Mogersdorf

Place in Burgenland, Austria

Coat of arms

Location within Jennersdorf district

46°57′N 16°14′E / 46.950°N 16.233°E / 46.950; 16.233CountryAustriaStateBurgenlandDistrictJennersdorfGovernment

• MayorJosef Korpitsch (ÖVP)Area

^[1]

• 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

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

Geography

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

History

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

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1869	1,638	—
1880	1,864	+13.8%
1890	2,182	+17.1%
1900	2,265	+3.8%
1910	2,235	−1.3%
1923	2,058	−7.9%
1934	1,930	−6.2%
1939	1,830	−5.2%
1951	1,699	−7.2%
1961	1,577	−7.2%
1971	1,454	−7.8%
1981	1,317	−9.4%
1991	1,264	−4.0%
2001	1,213	−4.0%
2011	1,146	−5.5%
2017	1,187	+3.6%

References

^ "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
^ "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
^ Makuc, Neva (2011). Historiografija in mentaliteta v novoveški Furlaniji in Goriški. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC. p. 276.
^ Katastralgemeindenverzeichnis, www.bev.gv.at