Weppersdorf

Weppersdorf ( Hungarian : Veperd, Croatian : Veprštof ) is a market town with 1837 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in Burgenland in the Oberpullendorf district in Austria .

geography

Geographical location

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

The large community is located in Central Burgenland. Weppersdorf lies on the foothills of the Ödenburger and Landseer Mountains. The Sieggrabenbach and Schwarzenbach , which unite in Weppersdorf to form the Stooberbach , flow through Weppersdorfer Hotter . Other bodies of water in the municipality are the Mühlbach and Kohlgrabenbach , which flow into the Schwarzenbach in Weppersdorf.

The highest mountain in Weppersdorf is the Fuchsriegel in limestone pits at 437 m above sea level. A.

Community structure

The market community is made up of the cadastral communities and localities (residents in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

Limestone pits (341)
Tschurndorf (494)
Weppersdorf (1002)

Neighboring communities

	Sieggraben
Kobersdorf		Lackenbach
	St. Martin market

history

Before our era, 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 Weppersdorf was then in the province of Pannonia .

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 Veperd 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 ).

In the years 1930/31 the Evangelical Confessional Church ( AB ) was built.

In 1971 the previously independent communities Kalkgruben, Tschurndorf and Weppersdorf were merged to form the large community of Weppersdorf.

Population development

Culture and sights

Evangelical parish church in Weppersdorf

Catholic parish church Weppersdorf
Evangelical parish church in Weppersdorf
Former Protestant school
Bell chair (weather tower) Tschurndorf
Tschurndorf branch church

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

railroad

With the opening of the Burgenland Railway (also: "Oberpullendorfer Bahn") from Sopron to Köszeg by the "Sopron-Kőszeger Vicinalbahn AG" on November 5, 1908, Weppersdorf received a train station in the south of the community. Even before the opening of this railway line, a serious railway accident occurred on September 19 of this year between Weppersdorf and Lackenbach with a construction train, in which three people were killed and another four people were injured. Especially after the connection of Burgenland to Austria in 1921, the importance of rail transport increased, as many residents (mostly to Vienna) had to commute to work. In addition, there was a corridor traffic in Sopron towards Mattersburg . As a result of the Second World War , passenger traffic on October 6, 1951, and passenger traffic on September 1, 1960, only ran to Rattersdorf-Liebing station, which meant that there was no longer any connection to Hungary . With the advancing motorization and especially with bus traffic, the railroad lost further importance. The abandonment of the station was the result, after the inn next to it had already been demolished. On April 28, 1969, the route was cut further. Due to a damaged bridge over the Rabnitz , Oberpullendorf for passenger traffic and Oberloisdorf for freight traffic were the new terminals. On May 28, 1988, the end of passenger traffic between Deutschkreutz and Oberpullendorf came. From July 1, 2013, all traffic from Deutschkreutz was finally stopped. Since then, only the “Sonnenland Draisinentour”, which has set up a rest stop in Weppersdorf, is reminiscent of the railway line.

Road traffic

Burgenland Straße (B50) runs through the market town from north to south . This forms the main road both in Weppersdorf and in the cadastral communities of Kalkgruben and Tschurndorf. Due to the construction of the Burgenland expressway (S31), which runs in the west of the municipality and to which the municipality has been connected since September 13, 1985, the majority of traffic has shifted to the expressway. Weppersdorf has two junctions on the Burgenland expressway. In the north of the village there is the semi-junction Weppersdorf / Kobersdorf, which leads from and to the north on Kobersdorfer Landesstraße (L103). The Weppersdorf junction is located in the south of the municipality, where the Deutschkreutzer Straße (B62) starts. This has entrances and exits from the B50 in the south of the municipality.

Bus transport

With the increase in individual traffic, Weppersdorf has developed into a center for day commuters since the opening of the Burgenland expressway. This required the Province of Burgenland to build a spacious Park & Ride facility with an attached bus station with four bus platforms in the north of the village in 2002, connected to the roundabout on Burgenland Straße (B50) . The car park has been expanded in stages and has around 150 parking spaces in 2016. Due to the utilization, it was taken into account that this can be expanded further. From the bus station there are direct express courses to Vienna, but also courses to Deutschkreutz , Eisenstadt , Mattersburg and Wiener Neustadt . A special feature is the course to Mariazell on Sundays and public holidays in summer .

politics

Municipal council

Local council election 2017

%

80

70

60

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

73.34
(+1.08)

13.55
(-10.04)

8.34
(+4.19)

4.77
( n. K. )

Weppersdorf municipal office

The council comprises a total of 21 members based on the number of eligible voters.

Results of the municipal council elections since 1997
Political party	2017			2012			2007			2002			1997
Political party	Sti.	%	M.	Sti.	%	M.	Sti.	%	M.	Sti.	%	M.	Sti.	%	M.
SPÖ	985	73.34	16	974	72.26	16	1064	79.40	17th	1066	76.86	17th	834	67.53	15th
ÖVP	182	13.55	3	318	23.59	5	243	18.13	4th	267	19.25	4th	221	17.89	4th
FPÖ	112	8.34	1	56	4.15	0	not running			54	3.89	0	128	10.36	2
Green	64	4.77	1	not running			not running			not running			not running
FBL	not running			not running			33	2.46	0	not running			not running
DAL	not running			not running			not running			not running			52	4.21	0
Eligible voters	1777			1777			1704			1701			1551
voter turnout	79.74%			81.04%			82.45%			85.36%			86.85%

Parish council

In addition to Mayor Erich Zweiler (SPÖ) and Deputy Mayor Karl Degendorfer (SPÖ), the executive councils include Christian Estl (ÖVP), Marcel Geissler (SPÖ), Mario Pekovits (SPÖ), Marcus Raab (SPÖ) and Roland Schey (SPÖ) on.

