Zillingtal

Zillingtal (Croatian: Celindof, Hungarian: Völgyfalva) is a community of 925 inhabitants in the West of the district of Eisenstadt-Umgebung in Austria's federal state Burgenland.

Zillingtal
Municipal office
Coat of arms
Zillingtal Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°49′N 16°25′E
Country	Austria
State	Burgenland
District	Eisenstadt-Umgebung
Government
• Mayor	Johann Fellinger (SPÖ)
Area [1]
• Total	13.1 km^2 (5.1 sq mi)
Population  (2018-01-01)[2]
• Total	933
• Density	71/km^2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	7034
Website	Official website

There is a minority population of Burgenland Croats.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	938	—
1880	732	−22.0%
1890	886	+21.0%
1900	969	+9.4%
1910	972	+0.3%
1923	1,014	+4.3%
1934	918	−9.5%
1939	911	−0.8%
1951	699	−23.3%
1961	636	−9.0%
1971	626	−1.6%
1981	584	−6.7%
1991	615	+5.3%
2001	860	+39.8%
2011	916	+6.5%

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.

Geography

The community is situated in the North of Burgenland close to the Lower Austrian Border.

History

Before Christ, the community was part of the Celtic kingdom Noricum and part of the environment of the Celtic hilltop settlement Burgberg.

Later on, under the governance of the Roman Empire, the community of Zillingtal was situated in the province of Pannonia.

There is an Avaric field of tombs from the 7th and 8th century, that has been discovered in 1927.

The name of Zillingtal was first mentioned officially in 1271. In 1529 and in 1683 Zillingtal was destroyed by the Turkish Army. Afterwards, Croatians refilled the population which had been destroyed by the Turkish wars. Until 1920/21 Zillingtal was part of Hungary, as well as the rest of Burgenland. From 1898 the Hungarian Magyarising politics enforced by the Hungarian government in Budapest made the use of the Hungarian name of Zillingtal, Völfyfalu, mandatory.

After the end of the First World War, Burgenland was, after a number of negotiations at St. Germain and Trianon in 1919 integrated to Austria.

Politics

Mayor of Zillingtal is Johann Fellinger, member of SPÖ. Vize-Mayor is Karl Aibler, member of ÖVP. Head Official is Eva Karacson.

The local council which has 15 seats as a whole, is composed this way: SPÖ 8 seats, ÖVP 6 and LBL 1.