Edelstal

Edelstal
Edelstal
Country	Austria
State	Burgenland
District	Neusiedl am See
Mayor	Anton Moritz
Area	5.9 km2 (2 sq mi)
Population	615 (1 January 2011)[1]
- Density	104 /km² (270 /sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal code	2413
Website	www.gemeinde-edelstal.at Coordinates: 48°6′0″N 16°59′0″E / 48.1°N 16.983333°E / 48.1; 16.983333

Edelstal (Hungarian: Nemesvölgy) is a township in the district of Neusiedl am See, in Burgenland, Austria, with 607 inhabitants.

There was a 9th century Avar settlement on its borders, it is near the Roman fortress Carnuntum.

The town was destroyed in 1529 and 1683 by the Turks.

In 1785 the List family moved from here to Kittsee (Köpcsény), Adam Liszt (the composer's father) was born here.

In 1910 it had 759 inhabitants the majority of whom were ethnic Germans. Before the Treaty of Trianon it was in the Rajka district (hung:jaras) of Moson county (comitatus) in the Kingdom of Hungary.

It has a Roman Catholic church dating from 1740 dedicated to Saint Stephen.

The mineral water from the nearby Römerquelle springs has been bottled since 1890.

Politics

The township's mayor is Anton Moritz of the Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs (SPÖ), the vice-mayor is Gerald Handig of the Österreichische Volkspartei (ÖVP) and the chief civil servant is Ulrike Ingrid Handig.

In the local council of thirteen seats, the SPÖ holds seven seats, the ÖVP five, and the Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs (FPÖ) one.

References

1. ^ Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahres- und Quartalsanfang, 2011-01-01.

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