Wimpassing on the Leitha

Wimpassing on the Leitha
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Burgenland
Political District :	Eisenstadt area
License plate :	EU
Surface:	7.91 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 55 '  N , 16 ° 26'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 54 '54 "  N , 16 ° 25' 37"  E
Height :	222  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,664 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	210 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	2485
Community code :	1 03 18
Address of the municipal administration:	Hauptstraße 8 2485 Wimpassing an der Leitha
Website:	www.wimpassing-leitha.at
politics
Mayor :	Ernst Edelmann ( SPÖ )
Municipal Council : ( 2017 ) (19 members)	8th 8th 3 8th 8th 3  A total of 19 seats ÖVP : 8 SPÖ : 8 FPÖ : 3
Location of Wimpassing an der Leitha in the Eisenstadt-Umgebung district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Wimpassing an der Leitha is a municipality with 1664 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in Burgenland in the Eisenstadt-Umgebung district in Austria , which is directly connected to the Lower Austrian village of Wampersdorf (district of Pottendorf, Baden district). The Hungarian place name of the municipality is Vimpác .

geography

The municipality is located in northern Burgenland on the border with Lower Austria near the state capital Eisenstadt . Wimpassing an der Leitha is the only place in the municipality.

Neighboring communities

	Seibersdorf (Lower Austria)
Pottendorf (Lower Austria)		Leithaprodersdorf
	Chert

history

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 .

Finds from the Neolithic indicate a prehistoric settlement history.

Later under the Romans, today's Wimpassing was then in the province of Pannonia .

Wimpassing (top right) and the surrounding area around 1873 (recording sheet of the regional survey )

In 1587 the Franciscans founded a monastery in Wimpassing, in which some German-language prints appeared in the last decade of the 16th century, such as the Psalter von Wimpassing (1593) and other religious works. Wimpassing was the first place in what is now Austria to produce German-language book printing. The monastery was used by the Minorites from 1628 and was initially closed in 1787 under Joseph II .

Like the whole of Burgenland, Wimpassing an der Leitha belonged to Hungary (German West Hungary) until 1920/21 . Since 1898 had due to the Magyarization of the government in Budapest of Hungarian name Vimpác 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 1929 the Kamillian Nursing Order came to Wimpassing and has been using the former Franciscan monastery ever since.

Population development

Culture and sights

Parish church Wimpassing an der Leitha

The remarkable establishment of the parish church of Wimpassing an der Leitha

See also:  List of listed objects in Wimpassing an der Leitha

• Parish church Wimpassing an der Leitha : The uniform baroque building with a cruciform floor plan was built in place of a church that was destroyed in 1683 and consecrated in 1723. The high altar dates from around 1780 and is flanked by two large angel figures.
• Bründlkapelle at the rectory: built in 1877, neo-Gothic
• Wimpassinger Kreuz: Between 1784 and 1939 the parish church was home to the 'Wimpassinger Kreuz,' an important cultural monument that was originally erected in the Minorite Church in Vienna . In 1939 the cross was brought to Vienna for restoration work and burned in 1945 in St. Stephen's Cathedral . There is a copy of the cross there today.
• Holy Trinity Column: from the 17th century

societies

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Among other things there is the sports club Wimpassing (SVW, founded 1926), the volunteer fire brigade and a table tennis club; as well as the pensioners' association, the senior citizens' association, the parents' association, the choir community, the all-sport club, the biker club B16, the riding and driving club Leitha Au, riding and driving club Wimpassing (which is the reigning national champion in carriage driving), the tennis club Wimpassing and the Kinderfreunde Wimpassing.

Also the hunting party, the Wimpassing library, the children's home foundation and the parish council

The artists' association behind the Leithaberg also exists.

Economy and Infrastructure

The Leitharadweg leads through Wimpassing.

politics

Municipal council

Local council election 2017

 %

60

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

41.96
(-10.79)

38.99
(+7.26)

19.06
(+3.54)

ÖVP

SPÖ

FPÖ

2012



2017



The council comprises a total of 19 members on the basis of population.

