Raiding (; hu, Doborján, ; hr, Rajnof) is a small Austrian
market town
A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city. In Britain, small rural ...
in the district of
Oberpullendorf
Oberpullendorf (; hr, Gornja Pulja or ; hu, Felsőpulya) is a town in Burgenland, Austria. It is the administrative center of the district of Oberpullendorf.
Geography
Oberpullendorf is a municipality in the middle of the Burgenland. It con ...
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 ...
. It is the birthplace of
Franz Liszt.
Geography
The municipality lies on Raiding Creek in Middle Burgenland; Raiding is the only borough in the municipality.
History
Raiding was first documented in 1425 as ''Dobornya''.
Like the rest of Burgenland, Raiding belonged to
Hungary
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from c. 900 to 1920/21. After the end of the
First World War
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, Western Hungary was given to Austria with the Treaties of
St. Germain and
Trianon; there it formed the new province of Burgenland.
In 1971, Raiding was merged with
Unterfrauenhaid and
Lackendorf into a larger municipality, which was later dissolved. Raiding has been a market town since 1990.
Population
Politics
The municipal council has 15 seats with party mandates as follows: SPÖ 9, ÖVP 6,
FPÖ
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Culture and landmarks
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Franz Liszt's birthplace
Business and infrastructure
Viticulture
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is the main business in Raiding. Other industries there include metal construction and soda water production.
Personalities
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Paul Iby
Paul Iby ( hu, Iby Pál; born on January 23, 1935, Doborján (german: Raiding)) is Bishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Eisenstadt, Austria.
Views
Clerical celibacy
Bishop Iby is convinced the Catholic church should drop its cel ...
,
Bishop of Eisenstadt
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Adam Liszt ∞
Anna Liszt
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Franz Liszt, composer and musician
Image gallery
File:Raiding-Franz-Liszt-Geburtshaus-%28100411%29.jpg, Birthplace of Franz Liszt in Raiding.
File:Maria Anna Lager.jpg, Anna Liszt, Adam's wife (portrait between 1826 and 1837)
File:Liszt_1858.jpg, Franz Liszt
References
Cities and towns in Oberpullendorf District
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