Nikitsch

  • SPÖ: 11
  • ÖVP: 9
  • TONI Template: Election chart / Maintenance / code: 1

Nikitsch (Croatian: Filež, Hungarian: Füles ) is a municipality in Burgenland in the district Oberpullendorf in Austria with 1427 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ), of which about 87 % belong to the ethnic group of the Burgenland Croats. This Nikitsch is the municipality with the highest percentage of Croats in Burgenland.

  • 4.1 Demographics

Geography

The municipality is located in Central Burgenland on Nikitsch Bach just 4 km from the Hungarian border.

Community structure

The municipality comprises the three villages (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):

  • Croatian Geresdorf (372)
  • Croatian Minihof ( 368)
  • Nikitsch ( 689 )

The municipality comprises the cadastral Geresdorf Croatian, Croatian Minihof and Nikitsch.

History

Before Christ's birth, the area was part of the Celtic kingdom of Noricum and belonged to the area of the Celtic hillfort castle on the Schwarzenbacher Castle Hill.

Later, under the Romans today Nikitsch then lay in the province of Pannonia.

At the very first documentary mention in 1150 were called in Nikitsch Croats and Slovenes as Uhec. The last great wave of settlement of the location by Croats took place 1565-1579. 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 Füles. 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. In severe clashes between troops of the Hungarian Soviet Republic and Croatian peasants in Nikitsch / Filež there were two fatalities. The place belongs since 1921 to the newly founded State of Burgenland (see also history of Burgenland ). In 1971, due to the community structure Improvement Act Nikitsch, Croatian and Croatian Minihof Geresdorf together the greater community Nikitsch.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms shows on the seal a box with the edge downward floating plow, behind three leaved wheat ears.

Population

Demographics

Policy

The mayor is John Balogh of the SPÖ.

The municipal council consists of 11 SPÖ, ÖVP 9 members and one member of the list TONI.

Clubs

  • Folklore Association Graničari
  • Volunteer Fire Nikitsch
  • Sports club SC Nikitsch
  • Youth club Nikitsch - Mladina Filez
  • Tennis club

Attractions

  • See also: List of the listed objects in Nikitsch
  • Castle Nikitsch ( Gálosháza )
  • Catholic parish church of St. Lawrence
  • Pestkapelle

Personalities

  • Prandler Agnes (* 1927), employees and politician

Gallery

East or garden facade of the castle

Nikitsch (bottom left) to 1873 (Record Journal of the land survey )

Croatisch Gerisdorf / Gyirot (top left) and its surroundings in 1880

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