Eisenzicken
Encyclopedia
Eisenzicken is a small community in Burgenland
, Austria
that belongs to the neighbouring village of Unterwart
(Hun.: Alsóőr). It had a population of 240 in 2001.
microregion and the villagers were Hungarian frontier guards (őr) of the border-zone (gyepű) similarly than the people of Felsőőr (today Oberwart
) and Alsóőr (today Unterwart
).
In the 15th century the village was depopulated because of the constant skirmishes with Austria. The Baumkircher family settled German peasants in the village. The name of the settlement changed to Eisenzicken or Német-Cziklin (the later first mentioned in 1640 as "Nemet Chiklin")
Németciklény (Eisenzicken) belonged to the old county
of Vas
until 1921 and it was part of the Kingdom of Hungary
. The village had 53 houses in 1857/58. Surnames indicate that the total population was German that time. According to the last Hungarian census in 1910 the population numbered 358 people (almost exclusively German).
After the Treaty of Trianon
it became part of the Republic of Austria. Eisenzicken was merged with the neighbouring Hungarian village of Unterwart/Alsóőr in 1971. The small community retained its agricultural way of life until the present.
. There are several old peasant houses in the village giving it a distinct rural feel.
Burgenland
Burgenland is the easternmost and least populous state or Land of Austria. It consists of two Statutarstädte and seven districts with in total 171 municipalities. It is 166 km long from north to south but much narrower from west to east...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
that belongs to the neighbouring village of Unterwart
Unterwart
Unterwart or Alsóőr is a village in Burgenland, Austria, in the district of Oberwart . The village lies on the banks of the Pinka river, and it had a population of 964 in 2001 . Unterwart is the only settlement in Austria with an ethnic Hungarian majority...
(Hun.: Alsóőr). It had a population of 240 in 2001.
History
Eisenzicken was first mentioned in 1352 under the name "Wosuereuzek" and 1496 "Vasek". The old Hungarian name of the settlement proves that Vasverőszék was originally established as a community of iron ore workers. The village already had a church in 1368. Vasverőszék in the Middle Ages was part of the Upper ŐrségUpper Orség
Upper Őrség is a traditional ethnographic region and a small Hungarian language island in southern Burgenland, Austria. It consists the town of Oberwart and the two villages of Unterwart and Siget in der Wart . The population of the three settlement was 7694 according to the 2001 census...
microregion and the villagers were Hungarian frontier guards (őr) of the border-zone (gyepű) similarly than the people of Felsőőr (today Oberwart
Oberwart
Oberwart or Felsőőr is a town in Burgenland in southeast Austria on the banks of the Pinka River, and the capital of the district of the same name...
) and Alsóőr (today Unterwart
Unterwart
Unterwart or Alsóőr is a village in Burgenland, Austria, in the district of Oberwart . The village lies on the banks of the Pinka river, and it had a population of 964 in 2001 . Unterwart is the only settlement in Austria with an ethnic Hungarian majority...
).
In the 15th century the village was depopulated because of the constant skirmishes with Austria. The Baumkircher family settled German peasants in the village. The name of the settlement changed to Eisenzicken or Német-Cziklin (the later first mentioned in 1640 as "Nemet Chiklin")
Németciklény (Eisenzicken) belonged to the old county
Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary)
A county is the name of a type of administrative units in the Kingdom of Hungary and in Hungary from the 10th century until the present day....
of Vas
Vas
Vas is the name of an administrative county in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary. The county is a part of the Centrope Project.-Geography:...
until 1921 and it was part of the Kingdom of Hungary
Kingdom of Hungary
The Kingdom of Hungary comprised present-day Hungary, Slovakia and Croatia , Transylvania , Carpatho Ruthenia , Vojvodina , Burgenland , and other smaller territories surrounding present-day Hungary's borders...
. The village had 53 houses in 1857/58. Surnames indicate that the total population was German that time. According to the last Hungarian census in 1910 the population numbered 358 people (almost exclusively German).
After the Treaty of Trianon
Treaty of Trianon
The Treaty of Trianon was the peace agreement signed in 1920, at the end of World War I, between the Allies of World War I and Hungary . The treaty greatly redefined and reduced Hungary's borders. From its borders before World War I, it lost 72% of its territory, which was reduced from to...
it became part of the Republic of Austria. Eisenzicken was merged with the neighbouring Hungarian village of Unterwart/Alsóőr in 1971. The small community retained its agricultural way of life until the present.
Sight
The small baroque Roman Catholic Church of St. Fabian and Sebastian is a filial of the church of Rotenturm an der PinkaRotenturm an der Pinka
Rotenturm an der Pinka is a municipality in Burgenland, Austria on the banks of the Pinka River. In 2001 Rotenturm had 1378 inhabitants. Administratively the village belongs to the district of Oberwart. Rotenturm is almost merged with the neighbouring Unterwart...
. There are several old peasant houses in the village giving it a distinct rural feel.