Lockenhaus

Lockenhaus
Coat of arms
Lockenhaus Location within Austria
Coordinates:
Country	Austria
State	Burgenland
District	Oberpullendorf
Government
• Mayor	Mag. (FH) Christian Vlasich
Area
• Total	5,839 km2 (2,254 sq mi)
Elevation	336 m (1,102 ft)
Population (1 January 2014)
• Total	2,014
• Density	0.34/km2 (0.89/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	7442
Website	www.lockenhaus.at

Lockenhaus (Hungarian Léka; Croatian Livka) is a town in the district of Oberpullendorf in the Austrian state of Burgenland. The town is well known for the annual Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival founded by violinist Gidon Kremer.

History

The town was (like the whole Burgenland until 1920/21) part of Hungary since the foundation of the kingdom in the year 1000. Since 1898 the name Léka had to be used because of the Magyarization by the government in Budapest. After WWI "Deutsch-Westungarn" (the Burgenland) became part of Austria when the Treaty of Trianon deprived Hungary of about 70% of the territory which it had held for more than nine centuries.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1869	2,645	—
1880	2,701	+2.1%
1890	2,493	−7.7%
1900	2,482	−0.4%
1910	2,484	+0.1%
1923	2,447	−1.5%
1934	2,357	−3.7%
1939	2,342	−0.6%
1951	2,370	+1.2%
1961	2,292	−3.3%
1971	2,136	−6.8%
1981	2,114	−1.0%
1991	2,047	−3.2%
2001	2,001	−2.2%
2011	1,985	−0.8%

Sights

• Burg Lockenhaus
• Church of St. Nikolaus, Lockenhaus
• Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival

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