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	339	41.96	8th	384	52.75	10	372	56.79	9	357	55.43	9	259	48.68	7th
SPÖ	315	38.99	8th	231	31.73	6th	175	26.72	4th	187	29.04	4th	142	26.69	3
FPÖ	154	19.06	3	113	15.52	3	108	16.49	2	100	15.53	2	131	24.62	3
Eligible voters	1181			1020			947			887			692
voter turnout	75.78%			77.84%			76.35%			80.50%			86.56%

Parish council

In addition to Mayor Ernst Edelmann (SPÖ) and Vice Mayor Marion Pöschl (ÖVP), there are also Hans Ackerbauer (FPÖ), Alexander Eibeck (SPÖ) and Thomas Menitz (ÖVP).

The municipal treasurer is Thomas Menitz (ÖVP) and the environmental councilor is Hans Ackerbauer (FPÖ).

mayor

Mayor is Ernst Edelmann (SPÖ). Josef Wolowiec (ÖVP), who has headed the municipality since 1986, no longer ran for mayoral elections in 2017 for reasons of age. In the first round of the mayoral election on October 1, 2017, Marion Pöschl (ÖVP) got 41.89%, Ernst Edelmann (SPÖ) 40.41% and Hans Ackerbauer (FPÖ) 17.69%. In the runoff election on October 29, 2017, Edelmann prevailed with 50.69% against Pöschl with 49.31%. Edelmann was sworn in as mayor of the Eisenstadt district administration on November 7, 2017. Pöschl was elected Vice Mayor.

Michael Bauer is the head of the office.

coat of arms

The coat of arms is held in the colors red-gold-blue.

Blazon : The golden cross stands for the Wimpassinger Cross and the parish church of the Immaculate Conception. The golden bridge and the blue Leitha refer to historical and topographical elements - instead of today's Wimpassing there was a border guard settlement on the Leitha bridge in the early Middle Ages - but the location of the border community on the Leitha is also symbolized. The bridge has always been a symbol of people's striving to overcome what divides them and in this way to connect the country and its people with their cultures, ideas, views and values.

Web links

Commons : Wimpassing an der Leitha  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• 10318 - Wimpassing on the Leitha. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Official homepage of the municipality of Wimpassing an der Leitha

Individual evidence

1. ↑ bibeln-online.de: page no longer available , search in web archives: German-language Bible edition up to 1599
2. ↑ Országos Széchényi Könyvtár, Budapest: Newly discovered printed works from the 16th and 17th centuries that were produced in the area of ​​today's Burgenland
3. ↑ ^{a b} Election result of the 2017 municipal council election in Wimpassing an der Leitha. Office of the Burgenland Provincial Government, October 29, 2017, accessed on January 17, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Results of the 2012 municipal council election in Wimpassing an der Leitha. Office of the Burgenland Provincial Government, November 4, 2012, accessed on January 17, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Result of the 2007 municipal council election in Wimpassing an der Leitha. Office of the Burgenland Provincial Government, October 21, 2007, accessed on January 17, 2020 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Results of the local council election 2002 in Wimpassing an der Leitha. Office of the Provincial Government of Burgenland, October 21, 2002, accessed on January 17, 2020 . 
7. ↑ ^{a b} community Wimpassing an der Leitha: local councils (accessed on 19 December 2017)
8. ↑ ORF Burgenland from October 1, 2017: Result Wimpassing an der Leitha (accessed December 19, 2017)
9. ↑ BVZ of May 1, 2017: Wimpassing: Pöschl replaces Menitz (accessed December 19, 2017)
10. ↑ ORF Burgenland of September 23, 2017: Generation change in Wimpassing (accessed on December 19, 2017)
11. ^ Community of Wimpassing an der Leitha: Inauguration of Mayor Ernst Edelmann (accessed on December 19, 2017)
12. ↑ Community of Wimpassing an der Leitha: The team in the community office (accessed on December 19, 2017)
13. ^ Resolution of the municipal council of Wimpassing an der Leitha of January 29, 2010 , accessed on September 17, 2015