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Klingenbach
Klingenbach (, ) is a town in the Eisenstadt-Umgebung district in the Austrian state of Burgenland. It is located near the border with Hungary with a border crossing into Sopron. Population Majority of population declares as Burgenland Croats. Culture The branch of the Croatian Cultural Society from Gradišće () and the Tamburica Klimpuh tamburitza orchestra operate in the town. CCS organizes annual Festival klapov ("Festival of klapas") with performers from Burgenland, Carinthia, Slovenia, Hungary, Croatia and Slovakia. Sport * ASKÖ Klimpuh, football club, gathers Burgenland Croats Personalities * Simon Knéfacz Simon Knéfacz, or Simeon Knéfacz, alternative names ''Kniefacz, Šimon Knefac, Šimeon Kniefac'' (February 23, 1752 – August 3, 1819) was a Hungarian monk and Burgenland Croatian writer. Born in Devínska Nová Ves near Bratislava (originally M ..., writer * Stefan Geosits, writer References Cities and towns in Eisenstadt-Umgebung Distr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Geosits
Stefan Geosits (, ; 27 August 1927 – 20 June 2022) was a Burgenland Croats, Burgenland Croatian Priesthood in the Catholic Church, Catholic priest in Austria, who worked as a lay theatre manager and director, translator, writer and historian. Life Geosits was born in Szentpéterfa, Vas County, Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946), Hungary. In his birthplace he finished elementary school. He completed studies in Szombathely and Vienna in 1952, and then was chaplain of Croatian settlements in Nikitsch, Parndorf and , all in Burgenland. From 1955, he studied further in Rome and Jerusalem. Since 1958 Geosits was the parish priest in Klingenbach. He built a parish hall, and expanded the cemetery with a new chapel, consecrated in 1967. He initiated a in 1972, heading for a consecration in 1976, when the parish celebrated its 700th jubilee. The project caused controversy, but the new building, with the old tower retained, was consecrated in 1976. In Klingenbach, he also immediately fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burgenland Croats
Burgenland Croats (, , , ) are ethnic Croats in the Austrian state of Burgenland, along with Croats in neighboring Hungary and Slovakia. Around 320,000 residents of Austria identify as of Croat heritage; 56,785 have, as sole or multiple nationality, Croatian citizenship as at 2017. Between 87,000 and 130,000 of them are Burgenland Croats. Since 1993, Croatian organizations have appointed their representatives to the Council for National Minorities of the Austrian government. History The to-be Burgenland Croats began to emigrate from Lika, Krbava, Kordun, Banovina, Moslavina and Western Bosnia. These areas were occupied by the Turks (Ottomans) during the Turkish wars (1533–1584). The refugee Croats were given land and independent ecclesiastical rights by the Austrian King Ferdinand I, because many of their villages had been pillaged by the Turks. This gave the Croats a safe place to live while providing Austria with a buffer zone between Vienna and the Ottoman Empi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Knéfacz
Simon Knéfacz, or Simeon Knéfacz, alternative names ''Kniefacz, Šimon Knefac, Šimeon Kniefac'' (February 23, 1752 – August 3, 1819) was a Hungarian monk and Burgenland Croatian writer. Born in Devínska Nová Ves near Bratislava (originally Mátyás Knéfacz), died in Klingenbach. He wrote three books in Burgenland Croatian. Knéfacz, along with Lőrinc Bogovich, Jeremiás Sosterich and Godfried Palkovich played a role in the standardization of the Burgenland Croatian language in the 18th century. Works * Lapat evangeliumszki ''(Evangeliary),'' 1798 * Marianszko czvéche ''(Virgin's flower),'' 1803 * Vrata nebészka ''(Heavenly Gate),'' 1804 See also * Burgenland Croats Literature * Nikola Benčić: Književnost gradišćanskih Hrvata, Zagreb 1998. * Ludwig Kuzmich: Kulturhistorische Aspekte der burgenlandkroatischen Druckwerke bis 1921 mit einer primären Bibliographie, Eisenstadt 1992. * Paul Jos. Šafařík's Geschichte der südslawischen Literatur, Verlag von Frie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burgenland
Burgenland (; ; ; Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian: ''Burgnland''; Slovene language, Slovene: ''Gradiščanska''; ) is the easternmost and least populous Bundesland (Austria), state of Austria. It consists of two statutory city (Austria), statutory cities and seven rural districts, with a total of 171 municipalities. It is long from north to south but much narrower from west to east ( wide at Sieggraben). The region is part of the Centrope Project. The name of Burgenland was invented/coined in 1922, after its territories became part of Austria. The population of Burgenland as of 1 January 2024 is 301,951. Burgenland's capital is Eisenstadt. History The territory of present-day Burgenland was successively part of the Roman Empire, the Hun Empire, the Kingdom of the Ostrogoths, the Italy, Italian Kingdom of Odoacer, the Kingdom of the Lombards, the Avar Khaganate, the Frankish Empire, Dominion Aba belonging to the Aba (family); Aba – Koszegi, the Kingdom of Hungary, the Habsburg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eisenstadt-Umgebung
The Bezirk Eisenstadt-Umgebung (; ) is an administrative district (''Bezirk'') in the federal state of Burgenland, Austria. The area of the district is 455.5 km2, with a population of 44,787 (2024), and a population density of 99 persons per km2. The administrative center of the district is Eisenstadt (), itself a statutory city outside of the district. Administrative divisions The district consists of the below municipalities and towns. The populations are as of 11 May 2024: * Breitenbrunn (1,932) * Donnerskirchen (1,844) * Großhöflein (2,091) * Hornstein (3,270) * Klingenbach (1,280) * Leithaprodersdorf (1,217) * Loretto (516) * Mörbisch am See (2,218) * Müllendorf Müllendorf () is a town in the district of Eisenstadt-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Burgenland Burgenland (; ; ; Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian: ''Burgnland''; Slovene language, Slovene: ''Gradiščanska''; ) is the easternmost and le ... (1,469) * Neufeld an der Leitha (3,642) * Oggau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipality (Austria)
