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Country
  
Austria

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Area
  
27.4 km²

Local time
  
Monday 7:39 AM

District
  
Oberwart District

State
  
Burgenland

Elevation
  
399 m

Population
  
5,421 (1 Apr 2009)

Postal code
  
7423

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Website
  
www.pinkafeld-online.at

Weather
  
8°C, Wind SE at 2 km/h, 86% Humidity

Pinkafeld (Hungarian: Pinkafő, Croatian: Pinkafelj, Slovene: Pinkafel, Romani: Pinkafa) is a city in Burgenland in Austria and the second largest settlement (after Oberwart) in the district Oberwart.

Contents

Map of Pinkafeld, Austria

Geography

Parts of the commune are Hochart, Gfangen, Alt-Pinkafeld, Nord-Pinkafeld and Pinkafeld Stadt.

History

  • 860 - The first mention of Pinkafeld ("Peincahu")
  • 1289 - The destruction of Pinkafeld ("Pinkafelde")
  • 1397 - Pinkafeld is no longer part of Bernstein
  • 1532 - The Ottomans destroy Pinkafeld
  • 1658 - Ádám Batthyány constructs a castle in Pinkafeld
  • 1921 - Pinkafeld becomes part of Austria, no longer under control by Hungary
  • 2012 - FCI European Open Junior Agility competition hosted in Pinkafeld

    • Politics

    Mayor is Kurt Maczek of the SPÖ, the 1.Vize-Mayor is Thomas Pickl of the ÖVP. In the representation (25 mandates), the SPÖ has 16 mandates and the ÖVP 9.

    Notale people from Pinkafeld

  • Norbert Hofer

    • References

    Pinkafeld Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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