!!!Mattersburg

Mattersburg, Burgenland, town in the district of Mattersburg, alt. 
258 m, pop. 5,776, area 28.20 km%%sup 2/%, situated on the 
bank of the River Wulka, in the eastern foothills of the 
Rosaliengebirge Mountains.- District commission, district court, 
employment services, district office of agriculture, Economic Chamber, 
local health and social insurance agency, episcopal seminary, 
day-centre for handicapped persons, counselling centre run by the 
psychosocial service, counselling service for women, sports hall, 
Bundesgymnasium and Bundesrealgymnasium secondary schools, 
Handelsakademie (commercial academy), cultural centre including an 
adult education centre as well as a small library in which literary 
readings take place; in 1991 66 % of a total of 2,505 employed 
persons worked in the service sector, especially in retail stores 
(clothing stores, food shops), as well as in personal, social and 
public services. Trade and industry: canning industry, concrete works, 
tile production, construction industry plus construction-related 
trades. - First documented mention as "villa Martini" in 1202, later 
on referred to as Mattersdorf. Before Mattersburg was integrated into 
Austrian territory in 1921, it had belonged to Hungary. In 1924 the 
settlement was given the name of Mattersburg; granted town charter in 
1926. - Parish church (fortified church built between the 14%%sup th/% 
 and the 15%%sup th/%  centuries) with a Neo-Gothic high altar and a 
Baroque interior; formerly residence of the Counts of Mattersburg, 
whose estate was completely destroyed in 1294. Thus, the counts had 
the Castle of  Forchtenstein, Burgenland erected. The red eagle, which 
was depicted on the coats of arms of the Mattersdorf-Forchtenstein 
Family, is now to be found on the provincial flag of Burgenland. 
Plague Column set up in 1714.

!Literature
D. Pados, Studien zur Ortsgeschichte von Mattersburg, 
doctoral thesis, Vienna, 1963; H. Paul (ed), 50 Jahre Stadtgemeinde 
Mattersburg, 1976; Oesterr. Staedtebuch, vol. II, Burgenland, 1970.


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