Leithaprodersdorf

Leithaprodersdorf is a municipality with 1169 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in Burgenland in the district of Eisenstadt-Umgebung in Austria.

The Hungarian name of the village is Lajtapordány. The municipality is located on the Lower Austrian border, where the sister resort German Brodersdorf followed.

• 2.1 Population development

• 3.1 Municipal Council

Geography

The municipality is located in the northern part of Burgenland along the border with Lower Austria near the state capital of Eisenstadt.

Community structure

Leithaprodersdorf is the only cadastral district and village and also the only place in the community.

Neighboring communities

German Brodersdorf ( Acc Seibersdorf, Lower Austria)

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 Leithaprodersdorf then lay in the province of Pannonia. Older finds prove of activities at his time. In Roman times the municipal area of ​​Leithaprodersdorf was densely populated. Two large estates and a watchtower ( Burgus ) and the associated cemeteries with grave stones are named by excavations since the last century. The names Maguricius, Ussuro, UCCO, Cenomarus, Gnatila and Octo, Aurelia Aurelia Valla and Florentina prove the Celtic- Roman mixed population of the 1st to 3rd century. From the early history of a burial ground of the Avars in the 8th century comes when Anne Cross.

The most important, still visible ancient monument on the outskirts of Leithaprodersdorf is the G'schlößl, a medieval, consisting of three concentric circular moats and ramparts Wasserburg. It was built in the 13th century on the ruins of the Roman watchtower to safeguard the Leitha transition. Was first documented the castle 1232.

The place was like the rest of Burgenland to 1920/21 the Kingdom of Hungary ( German West Hungary), Hungarian Prodersdorf was called, and was an important border crossing with German Prodersdorf Archduchy in Austria Austria or Crown land below the Enns. Since 1898, had to be used because of Magyarization the government in Budapest the Hungarian name Lajtapordány. 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 ).

Today Leithaprodersdorf and German Brodersdorf are completely fused into a settlement unit, but have retained the position in two federal states their autonomy.

The municipal area in the south in 1873, the trenches of the water castle are still visible leadership with water (top left)

Demographics

Policy

Municipal council

• ÖVP: 14
• LPL Template: Election chart / Maintenance / code: 1
• SPÖ: 4

The seats parameters is outdated and obsolete!

Mayor is Mr. Martin Radatz of the ÖVP, Vice Mayor Ing Horst Bluemel of the ÖVP. Head of Office, Michael Bauer.

The distribution of seats (19 seats) in the municipal council is 4 SPÖ, ÖVP 14 and LPL 1 mandate.

Culture and sights

• The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Mary Magdalene is a new building from 1680, instead of a former chapel. Sacked in the wake of the Turkish wars in 1683 and renewed in 1696.
• East of the village are the remains of a medieval fortification with their visible today Wall - trench system. The Gschlößl is a three concentric circular moats and ramparts Wasserburg.
• The former medieval parish church of St. Stephen Martyr was southwest of the village on the "mountain" built, and is now called Pfefferbüchsel; 1252 she served in the invasion of Hungary as a refuge. 1683 was destroyed, restored in 1907 and converted into a chapel ( Trinity Chapel ). In 1972, an exterior renovation took place. In the Tower Chapel 1975 Gothic frescoes remains were found.

The listed Mountain Church

Aerial view of the archaeological monument (Wall - trench system of the former fortifications ) in the local situation

Personalities

• Gabriele Arenberg ( b. 1960 ), politician