Mogersdorf | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Austria Burgenland#Austria |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 270 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Austria |
Coordinates: | 46.95°N 30°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Austria |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Burgenland |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Jennersdorf |
Parts Style: | para |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Josef Korpitsch |
Elevation M: | 228 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 8382 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Website: | www.mogersdorf.at |
Mogersdorf (hu|Nagyfalva, sl|Modinci)[1] is a town in the district of Jennersdorf in the Austrian state of Burgenland.
Cadastral communities are Deutsch Minihof, Mogersdorf and Wallendorf.[2]
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.