Frauenkirchen
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| Frauenkirchen | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Austria |
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| State | Burgenland |
| District | Neusiedl am See |
| Mayor | Josef Ziniel |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 31.9 km² (12.3 sq mi) |
| Population | 2,845 (01/01/2005) |
| - Density | 89 /km² (231 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Postal code | 7132 |
| Website | www.frauenkirchen.net |
Frauenkirchen is an Austrian municipality in the District of Neusiedl am See, Burgenland. Its Hungarian name is Boldogasszony.
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[edit] 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).
[edit] 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 of Magyarization 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 of Burgenland. Frauenkirchen has been a municipality since 1982 (through VO 5).
[edit] 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.
[edit] People from Frauenkirchen
Frauenkirchen is the birthplace of the composer Mihály Mosonyi (b. Michael Brand).
[edit] References
This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
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