Frankenau-Unterpullendorf

  • ÖVP: 10
  • SPÖ: 8
  • GREEN: 1

Frankenau - Unterpullendorf (Croatian: Frakanava - Dolnja Pulja, Hungarian: Frankó - Alsópulya, Romani: Telutni Pulja ) is a municipality in the district of Oberpullendorf, Burgenland, Austria with 1179 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ), of which approximately 80% of belonging to ethnic group of the Burgenland Croats.

  • 3.1 Demographics

Geography

The municipality is located in Central Burgenland on Stooberbach. Since the municipality amalgamation in 1971, there are 4 districts, Frankenau / Frankanava, Großmutschen / Mučindrof, Kleinmutschen / Pervane and Unterpullendorf / Dolnja Pulja. In the local area of ​​Unterpullendorf is also the geographical center of Burgenland.

Community structure

The municipality comprises the following four localities ( in parentheses population as of 31 October 2011):

  • Frankenau ( 448 )
  • Großmutschen (154 )
  • Kleinmutschen (123 )
  • Unterpullendorf ( 467 )

The municipality comprises the cadastral Frankenau, Großmutschen, Kleinmutschen and Unterpullendorf.

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 were close today places Frankenau and Unterpullendorf in the province of Pannonia.

The National Museum of Burgenland has made ​​in the years 2000 and 2001 together with the Vienna Institute for Archaeological Science ( VIAS ) in Ried " Zerrwald " of Unterpullendorf excavations and there explores a mining area of La Tène period. In two smaller pinging ( bottom wells by mining activities ) there discovered the overburden has been studied for the purpose of dating, a large Pinge was excavated to a depth of 6.5 m in order to reach the shaft bottom, and thus the place of decomposition.

Among the formerly independent places like the rest of Burgenland to 1920/21 Hungary ( German West Hungary). Since 1898, the Hungarian place names Frankó or Alsópulya had to be used because of Magyarization the government in Budapest.

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. Since 1921 the newly founded State of Burgenland The places include (see also history of Burgenland ).

Population

Demographics

Policy

  • Mayor Anton Blazovich of the ÖVP.
  • The distribution of seats (19 seats) in the municipal council is 8 SPÖ, ÖVP 10, FPÖ 0, Green 1, and other lists 0 mandates.

Culture and sights

  • Parish Frankenau

Personalities

  • Elfriede Krismanich (* 1940), politician and AHS teacher, 1987 Deputy Mayor of Frankenau - Unterpullendorf
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