Pinkafeld ( hu, Pinkafő, hr, Pinkafelj, sl, Pinkafel, Romani: ''Pinkafa'') is a city in

Burgenland Burgenland (; hu, Őrvidék; hr, Gradišće; Austro-Bavarian: ''Burgnland;'' Slovene: ''Gradiščanska'') is the easternmost and least populous state of Austria. It consists of two statutory cities and seven rural districts, with a total of ...

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

and the second largest settlement (after Oberwart) in the district Oberwart.

Geography

Parts of the commune are Hochart, Gfangen, Alt-Pinkafeld, Nord-Pinkafeld and Pinkafeld Stadt.

History

* 860 - The first mention of Pinkafeld ("''Peincahu''") * 1289 - The destruction of Pinkafeld ("''Pinkafelde''") * 1397 - Pinkafeld is no longer part of Bernstein * 1532 - The Ottomans destroy Pinkafeld * 1658 - Ádám Batthyány constructs a castle in Pinkafeld * 1921 - Pinkafeld becomes part of Austria, no longer under control by

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* 2012 - FCI European Open Junior Agility competition hosted in Pinkafeld

Population

Politics

The mayor is Kurt Maczek of the SPÖ ( Social Democratic Party of Austria). The vice-Mayor is Thomas Pickl of the ÖVP ( Austrian People's Party). In the representation, which has 25 mandates, the SPÖ has 16 mandates and the ÖVP has 9.

Notable people from Pinkafeld

Norbert Hofer Norbert Gerwald Hofer (; born 2 March 1971) is an Austrian politician who served as Leader of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) from June 2019 to June 2021. He previously was Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology from 2017 to 2019 ...

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