Deutsch Jahrndorf

German Jahrndorf (Hungarian: Németjárfalu, Slovak: Nemecké Jarovce ) is a municipality in the district of Neusiedl am See in Burgenland in Austria with 611 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013).

  • 5.1 Town twinning

Geography

German Jahrndorf is the only place in the community. It is located in the border triangle of Austria, Hungary and Slovakia. The adjoining countryside surrounding the village is mostly flat and dominated by agricultural fields; furthermore, there are also numerous forest patches in which to endangered species such as the great bustard, have arrived. A few kilometers outside the church there is a small channel of the Leitha, is called the " Mühlbach ".

German Jahrndorf is the easternmost town in Austria and thus since 1945, the most easterly point of the closed German-speaking countries. The western counterparts to are located 850 km away, Rambruch (5 ° 51 'E) in Luxembourg as well as the community Selfkantbahn (5 ° 55 ' E) in North Rhine -Westphalia, followed by Herbesthal in Belgium ( 5 ° 59 'E).

Place name

The place bears his name German Jahrndorf due to its mainly German-speaking population, as opposed to today lying in Slovakia neighboring municipality Croatian Jahrndorf ( slowak. Jarovce, Hungarian Horvátjárfalu ), which was inhabited until the Second World War by Croats mainly.

History

The place was like the rest of Burgenland to 1920/21 Hungary ( German West Hungary). Since 1898, had to be used because of Magyarization the government in Budapest the Hungarian name of Angol - Járfalu. After the end of World War II German West Hungary was awarded in the Treaties of St. Germain and Trianon in 1919 Austria after tough negotiations. The place belongs since 1921 to the newly founded State of Burgenland.

Population

Demographics

Policy

  • SPÖ: 7
  • ÖVP: 6

The seats parameters is outdated and obsolete!

  • Mayor Gerhard Bachmann of the Social Democratic Party, Vice- Mayor Hubert Wolf of the ÖVP.
  • The distribution of seats (13 seats) in the municipal council is 7 SPÖ, ÖVP 6 mandates.

Twinning

  • Slovakia Hamuliakovo
  • Hungary Rajka

Attractions

  • Protestant parish German Jahrndorf
  • Sculpture Park

To commemorate the fall of the " Iron Curtain " 1989 various sculptures were created by international artists in the border triangle Austria - Hungary-Slovakia. The "International Symposium" is to achieve a Austro-Hungarian border path. The sculpture park is especially attracting tourists from Hungary, Slovakia and Austria.

  • Environment

For local area of ​​German Jahrndorf Meier include two courtyards, the Karlhof and Zeiselhof. In the 1980s, were found on the Karlhof in the course of excavation tools and sculptures from the Roman period and then released in the Village Museum the exhibition. At present the findings in the possession of the German community Jahrndorf.

Economy, infrastructure and tourism

The whole infrastructure of a community this size standard. Until a few years ago there was in German Jahrndorf an earthwork, which was the largest operation of the village because of the odor until the final closure after many demonstrations and negotiations.

Since 2004 there is in German Jahrndorf an RV park and accommodation facility, from which numerous visitors each year take advantage of the biking and hiking trails of the resort.

Education

  • Kindergarten
  • Elementary school
  • School of Music

Clubs

  • ASV year German village, founded in 1954 ( sports club )
  • FF German Jahrndorf, founded in 1887 ( Volunteer Fire Department )
  • Riding Club (Animal Sports Club )
  • Cultural Association ( General Office)
  • Tourist Association
  • Fishing Association
  • Pensioners club

Personalities

Sons and daughters

  • Alfred PAHR (1894-1946), painter, Austrian State Prize in 1929
  • Elisabeth Rechnitz born Warenits, (1937-1993), Member of Parliament
  • Franz Rechnitz (1927-1987), Member of Parliament
  • Hans Rosenberger (1904-1977), Member of Parliament
  • Paul Rosenberger (1897-1981), farmer and politician
  • Lisa Stromszky - Stockhausen born Reisinger (1921-1999), writer
  • Bernhard Hans Zimmermann (1904-1993), Protestant pastor and historian

Honorary Citizen of:

  • Robert Csokay, Attorney at Law
  • Friedrich Karl Flick (1927-2006), entrepreneur and billionaire
  • Ingrid Flick, wife of Friedrich Karl Flick
  • Karl Renner (1870-1950), Austrian politician and lawyer
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