Mogersdorf

Mogersdorf (Hungarian: Nagyfalva, Slovene: Modinci[3]) is a town in the district of Jennersdorf in the Austrian state of Burgenland.

Mogersdorf
Coat of arms
Mogersdorf
Location within Burgenland
Mogersdorf
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 46°57′N 16°14′E
CountryAustria
StateBurgenland
DistrictJennersdorf
Government
  MayorJosef Korpitsch
Area
  Total12.77 km2 (4.93 sq mi)
Elevation
228 m (748 ft)
Population
 (2018-01-01)[2]
  Total1,164
  Density91/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
8382
Websitewww.mogersdorf.at

History

Mogersdorf has a famous place in Austrian history because it was here that Raimondo Montecuccoli annihilated a 60,000/90,000-strong army of the Ottoman Empire in 1664 upon its attempt to cross the Raab River westwards towards Styria. This Battle of Mogersdorf (also known as the First Battle of St. Gotthard) was commemorated by a chapel on the nearby Schlößlberg hill. Having fallen into disrepair, it was replaced by a new building, with an unadorned but huge Christian cross at its side, in 1964.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
18691,638    
18801,864+13.8%
18902,182+17.1%
19002,265+3.8%
19102,235−1.3%
19232,058−7.9%
19341,930−6.2%
19391,830−5.2%
19511,699−7.2%
19611,577−7.2%
19711,454−7.8%
19811,317−9.4%
19911,264−4.0%
20011,213−4.0%
20111,146−5.5%
20171,187+3.6%

References

  1. "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  3. Makuc, Neva (2011). Historiografija in mentaliteta v novoveški Furlaniji in Goriški. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC. p. 276.
Stonecross of Schösslberg, over Mogersdorf; monument of the Battle of Saint Gotthard (1664).
The monument of the casualty Turks in Mogersdorf



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