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

Mogersdorf
Main square with Saint Joseph's Church
Main square with Saint Joseph's Church
Coat of arms of Mogersdorf
Location within Jennersdorf district
Location within Jennersdorf district
Mogersdorf is located in Burgenland
Mogersdorf
Mogersdorf
Location within Austria
Mogersdorf is located in Austria
Mogersdorf
Mogersdorf
Mogersdorf (Austria)
Coordinates: 46°57′N 16°14′E / 46.950°N 16.233°E / 46.950; 16.233
CountryAustria
StateBurgenland
DistrictJennersdorf
Government
 • MayorJosef Korpitsch (ÖVP)
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

Geography

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Cadastral communities are Deutsch Minihof, Mogersdorf and Wallendorf.[4]

History

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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

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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

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  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.
  4. ^ Katastralgemeindenverzeichnis, www.bev.gv.at
 
Stonecross of Schösslberg, over Mogersdorf; monument of the Battle of Saint Gotthard (1664).
 
The monument of the casualty Turks in Mogersdorf