Raiding, Austria

Raiding
Raiding
Country	Austria
State	Burgenland
District	Oberpullendorf
Mayor	Markus Landauer
Area	13.1 km2 (5 sq mi)
Elevation	253 m  (830 ft)
Population	836 (1 January 2011)[1]
- Density	64 /km² (165 /sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal code	7321
Website	www.raiding.at Coordinates: 47°34′0″N 16°32′0″E / 47.566667°N 16.533333°E / 47.566667; 16.533333

Raiding (Hungarian: Doborján, Croatian: Rajnof) is a small Austrian market town in the District of Oberpullendorf, Burgenland. It is the birthplace of Franz Liszt.

Geography

The municipality lies on Raiding Creek in Middle Burgenland; Raiding is the only borough in the municipality.

History

Raiding was first documented in 1425 as Dobornya.

Like the rest of Burgenland, Raiding belonged to Hungary from c. 1000 to 1920/21. After the end of the First World War, Western Hungary was given to Austria with the Treaties of St. Germain and Trianon; there it formed the new province of Burgenland.

In 1971, Raiding was merged with Unterfrauenhaid and Lackendorf into a larger municipality, which was later dissolved. Raiding has been a market town since 1990.

Politics

The municipal council has 15 seats with party mandates as follows: SPÖ 9, ÖVP 6, FPÖ 0, Grüne 0 , and other lists 0.

Culture and Landmarks

• The Liszt Museum (in the house where he was born)

Business and infrastructure

Viticulture is the main business in Raiding. Other industries there include metal construction and soda water production.

People

• Paul Iby, Bishop of Eisenstadt
• Adam Liszt ∞ Anna Liszt
  • Franz Liszt, composer and musician

References

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