Schützen am Gebirge

Schützen am Gebirge
Municipality
Municipal office
Coat of arms
Schützen am Gebirge Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°51′N 16°37′E
Country	Austria
State	Burgenland
District	Eisenstadt-Umgebung
Government
• Mayor	Roman Zehetbauer (ÖVP)
Area [1]
• Total	21.2 km^2 (8.2 sq mi)
Elevation	130 m (430 ft)
Population  (2018-01-01)[2]
• Total	1,392
• Density	66/km^2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	7081
Website	www.schuetzen-am-gebirge.at

Schützen am Gebirge (Hungarian: Sérc, Croatian: Česno) is a municipality in the Eisenstadt-Umgebung district in the Austrian state of Burgenland.

History

The first written mention of Schützen am Gebirge was in 1211.

Name

Gebirge means 'mountain range'. Schützen is a German plural noun for marksmen. The verb schützen is not related to this noun, but to schutz, meaning 'to guard' or 'to protect'.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	1,260	—
1880	1,225	−2.8%
1890	1,335	+9.0%
1900	1,386	+3.8%
1910	1,304	−5.9%
1923	1,325	+1.6%
1934	1,437	+8.5%
1939	1,677	+16.7%
1951	1,321	−21.2%
1961	1,291	−2.3%
1971	1,276	−1.2%
1981	1,316	+3.1%
1991	1,347	+2.4%
2001	1,360	+1.0%
2011	1,427	+4.9%
2021	1,417	−0.7%

References

1. "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
2. "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.