In the Republic of Austria, the municipality (, sometimes also ) is the administrative division encompassing a single village, town, or city. The municipality has municipal corporation, corporate status and local self-government on the basis of parliamentary democracy, parliamentary-style representative democracy: a municipal council () elected through a form of party-list proportional representation, party-list system enacts municipal laws, a municipal executive board () and a mayor (, grammatical gender, fem. ) appointed by the council are in charge of municipal administration. Austria is currently (January 1, 2020) partitioned into 2,095 municipalities, ranging in population from about fifty (the village of Gramais in Tyrol (state), Tyrol) to almost two million (the city of Vienna). There is no unincorporated area, unincorporated territory in Austria. Basics The existence of municipalities and their role as carriers of the right to self-administration are guaranteed by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ASKÖ Klimpuh
Asko or ASKO may refer to: * Asko (name), a male given name common in Finland and Estonia * Askø, a Danish island * Asko Cylinda or Asko Appliances AB, a Swedish company producing household appliances * AskoSchönberg, a Dutch chamber orchestra * ASKO Kara, a Togolese football club * ASKÖ Pasching, an Austrian football club * ASKÖ (Austria), Association for Sport and Physical Culture in Austria () * ASKO Norge AS, the wholesale branch of Norwegian grocery supplier NorgesGruppen NorgesGruppen ASA is a Norwegian grocery wholesaling group which also runs various retail outlets. With a 43,2 % market share in 2018, NorgesGruppen was the largest player in the Norwegian grocery retail market. The business dates back to 1866 w .... See also * Askos (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovakia
Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's mostly mountainous territory spans about , hosting a population exceeding 5.4 million. The capital and largest city is Bratislava, while the second largest city is Košice. The Slavs arrived in the territory of the present-day Slovakia in the 5th and 6th centuries. From the late 6th century, parts of modern Slovakia were incorporated into the Pannonian Avars, Avar Khaghanate. In the 7th century, the Slavs played a significant role in the creation of Samo's Empire. When the Avar Khaghanate dissolved in the 9th century, the Slavs established the Principality of Nitra before it was annexed by the Great Moravia, Principality of Moravia, which later became Great Moravia. When Great Moravia fell in the 10th century, the territory was integrated i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatia
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro to the southeast, and shares a maritime border with Italy to the west. Its capital and largest city, Zagreb, forms one of the country's Administrative divisions of Croatia, primary subdivisions, with Counties of Croatia, twenty counties. Other major urban centers include Split, Croatia, Split, Rijeka and Osijek. The country spans , and has a population of nearly 3.9 million. The Croats arrived in modern-day Croatia, then part of Illyria, Roman Illyria, in the late 6th century. By the 7th century, they had organized the territory into Duchy of Croatia, two duchies. Croatia was first internationally recognized as independent on 7 June 879 during the reign of Duke Branimir of Croatia, Branimir. Tomislav of Croatia, Tomis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovenia
Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, which is part of the Mediterranean Sea. Slovenia is mostly mountainous and forested, covers , and has a population of approximately 2.1 million people. Slovene language, Slovene is the official language. Slovenia has a predominantly temperate continental climate, with the exception of the Slovene Littoral and the Julian Alps. Ljubljana, the capital and List of cities and towns in Slovenia, largest city of Slovenia, is geographically situated near the centre of the country. Other larger urban centers are Maribor, Ptuj, Kranj, Celje, and Koper. Slovenia's territory has been part of many different states: the Byzantine Empire, the Carolingian Empire, the Holy Roman Empire, the Kingdom of Hungary, the Republic of Venice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carinthia
Carinthia ( ; ; ) is the southernmost and least densely populated States of Austria, Austrian state, in the Eastern Alps, and is noted for its mountains and lakes. The Lake Wolayer is a mountain lake on the Carinthian side of the Carnic Main Ridge, near the Plöcken Pass.The main language is Austrian German, with its non-standard dialects belonging to the Southern Bavarian group; Carinthian dialect group, Carinthian Slovene dialects, forms of a South Slavic languages, Slavic language that predominated in the southeastern part of the region up to the first half of the 20th century, are now spoken by Carinthian Slovenes, a small minority in the area. Carinthia's main Industry (economics), industries are tourism, electronics, engineering, forestry, and agriculture. Name The etymology of the name "Carinthia", similar to Carnia or Carniola, has not been conclusively established. The ''Ravenna Cosmography'' (about AD 700) referred to a Slavic settlement of the Eastern Alps, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klapa
Klapa music is a form of traditional a cappella singing with origins in Dalmatia, Croatia. The word ''klapa'' translates as "a group of friends" and traces its roots to littoral church singing. The motifs in general celebrate love, wine (grapes), country (homeland) and sea. Main elements of the music are harmony and melody, with rhythm very rarely being very important. In 2008, Croatian Ministry of Culture proclaimed it Croatian Intangible Cultural Heritage. In 2012 klapa was inscribed in UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Description A klapa group consists of a first tenor, a second tenor, a baritone, and a bass. It is possible to double all the voices apart from the first tenor. It is usually composed of up to a dozen male singers. In recent times, female vocal groups have been quite popular, but in general male and female groups do not mix. Although klapa is a cappella music, on occasion it is possible to add a gentle guitar and a mandolin (instrument similar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
