Raiding (; hu, Doborján, ; hr, Rajnof) is a small Austrian

market town A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city. In Britain, small rural ...

in the district of

Oberpullendorf Oberpullendorf (; hr, Gornja Pulja or ; hu, Felsőpulya) is a town in Burgenland, Austria. It is the administrative center of the district of Oberpullendorf. Geography Oberpullendorf is a municipality in the middle of the Burgenland. It cons ...

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 ...

. It is the birthplace of

Franz Liszt Franz Liszt, in modern usage ''Liszt Ferenc'' . Liszt's Hungarian passport spelled his given name as "Ferencz". An orthographic reform of the Hungarian language in 1922 (which was 36 years after Liszt's death) changed the letter "cz" to simpl ...

Geography

The municipality lies on Raiding Creek in Middle Burgenland; Raiding is the only borough in the municipality.

History

Raiding was first documented in 1425 as ''Dobornya''. Like the rest of Burgenland, Raiding belonged to

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from c. 900 to 1920/21. After the end of the

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, Western Hungary was given to Austria with the Treaties of St. Germain and Trianon; there it formed the new province of Burgenland. In 1971, Raiding was merged with

Unterfrauenhaid Unterfrauenhaid ( hr, Svetica, hu, Lók) is a town in the district of Oberpullendorf in the Austrian state of Burgenland Burgenland (; hu, Őrvidék; hr, Gradišće; Austro-Bavarian: ''Burgnland;'' Slovene: ''Gradiščanska'') is the easte ...

and

Lackendorf Lackendorf ( hr, Lakindrof, hu, Lakfalva) is a town in the district of Oberpullendorf in the Austrian state of Burgenland Burgenland (; hu, Őrvidék; hr, Gradišće; Austro-Bavarian: ''Burgnland;'' Slovene: ''Gradiščanska'') is the east ...

into a larger municipality, which was later dissolved. Raiding has been a market town since 1990.

Population

Politics

The municipal council has 15 seats with party mandates as follows: SPÖ 9, ÖVP 6,

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Culture and landmarks

Franz Liszt's birthplace The Liszthaus Raiding is the building where Franz Liszt was born in 1811 which has been a museum since 1979. It is located in Raiding, a town in Burgenland province of Austria. A concert hall next to the house was opened in 2006. History Liszt's ...

Business and infrastructure

Viticulture Viticulture (from the Latin word for ''vine'') or winegrowing (wine growing) is the cultivation and harvesting of grapes. It is a branch of the science of horticulture. While the native territory of ''Vitis vinifera'', the common grape vine, ran ...

is the main business in Raiding. Other industries there include metal construction and soda water production.

Personalities

Paul Iby Paul Iby ( hu, Iby Pál; born on January 23, 1935, Doborján (german: Raiding)) is Bishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Eisenstadt, Austria. Views Clerical celibacy Bishop Iby is convinced the Catholic church should drop its celi ...

Bishop of Eisenstadt The Roman Catholic Diocese of Eisenstadt ( la, Dioecesis Sideropolitanus) is a diocese located in the city of Eisenstadt in the Ecclesiastical province of Vienna in Austria. The episcopal seat is in Eisenstadt Cathedral. History * May 18, 1922: ...

Adam Liszt Adam; el, Ἀδάμ, Adám; la, Adam is the name given in Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, ''adam'' is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a collective sense as " ...

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Anna Liszt Franz Liszt, in modern usage ''Liszt Ferenc'' . Liszt's Hungarian passport spelled his given name as "Ferencz". An orthographic reform of the Hungarian language in 1922 (which was 36 years after Liszt's death) changed the letter "cz" to simpl ...

, composer and musician

Image gallery

File:Raiding-Franz-Liszt-Geburtshaus-%28100411%29.jpg, Birthplace of Franz Liszt in Raiding. File:Maria Anna Lager.jpg, Anna Liszt, Adam's wife (portrait between 1826 and 1837) File:Liszt_1858.jpg, Franz Liszt

References

Cities and towns in Oberpullendorf District {{Burgenland-geo-stub