!!!Wulkaprodersdorf

Wulkaprodersdorf/Vulkaprodrs<hatschek>tof, Burgenland, municipality in 
the district of Eisenstadt Umgebung, alt. 171 m, pop. 1,875, area 
12.23 %%sup 2/%, on the River Wulka to the south of Eisenstadt. 
Predominantly Croatian-speaking population (around 52%, 974 people). - 
Railway works agency of the railway line Raab-Oedenburg-Ebenfurth, 
which also serves Sopron in Hungary; transport industry (private 
railway line, forwarding agents), trade. - Prehistoric finds; after 
Turkish destruction in 1529 and 1531, re-settled by Croats; 
early-Baroque parish church (first documented mention 1337, 
consecrated in 1642), tower (1801) as part of fortifications; Lady 
Chapel (1779); Cholera chapel (1831); Trinity column (1725).


%%language
[Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Wulkaprodersdorf|class='wikipage austrian']
%%

[{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}]
[{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]