Wiesfleck

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Wiesfleck
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Burgenland
Political District :	Oberwart
License plate :	OW
Surface:	20.07 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 23 '  N , 16 ° 9'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 23 '5 "  N , 16 ° 8' 33"  E
Height :	409  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,157 (January 1, 2020)
Postal code :	7425
Area code :	03357
Community code :	1 09 27
Address of the municipal administration:	Untere Hauptstrasse 7 7425 Wiesfleck
Website:	www.wiesfleck.at
politics
Mayor :	Christoph Krutzler ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2017) (15 members)	8th 6th 1 8th 6th 1  A total of 15 seats ÖVP : 8 SPÖ : 6 FPÖ : 1
Location of Wiesfleck in the Oberwart district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Wiesfleck is a municipality in the Oberwart district in Burgenland in Austria . The Hungarian place name of the municipality is Újrétfalu .

geography

Wiesfleck (bottom left) around 1878 (recording sheet of the state survey )

The community is located in southern Burgenland.

Community structure

The municipal area comprises the following four localities or cadastral communities of the same name (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

• Schönherrn (77)
• Schreibersdorf (219)
• Vineyard in Burgenland (68)
• Wiesfleck (793)

history

Like the rest of Burgenland, the place belonged to Hungary (German West Hungary) until 1921 . Since 1898 had due to the Magyarization of the government in Budapest of Hungarian name Újrétfalu 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 ).

Due to the municipal structure improvement law of September 1, 1970, the previously independent municipalities of Schönherrn, Schreibersdorf, Weinberg im Burgenland and Wiesfleck were merged to form the municipality of Wiesfleck.

Population development

Culture and sights

• 

  Catholic branch church St. Erhard in Wiesfleck

• 

  House of prayer in Wiesfleck

See also:  List of listed objects in Wiesfleck

• The Roman Catholic Church of Wiesfleck "Zum Heiligen Erhard" was built in the Middle Ages.

politics

Municipal council

Local council election 2017

 %

60

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

52.49
(+2.86)

40.35
(-10.02)

7.17
( n. K. )

ÖVP

SPÖ

FPÖ

2012



2017



The council comprises a total of 15 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	454	52.49	8th	399	49.63	7th	470	61.04	9	431	52.37	8th	371	50.54	8th
SPÖ	349	40.35	6th	405	50.37	8th	300	38.96	6th	363	44.11	7th	294	40.05	6th
FPÖ	62	7.17	1	not running			not running			29	3.52	0	69	9.40	1
Eligible voters	980			952			932			969			969
voter turnout	92.96%			90.02%			90.02%			90.20%			91.44%

Parish council

In addition to Mayor Christoph Krutzler (ÖVP) and Deputy Mayor Eduard Scheumbauer (SPÖ), the executive councils Hans Brenner (ÖVP), Thomas Brenner (SPÖ), Martin Hettlinger (ÖVP) and Hans Hutter (SPÖ) also belong to the community board.

Eduard Scheumbauer (SPÖ) was elected to the environmental council.

The following were appointed to the mayor: Franz Buchegger (ÖVP, for Schreibersdorf), Alfred Plank (ÖVP, for Schönherrn) and Walter Posch (ÖVP, for Weinberg).

mayor

Mayor is Christoph Krutzler (ÖVP). After Hans Brenner (ÖVP), who had held the office for 16 years, declared at the beginning of April 2016 that he would no longer be available for another period, the ÖVP party executive nominated the 26-year-old local and community party chairman Christoph on April 19, 2017 Krutzler as mayor candidate. In the direct mayor election on October 1, 2017, Krutzler won 58.44% against incumbent Vice Mayor Markus Brenner (SPÖ), who suffered a loss of 11.81 percentage points compared to the last election in 2012 and came to 35.87%. Ilse Jägerbauer stood for the FPÖ and received 5.70% of the votes.

At the constituent meeting of the municipal council, Eduard Scheumbauer (SPÖ) was elected vice mayor for the first time.

Web links

Commons : Wiesfleck  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• 10927 - Wiesfleck. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ↑ Provincial Law Gazette for Burgenland, 17th issue from 1970, current. No. 44
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} Province of Burgenland: Wiesfleck 2017 election results (accessed on January 18, 2018)
4. ↑ Province of Burgenland: Wiesfleck election results 2012 (accessed on January 18, 2018)
5. ↑ Province of Burgenland: Wiesfleck election results 2007 (accessed on January 18, 2018)
6. ↑ ^{a b} Province of Burgenland: Wiesfleck 2002 election results (accessed on January 18, 2018)
7. ↑ ^{a b} SPÖ Wiesfleck: First meeting of the new municipal council  ( 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. (accessed on January 18, 2017)  
8. ↑ mein district.at of April 22, 2017: Christoph Krutzler candidate for mayor for Wiesfleck (accessed on January 18, 2017)