Mogersdorf

Mogersdorf
Main square with Saint Joseph's Church
Coat of arms
Location within Jennersdorf district
Mogersdorf Location within Austria Mogersdorf Mogersdorf (Austria)
Coordinates: 46°57′N 16°14′E
Country	Austria
State	Burgenland
District	Jennersdorf
Government
• Mayor	Josef Korpitsch (ÖVP)
Area
• Total	12.77 km2 (4.93 sq mi)
Elevation	228 m (748 ft)
Population  (2018-01-01)
• Total	1,164
• Density	91/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	8382
Website	www.mogersdorf.at

Mogersdorf (Hungarian: Nagyfalva, Slovene: Modinci) is a town in the district of Jennersdorf in the Austrian state of Burgenland.

Geography

Cadastral communities are Deutsch Minihof, Mogersdorf and Wallendorf.

History

Mogersdorf has a famous place in Austrian history because it was here that Raimondo Montecuccoli annihilated a 60,000/90,000-strong army of the Ottoman Empire in 1664 upon its attempt to cross the Raab River westwards towards Styria. This Battle of Mogersdorf (also known as the First Battle of St. Gotthard) was commemorated by a chapel on the nearby Schlößlberg hill. Having fallen into disrepair, it was replaced by a new building, with an unadorned but huge Christian cross at its side, in 1964.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	1,638	—
1880	1,864	+13.8%
1890	2,182	+17.1%
1900	2,265	+3.8%
1910	2,235	−1.3%
1923	2,058	−7.9%
1934	1,930	−6.2%
1939	1,830	−5.2%
1951	1,699	−7.2%
1961	1,577	−7.2%
1971	1,454	−7.8%
1981	1,317	−9.4%
1991	1,264	−4.0%
2001	1,213	−4.0%
2011	1,146	−5.5%
2017	1,187	+3.6%

References

Stonecross of Schösslberg, over Mogersdorf; monument of the Battle of Saint Gotthard (1664).

The monument of the casualty Turks in Mogersdorf