Johann Binder (SPÖ) was appointed mayor of Kalkgruben.

mayor

Mayor is Erich Zweiler (SPÖ). After the resignation of Paul Piniel (SPÖ), who was mayor for a little more than 19 years, the then community chairman Zweiler was elected by the local council as the new mayor of the market town of Weppersdorf on December 1, 2011. In the direct mayor election in 2012, Zweiler was confirmed in his office with 66.89% of the voters. In the election on October 1, 2017, Zweiler was able to achieve 75.58%, which means he remained in office. His two competitors Christian Estl (ÖVP) and Manfred Tiefenbach (FPÖ) received 16.64% and 7.78% respectively.

In the constituent meeting of the municipal council, Karl Degendorfer (SPÖ) was elected Vice Mayor.

Head of office is Andrea Bschaden.

Chronicle of the mayors since 1921

The following list shows the mayors of Weppersdorf and the previously independent communities of Tschurndorf and Kalkgruben:

Weppersdorf
from	to	mayor
1921	1922	Franz Steiner
1922	1925	Georg Neuhold
1925	1928	Karl Supper
1928	1930	Johann Tremmel
1930	1934	Paul Schrödl
1934	1938	Franz Franschitz
1938	1945	Paul Tremmel
1945	1946	Nikolaus Braunsdorfer
1946	1947	Michael Leeb
1947	1948	Georg Horvath
1948	1954	Michael Leeb
1954	1962	Michael Reisner
1962	1982	Paul Piniel Sr.
1982	1992	Franz Dorner
1992	2012	Paul Piniel jun. (SPÖ)
since 2011		Erich Zweiler (SPÖ)

Tschurndorf
from	to	mayor
1922	1931	Franz Langecker
1931	1934	Andreas Schey
1934	1938	Franz Langecker
1938	1941	Steiner
1941	1944	Michael Berghöfer
1944	1945	Johann Grössing
1945		Franz Geissler
1945	1950	Johann Geissler
1950	1958	Michael Frühwirth
1958	1970	Hans Steiner

Lime pits
from	to	mayor
1921	1937	not known
1937	1938	Gottlieb Unger
1938	1945	not known
1945	1950	Gottlieb Binder
1950	1954	Johann Schuh
1954	1958	Johann Berghöfer
1958	1962	Johann Tritremmel
1962	1971	Johann Berghöfer

coat of arms

According to the resolution of the Burgenland provincial government of February 25, 1997, the municipality of Weppersdorf was granted the right to use a municipal coat of arms (Landesamtsblatt 146/1997). The award took place at a ceremony on June 29, 1997 by Governor Karl Stix .

Blazon : " In the golden shield over a red mountain two of green grass growing naturally bow blue cowbells. “
Symbolism : The red mountain is intended to remind of the fire of lime extraction and the manufacture of bricks in the places Kalkgruben and Tschurndorf. The two pasque flowers ( Pulsatilla ) on green grass not only indicate the specifics of the regional flora, but also symbolize the landscape, which is characterized by forests and meadows, and the fertility of the soil.

Sons and daughters of the church

Karl Kaplan (* 1942), Austrian ÖVP politician

Picture sheet

Former Protestant school and today's community center
Former Protestant parsonage
Bell chair (weather tower) Tschurndorf
Catholic branch church Tschurndorf

Web links

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

10823 - Weppersdorf. Community data, Statistics Austria .
Federal Monuments Office: Weppersdorf, Evangelical Parish Church AB (accessed on October 21, 2005)

Individual evidence

↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )

↑ Marktgemeinde Weppersdorf: Community chronicle (accessed on March 10, 2017)

↑ ASFINAG : Das Autobahnnetz in Österreich , page 118 ( Memento of the original from May 11, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF document, 7.42 MB; accessed March 10, 2017) @1@ 2

↑ Integrated planning and development of regional transport and supply systems Ges.mbH: Overall transport concept Burgenland 2002 (accessed on March 10, 2017)

^ Neutal municipality : Blaguss timetable booklet 2016 (accessed on March 10, 2017)

↑ ^a ^b Province of Burgenland: Weppersdorf 2017 election results (accessed on January 4, 2018)

↑ ^a ^b Province of Burgenland: Weppersdorf 2012 election results (accessed on January 4, 2018)

^ Province of Burgenland: election results Weppersdorf 2007 (accessed on January 4, 2018)

↑ ^a ^b Province of Burgenland: Weppersdorf 2002 election results (accessed on January 4, 2018)

↑ ^a ^b ^c Marktgemeinde Weppersdorf: Municipal Board / Municipal Council (accessed on January 4, 2018)

↑ Burgenland Social Democratic Association of Community Representatives from November 23, 2011: Mayor Paul Piniel resigns from his position as mayor of the market town of Weppersdorf (accessed on January 4, 2018)

↑ Marktgemeinde Weppersdorf: Team (accessed on January 4, 2018)

↑ Marktgemeinde Weppersdorf: Mayor of Weppersdorf (accessed on March 9, 2017)

↑ Marktgemeinde Weppersdorf: Mayor of Tschurndorf (accessed on March 9, 2017)

^ Market town of Weppersdorf: Mayor in Kalkgruben (accessed on March 9, 2017)

↑ Province of Burgenland: municipal coat of arms (accessed on March 9, 2017)

↑ ^a ^b ^c market community Weppersdorf: coat of arms (accessed on March 9, 2017)

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_AT_Ortschaft_QUELLE-1] Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )

[2] Marktgemeinde Weppersdorf: Community chronicle (accessed on March 10, 2017)