Frauenkirchen
Encyclopedia
Frauenkirchen is an Austria
n town in the District of Neusiedl am See
, Burgenland
.
(German-West Hungary) until 1920/21. From 1898 onwards, it was forced to change its name to the Hungarian Fertőboldogasszony because of the politics of Magyarization
by the Budapest government. After the end of the First World War, the territory of German-West Hungary was given to Austria by the Treaties of St. Germain and Trianon
. Since 1921, the town has belonged to the newly founded State of Burgenland
.
Frauenkirchen was once one of the so called seven communities (Siebengemeinden
) of Jews in Burgenland. The Jews of Burgenland (along with the Roma and Sinti) were persecuted and wiped out by the Nazis between 1938 and 1945. A Jewish cemetery
in the village memorializes the presence of a Jewish community here prior to the Holocaust.
Frauenkirchen has been a municipality since 1982 (through VO 5).
, Vice-Mayor Franz Wegleitner is of the ÖVP
, and the Chief Officer is Erika Siebler.
The mandate assignments in the Municipal Council (23 seats) is SPÖ 14, ÖVP 6, FPÖ
0, Grüne
0, and other lists 3, as of 2008.
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n town in the District of Neusiedl am See
Neusiedl am See (district)
Bezirk Neusiedl am See is a district of the state ofBurgenland in Austria.-Municipalities:Towns are indicated in boldface; market towns in italics; suburbs, hamlets and other subdivisions of a municipality are indicated in small characters.Where appropriate, the Croatian names are given in...
, Burgenland
Burgenland
Burgenland is the easternmost and least populous state or Land of Austria. It consists of two Statutarstädte and seven districts with in total 171 municipalities. It is 166 km long from north to south but much narrower from west to east...
.
History
The community of Frauenkirchen, like the rest of Burgenland, belonged to HungaryHungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
(German-West Hungary) until 1920/21. From 1898 onwards, it was forced to change its name to the Hungarian Fertőboldogasszony because of the politics of Magyarization
Magyarization
Magyarization is a kind of assimilation or acculturation, a process by which non-Magyar elements came to adopt Magyar culture and language due to social pressure .Defiance or appeals to the Nationalities Law, met...
by the Budapest government. After the end of the First World War, the territory of German-West Hungary was given to Austria by the Treaties of St. Germain and Trianon
Treaty of Trianon
The Treaty of Trianon was the peace agreement signed in 1920, at the end of World War I, between the Allies of World War I and Hungary . The treaty greatly redefined and reduced Hungary's borders. From its borders before World War I, it lost 72% of its territory, which was reduced from to...
. Since 1921, the town has belonged to the newly founded State of Burgenland
Burgenland
Burgenland is the easternmost and least populous state or Land of Austria. It consists of two Statutarstädte and seven districts with in total 171 municipalities. It is 166 km long from north to south but much narrower from west to east...
.
Frauenkirchen was once one of the so called seven communities (Siebengemeinden
Siebengemeinden
The Siebengemeinden were 7 Jewish communities located in Eisenstadt and its surrounding area. The groups are known as Sheva Kehillot in Hebrew....
) of Jews in Burgenland. The Jews of Burgenland (along with the Roma and Sinti) were persecuted and wiped out by the Nazis between 1938 and 1945. A Jewish cemetery
Jewish cemetery
A Jewish cemetery is a cemetery where members of the Jewish faith are buried in keeping with Jewish tradition....
in the village memorializes the presence of a Jewish community here prior to the Holocaust.
Frauenkirchen has been a municipality since 1982 (through VO 5).
Politics
Mayor Josef Ziniel is a member of the SPÖSPO
- Technology :SPO: Microsoft SharePoint Online, Microsoft Cloud Computing, Office 365. See Microsoft Online Services-Economics:* Secondary Public Offering, an equity capital market instrument...
, Vice-Mayor Franz Wegleitner is of the ÖVP
OVP
OVP is a three-letter abbreviation that may refer to:*The Office of the Vice President of the United States*The Office of the Vice President of the Philippines*OVP , a light sub-machine gun developed in Italy...
, and the Chief Officer is Erika Siebler.
The mandate assignments in the Municipal Council (23 seats) is SPÖ 14, ÖVP 6, FPÖ
FPO
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0, Grüne
Austrian Green Party
The Greens – The Green Alternative is a political party in the Austrian parliament.The party was formed in 1986 with the name Grüne Alternative, following the merger of the more conservative Green party Vereinte Grüne Österreichs and the more progressive party Alternative Liste Österreichs The...
0, and other lists 3, as of 2008.
People from Frauenkirchen
- Frauenkirchen is the birthplace of the composer Mihály MosonyiMihály MosonyiMihály Mosonyi was a Hungarian composer. Born Michael Brand, he changed his name to Mosonyi in honor of the district of Moson , with Mihály being the Hungarian equivalent of "Michael"...
. - Shalom UllmannShalom UllmannShalom Charif Ullmann was a Hungarian Talmudist, who flourished in the beginning of the 19th century. He was a rabbi in Fürth, and later at Boldogasszony , a small town in the county of Wieselburg. He was the author of Dibre Rash , a work containing notes on various Talmudic treatises...
, German-Hungarian rabbi, lived here