Kittsee

Kittsee is a market town with 2533 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Neusiedl am See in Burgenland in Austria.

The Hungarian name of the village is Köpcsény, Slovak Kopčany, the Croatian Gijeca.

3.1 Demographics

Geography

Kittsee is the only place in the community. It lies directly on the border with Slovakia in Bratislava. The original church was larger and lasted until the present territory of Slovakia. After the demarcation of 1919 only the western part lies on Austrian territory. The separated part is now a part of the fifth district of Bratislava, Petržalka and carries the Slovak name Kopčany.

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 Köpcsény.

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 (see also history of Burgenland ). Until 1990 Kittsee was right on the Iron Curtain. On 24 June 2009 Kittsee was raised to the market town.

The Jewish Kittsee

Kittsee was one of the seven municipalities in Burgenland, where allowed to settle under the protection of Prince Esterházy Jews since 1670. 1735 lived in Kittsee 266 Jews, in 1821 there were 789 Due to high levels of emigration in the decades that followed, for economic reasons decreased their number to 1934 to 62 About a month after connecting it came to the final destruction of the Jewish community Kittsee. In mid-April 1938, 51 Jewish residents Kittsees and the neighboring municipality of Pama night were brought by members of the SA from their homes, dispossessed and subjected to a sand island in the Danube. The refugees were from residents of the Czechoslovak village Devin ( now a suburb of Bratislava ) and the military police found and immediately deported across the Hungarian border. Hungary, in turn, pushed the Jews back to Austria. After a long odyssey could eventually allow the deported Jews Kittseer emigration in various host countries Jewish relief organizations in Bratislava.

The Croatian Kittsee

Kittsee also includes the settlement area of the Burgenland Croats. However, this element of the population is melted together since the end of World War II to just a few dozen speakers. The town was settled in 1550 with Croats; the proportion of Germans and Croats remained in Kittsee - similar to the places Antau ( Otava ), Sigleß ( Cikleš ) and Steger Bach ( Santalek ) - in the past, always in the balance. During the 19th century, the emphasis shifted in favor of the German-speaking group, the Croatian but kept until the inter -war years a well-known extent (percentage of Croats in the total population - 1910: 37.6 % 1934: 31.8%, 1951: 9.4%, 2001: 2.6%). Kittsee is still one of the bilingual parishes of Burgenland with Croatian pastoral language.

Population

Demographics

Policy

Mayor Dr. Gabriele Nabinger of the SPÖ. Head of Office is Johann Zierhut.
The distribution of seats (21 seats) in the municipal council is 9 SPÖ, ÖVP 7, FPÖ 0, Green 0, and other lists five mandates.

Coat of arms

Blazon: Round, silver (white ), slender tower with a high round arch, a window slot on the middle floor and two windows on the upper floor, a projecting, high pitched roof shingle with Knauer and lace on a green ground and blue shield.

Culture and sights

Old castle Kittsee
Jewish Cemetery Kittsee
Heidenturm Kittsee
New Castle Kittsee: Kittsee was built in the early 17th century, it is with its castle park remarkable Baroque castle of the northern Burgenland. The castle was home to 28 September 2008, the Ethnographic Museum Kittsee, which was selected exhibits of folk culture from Eastern and Southeastern Europe, since then the museum is closed. Since 2007, musical theater performances take place in the context of the summer festival Kittsee in the summer months. Artistic Director of the Viennese actor, singer and director Gerhard Ernst.
Kittsee is also known for its approximately 20,000 apricot trees.

Economy and infrastructure

Kittsee plays an important role as a medical center. The only hospital in the district is located here. It was founded by Prince Ladislaus beatified ophthalmologist Batthyany Strattmann and also named after him in 2004.

From an agricultural perspective, apricot farming plays a major role. The Kittseer apricot originated a culture of the Early Hungarian Yellow, was protected in 2004 as word and figurative mark. Currently there are approximately 30,000 apricot trees on about 110 ha

Traffic

Kittsee lies on the railway line Parndorf - Kittsee - Petržalka.

Personalities

Joseph Joachim (1831-1907), violinist, conductor and composer
Martin Millesits (1871-1940), farmer and politician ( CS)
Stoeger Karl (1905-1946), farmer and politician
Franz Böröczky (1922-2002), politician ( SPÖ)
Elisabeth Rechnitz (1937-1993), politician
Franz Wahler (born 1962 ), a bridge builder
Thomas Schrammel (* 1987), national football team
Lisa Stadler (* 1988), sailor

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