Pinkafeld ( hu, Pinkafő, hr, Pinkafelj, sl, Pinkafel,

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: ''Pinkafa'') is a city in

Burgenland Burgenland (; hu, Őrvidék; hr, Gradišće; Austro-Bavarian: ''Burgnland;'' Slovene: ''Gradiščanska'') is the easternmost and least populous state of Austria. It consists of two statutory cities and seven rural districts, with a total of ...

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and the second largest settlement (after

Oberwart Oberwart (; hu, Felsőőr; hr, Gornja Borta) is a town in Burgenland in southeast Austria on the banks of the Pinka River, and the capital of the district of the same name. Oberwart is the cultural capital of the small ethnic Hungarian minority ...

) in the district

Geography

Parts of the commune are Hochart,

Gfangen Gfangen (also ) is a part of the Austrian town Pinkafeld in Burgenland, which has the postal code A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, PIN or ZIP Code) is a seri ...

, 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

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* 1532 - The

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destroy Pinkafeld * 1658 -

Ádám Batthyány Ádám Batthyány (1610–1659) was a Hungarian count of the Batthyány family. He presided over a period of religious tensions between Protestants and Catholics, which extended to his court. His father had been Calvinist, as had he, but he later b ...

constructs a castle in Pinkafeld * 1921 - Pinkafeld becomes part of Austria, no longer under control by

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* 2012 - FCI European Open Junior Agility competition hosted in Pinkafeld

Population

Politics

The mayor is

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of the SPÖ (

Social Democratic Party of Austria The Social Democratic Party of Austria (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs , SPÖ), founded and known as the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria (german: link=no, Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei Österreichs, SDAPÖ) unti ...

). The vice-Mayor is

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of the ÖVP (

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). In the representation, which has 25 mandates, the SPÖ has 16 mandates and the ÖVP has 9.

Notable people from Pinkafeld

Norbert Hofer Norbert Gerwald Hofer (; born 2 March 1971) is an Austrian politician who served as Leader of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) from June 2019 to June 2021. He previously was Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology from 2017 to 2019 ...

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