Donnerskirchen

Donnerskirchen (Hungarian: Fertőfehéregyháza, Croatian: Bijela Crikva) is a market town in the district Eisenstadt-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Burgenland.

Donnerskirchen
Municipality
Center of the town with Saint Martin Church
Coat of arms
Donnerskirchen Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°54′N 16°38′E
Country	Austria
State	Burgenland
District	Eisenstadt-Umgebung
Government
• Mayor	Johannes Mezgolits (ÖVP)
Area [1]
• Total	33.87 km2 (13.08 sq mi)
Population  (2018-01-01)[2]
• Total	1,810
• Density	53/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	7082
Area code	02683

History

World War II

During World War II a small concentration camp was located near the village. In 1951, Nikolaus Schorn was convicted of the murder of Jewish slave laborers in the Donnerskirchen camp in January, 1945, and sentenced to life imprisonment. Schorn was head of the camp. Most of his victims were Hungarian Jews.^[3][4]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	1,649	—
1880	1,576	−4.4%
1890	1,799	+14.1%
1900	1,783	−0.9%
1910	1,741	−2.4%
1923	1,824	+4.8%
1934	1,842	+1.0%
1939	1,856	+0.8%
1951	1,622	−12.6%
1961	1,646	+1.5%
1971	1,593	−3.2%
1981	1,576	−1.1%
1991	1,556	−1.3%
2001	1,649	+6.0%
2011	1,729	+4.9%
2011	1,719	−0.6%
2021	1,840	+7.0%

Transport

The Pannonia Railway had a station in the community.

See also

• The Holocaust