Kittsee

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Basic Information
Country: Austria
State: Burgenland
District: Neusiedl am See (ND)
Area: 19.3 km²
Population: 1,877 (15 May 2001)
Population density: 97.3/km²
Postal Code: 2421
Coordinates: 48° 4′ N, 17° 4′ E
Official Website: [www.kittsee.at]
Politics
Mayor: Klaus Senftner (SPÖ)
Kittsee is an Austrian municipality in the District of Neusiedl am See, Burgenland. It is called Köpcsény in Hungarian and Gieca in Croatian.

Coat of Arms	Map

Basic Information
Country:	Austria
State:	Burgenland
District:	Neusiedl am See (`ND`)
Area:	19.3 km²
Population:	1,877 (15 May 2001)
Population density:	97.3/km²
Postal Code:	2421
Coordinates:	48° 4′ N, 17° 4′ E
Official Website:	[www.kittsee.at]
Politics
Mayor:	Klaus Senftner (SPÖ)

Contents

1 Geography
2 History
3 Politics
4 Business and Infrastructure
5 People
6 Nearby municipalities & sites
7 See also
8 References
9 External links

Geography

Kittsee is not divided into any districts.

History

Kittsee former border crossing

Kittsee, like the rest of Burgenland, belonged to Hungary as part of German West-Hungary until 1920/21. 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. Kittsee was one of the Siebengemeinden of Burgenland.

Politics

Kittsee's mayor is Klaus Senftner of the SPÖ and its vice-mayor is Franz Buchta of the ÖVP. The chief officer is Johann Zierhut.

The mandate assignments in the Municipal Council (21 seats) are SPÖ 11, ÖVP 8, FPÖ 2, Grüne 0, and other lists 0.

Business and Infrastructure

Hospital (Krankenhaus), Kittsee

The municipality plays an important role as a medical center, because the district's only hospital is located there. It was founded by the ophthalmologist Prince Ladislaus Batthyány-Strattmann and was named after him in 2004.

Kittsee is also home to a rescue station of the Red Cross.

The town is famous for its 20,000 apricot trees, which are cared for by the Kittsee Apricot Club.

People

Joseph Joachim, born here
Michael Kittseer (1775-1845), Talmudic author, born here [link]
Moses Samuel Neumann, Hungarian poet, lived here [link]

Nearby municipalities & sites

Little mountainour region under the Hundsheimer Berg (480), Königswarte (344), Spitzberg (302) (NÖ)
* Berg, Neuhof, Pottenburg, Wolfsthal, Rotes Kreuz, Edelstal (Burgenland), Bundessportsschule (under the Spitzberg), Hundsheim, and Bad-Deutsch-Altenberg, Hainburg, Braunsberg & Röthelstein, also Carnuntum
Heidenturm
Parma, Csardahof, Zeiselhof, Deutsch Jahrndorf in the Heidenboden
Petržalka, Janovce & Rusovce

References

The information in this article is based on a translation of its German equivalent.

External links

() http://www.kittsee.a Kittsee Official Website+
() [Kittsee Apricot Club]

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