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Raiding (Hungarian: Doborján) is a small Austrian market town in the District of Oberpullendorf, Burgenland. It is the birthplace of Franz Liszt. This is an alphabetical list of countries of the world, including independent states (both those that are internationally recognised and generally unrecognised), inhabited dependent territories and areas of special sovereignty. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Burgenland (Hungarian Várvidék, Őrvidék or FelsÅ‘Å‘rvidék, Croatian Gradišće, Slovenian Gradiščansko) is the easternmost and least populous state or Land of Austria. ... Austria is divided into 84 political districts (Bezirke). ... The Bezirk Oberpullendorf is an administrative district (Bezirk) in the federal state of Burgenland, Austria. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... The or meter (see spelling differences) is a measure of length. ... See Cartesian coordinate system or Coordinates (elementary mathematics) for a more elementary introduction to this topic. ... . ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... A website (alternatively, Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on a Web server, usually accessible via the Internet or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML, that is almost always accessible via HTTP, a... The market town is a medieval phenomenon. ... The Bezirk Oberpullendorf is an administrative district (Bezirk) in the federal state of Burgenland, Austria. ... Burgenland (Hungarian Várvidék, Őrvidék or FelsÅ‘Å‘rvidék, Croatian Gradišće, Slovenian Gradiščansko) is the easternmost and least populous state or Land of Austria. ... Portrait by Henri Lehmann, 1839 Franz Liszt (Hungarian: Liszt Ferenc; pronounced , in English: list) (October 22, 1811 – July 31, 1886) was a Hungarian [1] virtuoso pianist and composer of the Romantic period. ...

Geography

The municipality lies on Raiding Creek in Middle Burgenland; Raiding is the only borough in the municipality.

History

Raiding was first documented in 1425 as Dobornya. Events Foundation of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Births John II, Duke of Lorraine (died 1470) Edmund Sutton, English nobleman (died 1483) Deaths January 18 - Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (born 1391) March 17 - Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (born 1407) May 24 - Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of...

Like the rest of Burgenland, Raiding belonged to Hungary until 1920/21 After the end of the First World War, Western Hungary was given to Austria with the Treaties of St. Germain and Trianon; there it formed the new province of Burgenland. 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... The Treaty of Saint-Germain, was signed on 10 September 1919 by the victorious Allies of World War I on the one hand and by the new republic of Austria on the other. ... The negotiations on June 4, 1920. ...

In 1971, Raiding was merged with Unterfrauenhaid and Lackendorf into a larger municipality, which was later dissolved. Raiding has been a market town since 1990. 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ... Unterfrauenhaid is a town in the district of Oberpullendorf in Burgenland in Austria. ... Lackendorf is a town in the district of Oberpullendorf in Burgenland in Austria. ... MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ...

Politics

The municipal council has 15 seats with party mandates as follows: SPÖ 9, ÖVP 6, FPÖ 0, Grüne 0 , and other lists 0. The Austrian Freedom Party (Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs, abbreviated to FPÖ) is an Austrian political party usually associated with the name of Jörg Haider. ... The Austrian Green Party (de: Die Grünen - Die Grüne Alternative, or Die Grünen) is a political party in the Austrian parliament. ...

Culture and Landmarks

• The Liszt Museum (in the house where he was born)

Business and Infrastructure

Vinticulture is the main business in Raiding. Other industries there include metal construction and soda water production.

People

• Paul Iby, Bishop of Eisenstadt
• Franz Liszt, Composer and Musician

Coordinates: 47°34′N, 16°31′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...