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18-460: Lanzenkirchen is situated on the river Leitha , south of the city Wiener Neustadt , at the foot of the Rosaliengebirge mountain range. The municipality consists of five Katastralgemeinden : Lanzenkirchen, Frohsdorf, Haderswörth, Kleinwolkersdorf and Ofenbach. Lanzenkirchen : The name comes from a German settler who built a church. His name was Anzo or Lanzo . The name Lanzenkirchen

36-741: A Pannonian ( Illyrian ) denotation for "mud", as maintained in the former Hungarian name Sár (compare mocsár , ' swamp '). The Leitha rises in Lower Austria at the confluence of its two headstreams, the Schwarza , discharging the Schneeberg , Rax and Schneealpe ranges of the Northern Limestone Alps , and the Pitten . Between Ebenfurth and Leithaprodersdorf , and between Bruck an der Leitha and Gattendorf ,

54-675: A wet cloth being pressed over his mouth, then his senses faded." "When he came to again, he was lying on the banks of the Leitha, on the border with Katzelsdorf. But the Leitha witches were nowhere to be seen or heard." After the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin in the late 9th century, the Magyar horsemen dared further invasions into the adjacent West Frankish lands, until they were finally defeated by King Otto I in

72-1281: Is a municipality in the district of Wiener Neustadt-Land in Lower Austria , Austria . It is situated at the foot of the Rosalia Mountains , on the river Leitha , 5 km southeast of Wiener Neustadt . Population [ edit ] Historical population Year Pop. ±% 1869 871 —     1880 881 +1.1% 1890 977 +10.9% 1900 1,076 +10.1% 1910 1,131 +5.1% 1923 1,270 +12.3% 1934 1,305 +2.8% 1939 1,347 +3.2% 1951 1,237 −8.2% 1961 1,342 +8.5% 1971 1,648 +22.8% 1981 1,883 +14.3% 1991 2,294 +21.8% 2001 2,827 +23.2% 2011 3,201 +13.2% References [ edit ] ^ "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018" . Statistics Austria . Retrieved 10 March 2019 . ^ "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018" . Statistics Austria . Retrieved 9 March 2019 . External links [ edit ] Katzelsdorf website Zinnfigurenwelt Archived 2007-06-22 at

90-746: The Danube . It is 120.8 km (75.1 mi) long (168.5 km (104.7 mi) including its source river Schwarza ). Its basin area is 2,138 km (825 sq mi). The Lithaha River in the Carolingian Avar March was first mentioned in an 833 deed issued by Louis the German , son of the Carolingian emperor Louis the Pious and ruler over the stem duchy of Bavaria . The Old High German name lît probably referred to

108-1502: The Wayback Machine v t e Municipalities in the district of Wiener Neustadt ( Land ) Bad Erlach Bad Fischau-Brunn Bad Schönau Bromberg Ebenfurth Eggendorf Felixdorf Gutenstein Hochneukirchen-Gschaidt Hochwolkersdorf Hohe Wand Hollenthon Katzelsdorf Kirchschlag in der Buckligen Welt Krumbach Lanzenkirchen Lichtenegg Lichtenwörth Markt Piesting Matzendorf-Hölles Miesenbach Muggendorf Pernitz Rohr im Gebirge Schwarzenbach Sollenau Theresienfeld Waidmannsfeld Waldegg Walpersbach Weikersdorf am Steinfelde Wiesmath Winzendorf-Muthmannsdorf Wöllersdorf-Steinabrückl Zillingdorf [REDACTED] Authority control databases [REDACTED] International VIAF WorldCat National Germany Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Katzelsdorf&oldid=1234551195 " Categories : Cities and towns in Wiener Neustadt-Land District Populated places on

126-517: The Wiener Neustadt Canal and the drinking water supply of Vienna . Furthermore, several canals diverge from the Leitha, feeding spinning companies in the past, today small hydroelectric power plants. Between Seibersdorf and Hof am Leithaberge , most of the water in the Leitha is removed for this purpose. From there on, the Leitha usually runs dry, unless its flow further upstream is abnormally high. Downriver from Katzelsdorf

144-819: The 955 Battle of Lechfeld . Thereafter the forces of the Bavarian duke Henry the Wrangler gradually re-conquered the lands beyond the Vienna Woods up to the Leitha River, where about 976 the March of Austria ( Ostarrîchi ) was established under the Babenberg margrave Leopold I . Around the turn to the 2nd millennium, the Hungarian frontier ( Gyepű ) ran along the Leitha shore, from 1156 onwards it formed

