Stinatz ( Croatian: ''Stinjaki'', Hungarian: ''Pásztorháza'') is a town in the district of

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. According to the last census 62% of the population are members of the Burgenland Croat minority.

Geography

The town lies in the district of Guessing in the south of Burgenland and is composed of two urban districts, Stinatz and Stinatz-Nord. The neighboring towns are Ollerdorf, Hackerberg, Litzelsdorf and Wörterberg.

History

Due to the Ottoman Wars in the 15th century, many Croatian families emigrated to this area and founded their own town. Stinatz was first mentioned in a document in the year 1577. Like the whole Burgenland area, Stinatz belonged to Hungary until 1921. Due to a change in the Hungarian law and policy in 1889, the town, originally named Stinjaki, was given the Hungarian name Stinacs. The town belongs since 1921 to the new founded Burgenland. The Croat inhabitants of Stinatz speak the

Southern Chakavian Southern Chakavian ( sh, južnočakavski dijalekt) or Ikavian Chakavian is a dialect of the Chakavian variety of Croatian. It is spoken in the area south of the Central Chakavian area, in a narrow strip of Dalmatian littoral and the neighbouring i ...

dialect.Peter Houtzagers; (2013) ''Burgenland Croats and Burgenland Croatian: some unanswered question''s p. 263

Population

Politics

In the year 2009, the long-time mayor Alfred Grandits (SPÖ) had to retire because of serious health problems. The next election will be in January 2010. In the meantime Andreas Grandits (ÖVP) acts in place of Alfred Grandits. After the last elections the SPÖ has 10 mandate and the ÖVP has 9 mandate. Although the town has about 1400 citizen, there are many teenagers interested in politics and therefore there are many events arranged by the Social Youth and the JVP.

Educational institutions

Due to the quantity of children, the town has its own preschool and elementary school. Although the amount of births declined during the last years, the school has enough children, because there are many immigrants in the town.

Associations and events

There are many clubs in the town like the, football club, musical society, tennis club, Stinjacko Kolo and the Naturfreunde. All these clubs have their own events.

Folkways

The town is characterized by its Croatian origin, in particular the colorful local costume (Stinatzer Tracht) and the huge weddings, where there is a lot of singing and dancing.

Personalities

* Marijana Grandits, politician * Ferdinand Grandits, politician * Ernst A. Grandits, TV host on 3 Sat * Thomas Resetarits, sculptor *

Lukas Resetarits Lukas Resetarits (born 14 October 1947, in Stinatz) is an Austrian cabaret artist and actor, best known for playing police inspector Kottan in the Austrian TV series '' Kottan ermittelt''. Resetarits was born in the Austrian state Burgenland, b ...

, cabaret artist *

Willi Resetarits Wilhelm Resetarits (21 December 1948 – 24 April 2022),Kurt Ostbahn Kurt is a male given name of Germanic or Turkish origin. ''Kurt'' or ''Curt'' originated as short forms of the Germanic Conrad, depending on geographical usage, with meanings including counselor or advisor. In Turkish, Kurt means "Wolf" and i ...

Terezija Stoisits Terezija Stoisits (; born 14 November 1958 in Stinatz, Austria) is an Austrian politician of the Green Party. She served as an ombudswoman of the Republic of Austria 2007–2013. Before that she was the longest serving member of parliament of her ...

, politician * Thomas Stipsits, cabaret artist

References

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
http://gemeinde.stinatz.at Cities and towns in Güssing District {{Burgenland-geo-stub