GroÃŸwarasdorf

ÖVP: 12
SPÖ: 7
UNABu Template: Election chart / Maintenance / Name: 2

Großwarasdorf (Croatian: Veliki Borištof, Hungarian: Szabadbáránd ) is a municipality in Burgenland in the district Oberpullendorf in Austria with 1437 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013).

On 13 July 2000 Großwarasdorf was the first officially bilingual place-name signs with Burgenland community ( Großwarasdorf and Veliki Borištof ). Of the inhabitants belong to about 80 % of the ethnic group of the Burgenland Croats. In the village is a bilingual elementary and secondary school.

3.1 Demographics

Geography

The municipality is located in Central Burgenland.

Community structure

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

Großwarasdorf (554 )
Kleinwarasdorf ( 456)
Vallelunga (93 )
Nebersdorf ( 356)

The municipality comprises the cadastral Großwarasdorf, Kleinwarasdorf and Nebersdorf.

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 Großwarasdorf lay in the province of Pannonia.

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 Nagybarom. Großwarasdorf should have district suburb in 1830, but the residents opposed this project, and the former Hungarian authorities made the inconspicuous at that time Oberpullendorf to the district suburb. From this fact can also be the nickname of the Großwarasdorfer " varošćani " Derive ( townspeople ).

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 ).

Population

Demographics

Policy

Mayor Rudolf Berlakovich of the ÖVP.
The distribution of seats (21 seats) in the municipal council is 7 SPÖ, ÖVP 12, UNABu 2

Education

Bilingual primary school
Bilingual primary school

Culture and sights

See list of monumental objects in Großwarasdorf

Personalities

Robert Berlakovich (1900-1994), tenant farmers, and politicians
Nikolaus Berlakovich (1961 - ), Mayor, Burgenland state politicians, Austrian Federal politicians
Ignaz Horvath (1895-1973), clergyman and politician
Johann Karall (1934-2008), politician, state officials and national team coach of the national basketball team
Karall Lorenz (1894-1965), lawyer and politician, Governor of Burgenland
Katsich Thomas (1919-2004), lawyer and politician
Rudolf Klaudus (1895-1979), painter, educator and journalist
Johann Müller (1924-2006), jurist and politician
Mihovil Naković (1840-1900), teacher
Demetrius Rozenits (1874-1933), clergyman and politician
Joško Vlasich (* 1950), actor, teacher, rock musician and member of parliament
Alessandro Barberi (born 1971 ), social media and scientists ( in Großwarasdorf grew up )

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