Litzelsdorf is a town in the district of Oberwart

Oberwart (district)

Bezirk Oberwart is a district of the state ofBurgenland in Austria.-Municipalities:Towns are indicated in boldface; market towns in italics; suburbs, hamlets and other subdivisions of a municipality are indicated in small characters.Where appropriate, the Burgenland Croatian and Hungarian names...

 in Burgenland

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...

 in 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...

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Litzelsdorf was formerly a part of Hungery and therefore the former Hungarian name was “Lödös” .

History

The small town and whole Burgenland belonged to Hungary

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

 (Deutsch-Westungarn) till 1920/21. Because of the magyarization

Magyarization

Magyarization is a kind of assimilation or acculturation, a process by which non-Magyar elements came to adopt Magyar culture and language due to social pressure .Defiance or appeals to the Nationalities Law, met...

’s politic of the government the town had to use the Hungaria name “Lödös”. After the first World Ware Burgenland belonged again to Austria after hard negotiations in the treaties of St. Germain and Trianon. Since 1921 Litzelsdorf belongs to the new formed Burgenland.

Politics

Peter Fassl is mayor in Litzelsdorf (Austrian People's Party = ÖVP) and Martin Gerbafczits is vice mayor (Social Democratic Party of Austria = SPÖ).

Coats of Arms

The coat of arms is colored in blue and gold and divided into 3 parts. The first part is blue and shows a golden triangle with rays. This is a symbol for the trinity

Trinity

The Christian doctrine of the Trinity defines God as three divine persons : the Father, the Son , and the Holy Spirit. The three persons are distinct yet coexist in unity, and are co-equal, co-eternal and consubstantial . Put another way, the three persons of the Trinity are of one being...

 – and a column has been built a long time ago as a sign of adoring trinity.
In the second part, which is colored in golden, a blue gear

Gear

A gear is a rotating machine part having cut teeth, or cogs, which mesh with another toothed part in order to transmit torque. Two or more gears working in tandem are called a transmission and can produce a mechanical advantage through a gear ratio and thus may be considered a simple machine....

wheel can be seen and in the last part, coloured in blue ear

Ear

The ear is the organ that detects sound. It not only receives sound, but also aids in balance and body position. The ear is part of the auditory system....

s (botany) can be seen. These are symbols for trade and agriculture. coats of arms