Mogersdorf

Mogersdorf
Coat of arms of Mogersdorf Coat of arms
Mogersdorf Location within Austria
Coordinates:
Country	Austria
State	Burgenland
District	Jennersdorf
Government
• Mayor	Walter Dolmanits
Area
• Total	12.8 km2 (4.9 sq mi)
Elevation	228 m (748 ft)
Population (1 January 2014)
• Total	1,155
• Density	90/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	8382
Website	www.mogersdorf.at

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

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%

References

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

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The monument of the casualty Turks in Mogersdorf