Wolfau

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
market community
Wolfau
coat of arms Austria map
Wolfau coat of arms
Wolfau (Austria)
Wolfau
Basic data
Country: Austria
State : Burgenland
Political District : Oberwart
License plate : OW
Surface: 15.01 km²
Coordinates : 47 ° 15 '  N , 16 ° 6'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 15 '27 "  N , 16 ° 5' 47"  E
Height : 340  m above sea level A.
Residents : 1,411 (January 1, 2020)
Postal code : 7412
Area code : 03356
Community code : 1 09 28
NUTS region AT113
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Hauptstrasse 43
7412 Wolfau
Website: www.wolfau.at
politics
Mayor : Walter Pfeiffer ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2017 )
(19 members)
9
6th
4th
9 6th 4th 
A total of 19 seats
Location of Wolfau in the Oberwart district
Bad Tatzmannsdorf Badersdorf Bernstein Deutsch Schützen-Eisenberg Grafenschachen Großpetersdorf Hannersdorf Jabing Kemeten Kohfidisch Litzelsdorf Loipersdorf-Kitzladen Mariasdorf Markt Allhau Markt Neuhodis Mischendorf Neustift an der Lafnitz Oberdorf im Burgenland Oberschützen Oberwart Pinkafeld Rechnitz Riedlingsdorf Rotenturm an der Pinka Schachendorf Schandorf Stadtschlaining Unterkohlstätten Unterwart Weiden bei Rechnitz Wiesfleck Wolfau BurgenlandLocation of the municipality of Wolfau in the Oberwart district (clickable map)
About this picture
Template: Infobox municipality in Austria / maintenance / site plan image map
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

BW

Wolfau is a market town with 1411 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Oberwart district in Burgenland in Austria . The Hungarian place name of the municipality is Vasfarkasfalva .

geography

The municipality is located in southern Burgenland in the area of ​​the confluence of the Lafnitz and Stögersbach rivers. Wolfau is the only place in the municipality.

Neighboring communities

St. Johann id Haide Allhau market
Rohr near Hartberg Neighboring communities Kemeten
Unterwart Mountain of words Litzelsdorf

history

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 Vasfarkasfalva 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 ).

The survey of the market municipality and the award of the municipal coat of arms took place on September 20, 1992.

Population development


Culture and sights

Wolfau parish church
See also:  List of listed objects in Wolfau

societies

  • Musikverein (founded 1904)
  • Sports club (founded in 1967)
  • Tennis club (founded 1991)
  • Ice rifle club (founded 1969)
  • Beautification Association (founded 1963)

Economy and Infrastructure

Wolfau has, among other things, an outdoor pool and is the only place in Burgenland to have a wide stock sports facility .

  • The elementary school, built in 1910

  • Evangelical house of prayer

  • War Memorial

politics

Municipal council

Local council election 2017
 %
60
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
48.42
(-8.86)
31.40
(-11.32)
20.18
( n. K. )
 

The council comprises a total of 19 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 475 48.42 9 539 57.28 11 532 59.24 11 561 58.13 11 465 52.72 10
SPÖ 308 31.40 6th 402 42.72 8th 366 40.76 8th 404 41.87 8th 355 40.25 8th
FPÖ 198 20.18 4th not running not running not running 62 7.03 1
Eligible voters 1221 1234 1207 1188 1087
voter turnout 87.96% 84.93% 85.25% 89.65% 90.71%

Parish council

In addition to Mayor Walter Pfeiffer (ÖVP) and Deputy Mayor Manfred Lukitsch (ÖVP), the executive councils René Bischof (SPÖ), Veronika Putz (ÖVP) and Roland Unger (FPÖ) also belong to the community board.

Eduard Brenner (ÖVP) and Roman Kogler (SPÖ) were elected to environmental councils.

mayor

The mayor of the market town is Walter Pfeiffer (ÖVP), who also heads the town hall.

Pfeiffer succeeded Erich Lehner (ÖVP) in the election on October 6, 2002, who retired for reasons of age. In the direct election of the mayor on October 1, 2017, Pfeiffer was able to prevail in the first ballot with 55.26% and thus entered his fourth term of office. Rene Bischof started as a new competitor of the SPÖ, who achieved 31.18%. Also new was the entry of the FPÖ, whose top candidate David Deutsch came up with 13.55%.

At the constituent meeting of the municipal council on October 20, 2017, Manfred Lukitsch (ÖVP) was elected Vice Mayor.

Personalities

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Results of the 2017 municipal council elections in Wolfau. Office of the Burgenland Provincial Government, October 29, 2017, accessed on January 17, 2020 .
  2. ^ Election result of the 2012 municipal council election in Wolfau. Office of the Burgenland Provincial Government, November 4, 2012, accessed on January 17, 2020 .
  3. ^ Result of the 2007 municipal council election in Wolfau. Office of the Burgenland Provincial Government, October 21, 2007, accessed on January 17, 2020 .
  4. ↑ a b c Election result of the local council election 2002 in Wolfau. Office of the Provincial Government of Burgenland, October 21, 2002, accessed on January 17, 2020 .
  5. ↑ a b c Marktgemeinde Wolfau: Municipal Council (accessed on January 18, 0218)
  6. ↑ Marktgemeinde Wolfau: Office management (accessed on January 18, 2018)