Deutsch Jahrndorf (German pronunciation: [ˌdɔʏtʃ ˈjaːɐ̯ndɔʁf]; Hungarian: Németjárfalu, Német-Járfalu, Slovak: Nemecké Jarovce) is a municipality in the district of Neusiedl am See, in the Austrian state of Burgenland. It is within a few kilometres of the borders of both Hungary and Slovakia. Deutsch Jahrndorf is the easternmost municipality of Austria, at 17th meridian east, and the easternmost commune of the German Sprachraum since 1945 and the expulsions of the Germans.
Deutsch Jahrndorf | |
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 Lutheran church | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Deutsch Jahrndorf Location within Burgenland  Deutsch Jahrndorf Location within Austria | |
| Coordinates: 48°1′N 17°6′E / 48.017°N 17.100°E | |
| Country | Austria |
| State | Burgenland |
| District | Neusiedl am See |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Gerhard Bachmann (SPÖ) |
| Area | |
• Total | 27.43 km2 (10.59 sq mi) |
| Population (2018-01-01)[2] | |
• Total | 611 |
| • Density | 22/km2 (58/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 2423 |
| Website | http://www.deutsch-jahrndorf.at/startseite/ |
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History
editWith Burgenland, the former Hungarian village passed to the Republic of Austria after World War I. During the Cold War, or from shortly after World War II until the Revolutions of 1989, Deutsch Jahrndorf was the easternmost community in Central Europe with a Western market economy. It lies farther to the east than all of the former East Germany and is farther east than parts of Poland and parts of what were then Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, all of which were communist countries behind the "Iron Curtain".[3]
Population
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1869 | 767 | — |
| 1880 | 834 | +8.7% |
| 1890 | 862 | +3.4% |
| 1900 | 960 | +11.4% |
| 1910 | 923 | −3.9% |
| 1923 | 977 | +5.9% |
| 1934 | 1,165 | +19.2% |
| 1939 | 1,343 | +15.3% |
| 1951 | 1,132 | −15.7% |
| 1961 | 889 | −21.5% |
| 1971 | 745 | −16.2% |
| 1981 | 670 | −10.1% |
| 1991 | 643 | −4.0% |
| 2001 | 567 | −11.8% |
| 2011 | 608 | +7.2% |
Politics
editSeats in the municipal assembly (Gemeinderat) as of 2007 elections:
- Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ): 6
- Austrian People's Party (ÖVP): 5
- Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ): 2
International relations
editTwin towns — Sister cities
editDeutsch Jahrndorf is twinned with:
Hamuliakovo, Slovakia
Rajka, Hungary
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ Population at the beginning of the year for municipalities since 2002 (in German), Statistics Austria, January 2023, Wikidata Q27838750
- ^ http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Cold_war_europe_economic_alliances_map_en.png [bare URL image file]
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