Edelstal
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| Edelstal | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Austria |
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| State | Burgenland |
| District | Neusiedl am See |
| Mayor | Anton Moritz |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 5.9 km² (2.3 sq mi) |
| Population | 600 (09/06/2008) |
| - Density | 102 /km² (263 /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Postal code | 2413 |
| Website | www.gemeinde-edelstal.at |
Edelstal is a township in the district of Neusiedl am See, in Burgenland, Austria, with 607 inhabitants. The Hungarian name for the town is Nemesvölgy.
There was a 9th century Avar settlement on its borders, it is near the Roman fortress Carnuntum.
The town was destroyed in 1529 and 1683 by the Turks.
In 1785 the List family moved from here to Kittsee (Köpcsény), Adam Liszt (the composer's father) was born here. In 1910 it had 759 inhabitants the majority of whom were ethnic Germans. Before the Treaty of Trianon it was in the Rajka district (hung:jaras) of Moson county (comitatus) in the Kingdom of Hungary.
It has a Roman Catholic church dating from 1740 dedicated to Saint Stephen The mineral water from the nearby Römerquelle springs has been bottled since 1890
[edit] Politics
The township's mayor is Anton Moritz of the Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs (SPÖ), the vice-mayor is Gerald Handig of the Österreichische Volkspartei (ÖVP) and the chief civil servant is Ulrike Ingrid Handig.
In the local council of thirteen seats, the SPÖ holds seven seats, the ÖVP five, and the Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs (FPÖ) one.
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