162-769: The Leitha River. After the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 , which created the Dual Monarchy , Transleithanien ("beyond the Leitha") was the Viennese colloquial word for the region beyond the Leitha (meaning Hungary or the Kingdom of Hungary ), while Cisleithanien ("on this side of the Leitha") denoted the Austrian lands. These names reflected the Viennese and Austrian perspectives towards

180-572: The Leitha forms part of the border between the Austrian states of Lower Austria and Burgenland . East of Nickelsdorf , the river passes into Hungary , where it flows into the Moson arm of the Danube west of Szigetköz Island near Mosonmagyaróvár . Important towns on its course are Wiener Neustadt , Bruck and Mosonmagyaróvár. Large amounts of the Schwarza headstream waters are diverted to supply

198-478: The bridges, but anyone who teased them or watched them met a bad end." "One evening a man was overcome by the desire to tempt the Leitha witches. When he heard them in the water, he put both hands around his mouth and shouted: 'Hoo hoo!' ” "Then he hurried away laughing. But he didn't get far, because suddenly countless bony hands wrapped around him and pulled him to the ground! No amount of struggling and struggling helped; he couldn't even call for help. He only felt

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216-571: The dissolution of Austria-Hungary after World War I , the 1920 Treaty of Trianon adjudicated the West Hungarian territory of the proclaimed Lajtabánság (Leitha Banat ) to the Republic of Austria (as Burgenland), whereby the course of the river became an inner Austrian border. Katzelsdorf Coordinates : 47°46′44″N 16°16′25″E  /  47.77889°N 16.27361°E  / 47.77889; 16.27361 From Misplaced Pages,

234-604: The eastern border of the Duchy of Austria with fortresses erected at Wiener Neustadt, Bruck and Hainburg . The last Babenberg duke Frederick II of Austria was killed in the 1246 Battle of the Leitha River against King Béla IV of Hungary . The course of the border was confirmed in a 1411 deed issued by King Sigismund , when his daughter Elizabeth married the Habsburg duke Albert II of Austria . The placenames Cisleithania , Transleithania and Lajtabánság are all derived from

252-1165: The 💕 Place in Lower Austria, Austria Katzelsdorf [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Coat of arms [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Katzelsdorf Location within Austria Coordinates: 47°46′44″N 16°16′25″E  /  47.77889°N 16.27361°E  / 47.77889; 16.27361 Country Austria State Lower Austria District Wiener Neustadt-Land Government  •  Mayor Hannelore Handler-Woltran ( ÖVP ) Area  • Total 16.26 km (6.28 sq mi) Elevation 273 m (896 ft) Population   (2018-01-01)  • Total 3,257  • Density 200/km (520/sq mi) Time zone UTC+1 ( CET )  • Summer ( DST ) UTC+2 ( CEST ) Postal code 2801 Area code 02622 Vehicle registration WB Website www.katzelsdorf.at Katzelsdorf

270-623: The rest of the Empire , because Vienna lay on 'this' side, and the other half, Hungary, lay on 'that' side. Nevertheless, the Leitha did not form the entire border between the two: for instance Galicia and Bukovina , which were part of Cisleithania, were north-east of Hungary . Likewise, the Morava River formed the border between Cisleithanian Moravia and the Transleithanian lands of present-day Slovakia ( Upper Hungary ). Upon

288-641: The river bed is almost completely dry as well. At the Leitha Ursprung (or Source) in the small town of Lanzenkirchen , there is a hiking trail, a stone with a plaque to mark the origin point and three wooden figures that represent the legendary Leitha Hexen (witches). According to the sign next to the three wooden women, "Once upon a time, real witches lived in the waters of the Leitha. They were small, like children, skinny and hunchbacked, with tangled hair that reached down to their knees and webbed fingers and toes." "The witches mostly splashed around under

306-470: The village was known as Wolfkersdorf , meaning "village of Wolfkers". Ofenbach : The place was originally known as Quenbach . The origin of the name Ofenbach is unknown. Leitha The Leitha ( German: [ˈlaɪtaː] ; Hungarian : Lajta , formerly Sár(-víz) ; Slovene : Litva ; Czech and Slovak : Litava ) is a river in Austria and Hungary , a right tributary of

324-409: Was first mentioned in 1130. Frohsdorf : The original name was Krottendorf because many toads ( German : Kröten ) were found in the water-rich area. It became Froschdorf in the 17th century ( German : Frosch means "frog"). Its present name has been used since the beginning of the 19th century. Haderswörth : This name means " river island of Hadurich". Kleinwolkersdorf : Until around 1800

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