Hackerberg

  • ÖVP: 7
  • SPÖ: 4

Hacker is a municipality with 352 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Güssing in Burgenland in Austria.

The Hungarian name of the village is Vághegy. The Croatian city name of the municipality is Stinjacki Vrh - which means as much as Stinatzer tip or better Stinatzer mountain.

Geography

The municipality is located in southern Burgenland. Hackerberg is the only place in the community.

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 Vághegy. 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

A directly elected mayor for 22 years Emil Grandits of the ÖVP, which could in the mayoral election in 2012 with 64.2 % defend his position against Herbert Sifkovits of the Social Democratic Party 35.8 %. Head of Office is Norbert Riedl.

The distribution of seats (11 seats) in the municipal council is ÖVP 7, SPÖ 4 The distribution remained in the municipal elections in 2012, unchanged from 2007. During the last municipal elections on October 7, 2012, Mayor Emil Grandits, Karin Kirisits, Reinhard Semmler, Thomas Sifkovits Hannes Feichtinger, Wolfgang Pieber and Franz Bauer (all ÖVP ) and Herbert Sifkovits, Hugo Stipsits, Andreas Grandits and Alfred Heier (all SPÖ) elected to the council.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Giles Zsifkovics ( b. 1963 ), bishop of Eisenstadt, comes from Hackerberg
  • Thomas Stipsits (* 1983), comedian and actor who lives in Hackerberg
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