Mountain of words

Mountain of words
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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Burgenland
Political District :	Gussing
License plate :	GS
Surface:	4.76 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 14 '  N , 16 ° 6'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 13 '30 "  N , 16 ° 5' 58"  E
Height :	408  m above sea level A.
Residents :	483 (January 1, 2020)
Postal code :	8293
Area code :	03358
Community code :	1 04 19
Address of the municipal administration:	Words mountain 49 8293 words mountain
Website:	www.woerterberg.at
politics
Mayor :	Kurt Wagner ( SPÖ )
Municipal Council : (2017) (11 members)	5 6th 5 6th  A total of 11 seats ÖVP : 5 SPÖ : 6
Location of Wordsberg in the Güssing district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Wordsberg is a municipality with 483 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Güssing district in Burgenland in Austria . The Hungarian place name of the municipality is Vörthegy .

geography

Geographical location

The community is located in southern Burgenland in the northwest of the Güssing district. Words mountain is the northernmost place in the district. The community consists of the village of Wortberg, the Rotten Mitterberg and Wilfingberg as well as the single layer Heiduttischer Ried .

The highest point in the village is the St. Stephan chapel, 408 m above sea level  .

Neighboring communities

	Wolfau ( Oberwart District )
Rohr bei Hartberg ( Hartberg-Fürstenfeld district )
	Hackerberg	Stinatz

climate

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Wortberg Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 2.5 5.2 10.0 15.2 20.2 23.0 25.4 24.9 20.2 14.6 7.6 3.0 O 14.4 Min. Temperature (° C) -4.0 -2.8 0.8 5.0 9.6 12.6 14.5 14.3 10.6 6.1 1.2 -2.5 O 5.5 Temperature (° C) -1.1 0.7 4.7 9.6 14.6 17.6 19.7 19.1 14.7 9.6 3.9 -0.1 O 9.5 Precipitation ( mm ) 20th 21st 35 41 79 106 94 103 73 57 46 37 Σ 712 Humidity ( % ) 71.6 59.7 54.2 48.4 53.1 54.0 51.3 52.5 57.7 63.6 72.2 75.6 O 59.5 T e m p e r a t u r 2.5 -4.0 5.2 -2.8 10.0 0.8 15.2 5.0 20.2 9.6 23.0 12.6 25.4 14.5 24.9 14.3 20.2 10.6 14.6 6.1 7.6 1.2 3.0 -2.5 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Source: ZAMG average climate values ​​1981 - 2010

history

Words mountain originated in the 13th century as a daughter settlement of Wörth an der Lafnitz . The residents named the newly founded places after abandoned places in their homeland. This is how the name Wörth came about.

The settlement emerged from "Kellerstöckln", which were used to store the harvests from the orchards and vineyards, meadows and fields on the slopes east of Wörth. These basement floors were expanded and continued to be managed. Counts Széchényi , Kottulinsky and Batthyány owned this area at that time.

The place Wörther Berg was written until the beginning of the 20th century .

Like all of Burgenland, the place belonged to Hungary (German-West Hungary) until 1920/21 . Since 1898 had to because of the Magyarization of the government in Budapest of Hungarian name Vörthegy 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 ).

23 residents died in the First World War.

After the end of the First World War, the economic situation was bad, as the Lafnitz was now the border between Austria and Hungary . As a result, Wortberg was cut off from Wörth, with whom it formed a single economic unit. For this reason, the population was forced to engage in smuggling. There were often nightly raids and shootings. Only with the connection of Burgenland to Austria did things become quieter and the economy also improved. This boom ended in 1926. This was followed by unemployment, price increases and the inapplicability of products. Therefore the connection to the German Reich was welcomed. When the Second World War broke out, the mood changed. 26 men died at the front, another 16 are missing.

From 1971 to 1991, words mountain belonged to the municipality of Ollersdorf . With the help of several local residents, words mountain became an independent municipality again in 1991.

Population development

Culture and sights

Word Mountain Parish Church

See also:  List of listed objects in Wortberg

• A chapel and a church since 1908 (1978).
• An attraction in Wordsberg is the 15-meter-high observation tower , built in 2004 , from which you can see almost the entire Lafnitz valley.
• In 2003 a wooden barrel was found on the bank of the Lafnitz. It is one of the few remaining wooden objects from the Roman Empire .
• In 2005 a furnace was also uncovered.

Economy and Infrastructure

There is a single-class elementary school and a kindergarten (1993) in Wordsberg , as well as a multi-purpose hall, a children's playground and a sports field.

politics

Municipal council

Word Mountain Chapel

Roman-era wooden barrel from Wordsberg in the Hartberg Museum

The municipal council has 11 members.

• With the municipal council elections in Burgenland in 2002, the municipal council had the following distribution: 7 SPÖ and 4 ÖVP.
• With the municipal council elections in Burgenland 2007 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 6 SPÖ and 5 ÖVP.
• With the municipal council elections in Burgenland 2012 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 7 SPÖ and 4 ÖVP.
• With the municipal council elections in Burgenland 2017 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 6 SPÖ and 5 ÖVP.

mayor

• 1971–1991 no mayor because the place was part of the municipality of Ollersdorf in Burgenland
• 1991–2009 Erwin Stipsits (ÖVP)
• since 2010 Kurt Wagner (SPÖ)

coat of arms

The community seal at that time showed Saint George sitting on a horse and piercing the lindworm with a lance .

The current coat of arms shows a green hill in the lower part, symbolizing a mountain of words. An apple and a pear tree grow on it, these represent the orchards. The double cross represents the cross of Pope Silvester II , which he gave to King Stephen of Hungary. It is supposed to remind of the chapel of St. Stephen. The red and gold fields are supposed to symbolize the connection to Burgenland. The municipal coat of arms was designed by Thomas Resetarits .

literature

• Annemarie Sahloul: The sow's dance. Autobiographical report on a peasant slaughter day in Wortberg. In: Burgenland Community 5/6 No. 371, 2001.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.statistik.at/wcm/idc/idcplg?IdcService=GET_PDF_FILE&RevisionSelectionMethod=LatestReleased&dDocName=007109 Municipal directory 2001
2. ↑ Wordsberg lookout point on the website of the Golf & Thermenregion Stegersbach
3. ↑ Results of the local council election 2002 in Wordsberg. Office of the Provincial Government of Burgenland, October 21, 2002, accessed on January 18, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Result of the 2007 municipal council election in Wordsberg. Office of the Provincial Government of Burgenland, October 21, 2007, accessed on January 18, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Results of the 2012 municipal council elections in Wordsberg. Office of the Burgenland Provincial Government, November 4, 2012, accessed on January 18, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Results of the 2017 municipal council elections in Wordsberg. Office of the Provincial Government of Burgenland, October 29, 2017, accessed on January 18, 2020 . 
7. ^ Words mountain: ex-mayor Erwin Stipsits died ORF Burgenland, October 29, 2009

Web links

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

• 10419 - Words Mountain. Community data, Statistics Austria .