Frauenkirchen

Frauenkirchen
Coat of arms of Frauenkirchen Coat of arms
Frauenkirchen Location within Austria
Coordinates:
Country	Austria
State	Burgenland
District	Neusiedl am See
Government
• Mayor	Josef Ziniel
Area
• Total	31.9 km2 (12.3 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2014)
• Total	2,835
• Density	89/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	7132
Website	www.frauenkirchen.net

Frauenkirchen (Hungarian: Boldogasszony, Fertőboldogasszony, Fertő-Boldogasszony) is an Austrian town in the district of Neusiedl am See, Burgenland.

History

The community of Frauenkirchen, like the rest of Burgenland, belonged to Hungary (German-West Hungary) until 1920/21. 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).

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1869	2,571	—
1880	2,902	+12.9%
1890	2,789	−3.9%
1900	2,829	+1.4%
1910	2,732	−3.4%
1923	2,846	+4.2%
1934	3,311	+16.3%
1939	2,850	−13.9%
1951	2,979	+4.5%
1961	2,812	−5.6%
1971	2,749	−2.2%
1981	2,668	−2.9%
1991	2,634	−1.3%
2001	2,856	+8.4%
2011	2,831	−0.9%

Politics

Mayor Josef Ziniel is a member of the SPÖ, 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.

Personalities

• Frauenkirchen is the birthplace of the composer Mihály Mosonyi.
• Shalom Ullmann, German-Hungarian rabbi, lived here