Deutsch Jahrndorf

Deutsch Jahrndorf (German pronunciation: [ˌdɔʏtʃ ˈjaːɐ̯ndɔʁf]; Hungarian: Németjárfalu, Német-Járfalu, Slovak: Nemecké Jarovce) is a municipality in the district of Neusiedl am See, in the Austrian state of Burgenland. It is within a few kilometres of the borders of both Hungary and Slovakia. Deutsch Jahrndorf is the easternmost municipality of Austria, at 17th meridian east, and the easternmost commune of the German Sprachraum since 1945 and the expulsions of the Germans.

Deutsch Jahrndorf
Municipality
Lutheran church
Coat of arms
Deutsch Jahrndorf Location within Burgenland Show map of Burgenland Deutsch Jahrndorf Location within Austria Show map of Austria
Coordinates: 48°1′N 17°6′E
Country	Austria
State	Burgenland
District	Neusiedl am See
Government
• Mayor	Gerhard Bachmann (SPÖ)
Area [1]
• Total	27.43 km2 (10.59 sq mi)
Population  (2018-01-01)[2]
• Total	611
• Density	22/km2 (58/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	2423
Website	http://www.deutsch-jahrndorf.at/startseite/

History

With Burgenland, the former Hungarian village passed to the Republic of Austria after World War I. During the Cold War, or from shortly after World War II until the Revolutions of 1989, Deutsch Jahrndorf was the easternmost community in Central Europe with a Western market economy. It lies farther to the east than all of the former East Germany and is farther east than parts of Poland and parts of what were then Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, all of which were communist countries behind the "Iron Curtain".^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	767	—
1880	834	+8.7%
1890	862	+3.4%
1900	960	+11.4%
1910	923	−3.9%
1923	977	+5.9%
1934	1,165	+19.2%
1939	1,343	+15.3%
1951	1,132	−15.7%
1961	889	−21.5%
1971	745	−16.2%
1981	670	−10.1%
1991	643	−4.0%
2001	567	−11.8%
2011	608	+7.2%

Politics

Seats in the municipal assembly (Gemeinderat) as of 2007 elections:

• Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ): 6
• Austrian People's Party (ÖVP): 5
• Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ): 2

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Austria

Twin towns — Sister cities

Deutsch Jahrndorf is twinned with:

• Hamuliakovo, Slovakia
• Rajka, Hungary

See also

• Jarovce