Province of Burgenland: election results Unterrabnitz-Schwendgraben 2012 (accessed on January 3, 2018)
4. ↑ Province of Burgenland: election results Unterrabnitz-Schwendgraben 2007 (accessed on January 3, 2018)
5. ↑ ^{a b} Province of Burgenland: election results Unterrabnitz-Schwendgraben 2002 (accessed on January 3, 2018)
6. ↑ ^{a b} Municipality of Unterrabnitz-Schwendgraben: Municipality Board (accessed on January 3, 2018)
7. ↑ Municipality of Unterrabnitz-Schwendgraben: Municipal news 4/2017 (PDF document; accessed on January 3, 2018)
8. ↑ mein district.at of October 19, 2010: Election fraud: Wilhelm Heißenberger resigns (accessed on January 3, 2018)
9. ↑ ORF Burgenland of April 11, 2012: Unterrabnitz: Franz Haspel is mayor (accessed on January 3, 2018)
10. ↑ ^{a b} Municipality of Unterrabnitz-Schwendgraben: Municipal Council (accessed on January 3, 2018)
11. ↑ Municipality of Unterrabnitz-Schwendgraben: Municipal Office (accessed on January 3, 2018)