Deutschkreutz
- LBL: 10
- SPÖ: 8
- ÖVP: 7
German Kreutz (Hungarian Sopronkeresztúr until 1899 Németkeresztúr; Croatian: Kerestur; Hebrew: Tzelem ) is a market town in the district Oberpullendorf in Burgenland in Austria with 3093 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013).
- 2.1 Jewish Community
- 4.1 Demographics
- 5.1 Town twinning
- 9.1 Sons and daughters
- 9.2 people with relationship to the city
Geography
The municipality is located in Central Burgenland. Neighboring municipalities are Horitschon and Teasing market, Unterpetersdorf and Nikitsch ( Croatian community ).
Community structure
The municipality comprises the two villages (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):
- German Kreutz ( 2849)
- Girm (284 )
The municipality comprises the cadastral German Kreutz and Girm.
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 in the Roman Empire the area was part of the province Pannonia.
Market town is German Kreutz since 1340. The place was like the entire Burgenland ( German West Hungary ) to 1920/21 to Hungary. 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 ).
Jewish Community
From 1671 German Kreutz was one of the seven Jewish communities in Burgenland. The Orthodox Jewish community maintained a famous Talmudic college, studying in the Jews from all over the world. Due to the global importance for Judaism, German Kreutz also leads a Hebrew place names ( Tzelem = view within the meaning of idol ). This is also the case within Austria only for Eisenstadt ( Asch ). The church grew in the 19th century to much and counted in 1857 1230 people. 1941, the Synagogue of German Kreutz was blown up by the Nazis.
Culture and sights
- Parish German Kreutz: in the comprehensive new and refinement of the Church of the artist Anton Lehmden has worked ( with a total of 35 works )
- Castle Kreutz German: Schloss German Kreutz, a mighty Renaissance castle from a four-wing building with corner towers and two-storey court arcades since 1966 is privately owned by the artist Anton Lehmden, which has since restored the building and shows a painting exhibition in the castle.
Population
Demographics
Policy
Mayor is Manfred Kölly ( LBL). After the separation of the FPÖ and BZÖ Kölly was the only Burgenland FPÖ mayor for a short time until he founded his own civil list after his expulsion from the party.
The distribution of seats (25 seats) in the municipal council is LBL 10, 8 SPÖ, ÖVP 7 mandates.
Twinning
Coat of arms
Blazon: In a split of gold and red shield, front a red cross back over three times the silver wave band with a golden grape leaf.
Economy
German Kreutz, together with the communities Großwarasdorf, Horitschon, Lutzmannsburg, Raiding, Unterpetersdorf and Neckenmarkt the Blaufränkischland, the most famous wine region in the otherwise rather white wine embossed Austria, whose history dates back to Celtic times. The Blaufränkische is deep dark ruby - colored and exceptionally fruity in this area. Very often he is aged in oak barrels and has a very good shelf life. The vineyards of Blaufränkischland extend from the southern slopes of the Sopron Mountains to Günser Bergland. To the east opens the Hungarian Plain. This makes the Pannonian influence, which is necessary for the maturation of the grapes fully effective and the predominantly loamy soil offers plus the ideal conditions. It is grown next to the blue Franconian also Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Zweigelt.
The municipal area of German Kreutz is also the mineral water source Juvina. Even the Romans knew these mineral water source that is older than the wine cultivation in the region.
Traffic
German Kreutz is located on the Burgenlandbahn as well as at the German Kreutzer Road ( B 62), which connects the Hungarian Sopron with the Burgenland Expressway ( S31).
The border crossing at the B62 was up to the accession of Hungary to the European Union on 1 May 2004, the northern border crossing for cross -border freight traffic south of Lake Neusiedl for trucks from countries other than Austria and Hungary.
Personalities
Sons and daughters
- Matthias Gansrigler (1896-1938), Austrian farmer and politician
- Sándor Gergely (1896-1966), Austrian writer and journalist
- Hans Gesellmann (1903-1977), Austrian folk school director and politician
- Margareta Heinrich (1951-1994), Austrian film director
- Christa Krammer (* 1944), Austrian politician and lawyer, retired people
- Reinhold G. Moritz (born 1966 ), Austrian film and theater actor
- Alfred Zistler (1929-2009), Catholic priest, cathedral minister in Eisenstadt, who was born in the district Girm
People with relationship to the city
- Carl Goldmark (1830-1915), the Austro- Hungarian composer, music teacher and violinist of Jewish origin
- Ludwig von Dóczi (1845-1918), Austro- Hungarian poet, journalist and politician of Jewish origin
- Anton Lehmden (* 1929), Austrian painter and graphic artist ( Vienna School of Fantastic Realism )
- Edeltraud Lentsch (* 1947), Austrian politician and head of the Austrian women's movement ( OFB )
- William Riedl (1895-1962), Austrian politician (ÖVP ), head of the boys elementary school in German Kreutz