Deutsch Jahrndorf

Deutsch Jahrndorf

Coat of arms
Deutsch Jahrndorf

Location within Austria

Coordinates: 48°1′N 17°6′E / 48.017°N 17.100°E / 48.017; 17.100Coordinates: 48°1′N 17°6′E / 48.017°N 17.100°E / 48.017; 17.100
Country Austria
State Burgenland
District Neusiedl am See
Government
 • Mayor Reinhold Reif (ÖVP)
Area
 • Total 27.4 km2 (10.6 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2016)[1]
 • Total 611
 • Density 22/km2 (58/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 2423

Deutsch Jahrndorf (Hungarian: Németjárfalu, Német-Járfalu) 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 17 degrees eastern longitude, and the easternmost commune of the German Sprachraum.

History

With 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".[2]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1869767—    
1880834+8.7%
1890862+3.4%
1900960+11.4%
1910923−3.9%
1923977+5.9%
19341,165+19.2%
19391,343+15.3%
19511,132−15.7%
1961889−21.5%
1971745−16.2%
1981670−10.1%
1991643−4.0%
2001567−11.8%
2011608+7.2%

Politics

Seats in the municipal assembly (Gemeinderat) as of 2007 elections:

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Deutsch Jahrndorf is twinned with:

See also

References

  1. ↑ Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahresbeginn 2002-2016 nach Gemeinden (Gebietsstand 2016-01-01), 2016-01-01.
  2. ↑ http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Cold_war_europe_economic_alliances_map_en.png
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