- Frauenkirchen
Infobox Town AT
name=Frauenkirchen
name_local=
image_coa = Coat of arms of Frauenkirchen.svg
state =Burgenland
regbzk =
district = Neusiedl am See
population =2845
population_as_of = 01.01.2005
population_ref =
pop_dens = 89
area = 31.9
elevation =
lat_deg=47
lat_min=50
lat_hem=N
lon_deg=16
lon_min=55
lon_hem=E
postal_code = 7132
area_code =
mayor = Josef Ziniel
website = [http://www.frauenkirchen.net www.frauenkirchen.net]Frauenkirchen is an
Austria n municipality in the District of Neusiedl am See,Burgenland . Its Hungarian name is Boldogasszony.Geography
Frauenkirchen is the only district in its municipality.
The town holds a patent (Österreichisches Patentamt, Aktenzeichen AM 7738/2003) for being the geophysical
centre of Europe (not of the EU).History
The community of Frauenkirchen, like the rest of Burgenland, belonged to
Hungary (German-West Hungary) until 1920/21. From 1898 onwards, it was forced to change its name to the Hungarian "Fertőboldogasszony" because of the politics ofMagyarization 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 ofBurgenland .Frauenkirchen was once one of the so called seven communities ("sieben Gemeinden") 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).
Politics
Mayor Josef Ziniel is a member of the
SPÖ , Vice-Mayor Franz Wegleitner is of theÖVP , 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.People from Frauenkirchen
Frauenkirchen is the birthplace of the composer
Mihály Mosonyi (b. Michael Brand).References
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