Nickelsdorf

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Nickelsdorf

Coat of arms
Nickelsdorf
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°56′N 17°4′E / 47.933°N 17.067°E / 47.933; 17.067Coordinates: 47°56′N 17°4′E / 47.933°N 17.067°E / 47.933; 17.067
Country Austria
State Burgenland
District Neusiedl am See
Government
  Mayor Gerhard Zapfl
Area
  Total 60.7 km2 (23.4 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2013)[1]
  Total 1,637
  Density 27/km2 (70/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 2425
Website www.nickelsdorf.at
A passport stamp from the border crossing before Hungary joined the Schengen Area.

Nickelsdorf (Hungarian: Miklóshalma, Miklóshalom) is a town in the district of Neusiedl am See in the Austrian state of Burgenland.

Geography

Nickelsdorf is the only town in the municipality. It has an important border crossing to Hegyeshalom (German: Straß-Sommerein) in Hungary.

History

The town belongedlike the whole province of Burgenlandto Hungary until 1920, when it became part of the Austrian state of Burgenland.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop.  ±%  
1869 1,596    
1880 1,807+13.2%
1890 1,782−1.4%
1900 1,888+5.9%
1910 1,820−3.6%
1923 2,129+17.0%
1934 2,278+7.0%
1939 2,340+2.7%
1951 2,225−4.9%
1961 2,008−9.8%
1971 1,851−7.8%
1981 1,649−10.9%
1991 1,630−1.2%
2001 1,566−3.9%
2011 1,608+2.7%

Politics

The seats on the municipal council are distributed as follows: SPÖ 10, ÖVP 2, Grüne 1, FPÖ 1 and BGL with 5 seats.

Festivals

Since 1985, the annual and internationally famous Jazzfestival Konfrontationen has taken place in Nickelsdorf.

From 9 June to 12 June 2005, the Nova Rock Festival took place in Nickelsdorf with headliners like Die Ärzte, System of a Down, The Prodigy, and Green Day. Every day, there were 30,000 fans in this small village next to the border to Hungary. And one year later in 2006, the Nova Rock Festival drew, with over 50 bands, no less than 150,000 visitors. With famous bands like Metallica and Guns N' Roses, it was the largest ever rock festival in Austria.

Fire station

See also

References

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