Raiding (Hungarian Doborján, Croatian Rajnof) is a market town in the Oberpullendorf district in Burgenland in Austria. The community is located on the Raidingbach in Central Burgenland.
Before the birth of Christ, the area was part of the
Celtic Kingdom of Noricum and belonged to the surroundings of the
Celtic hill settlement Burg on the Schwarzenbacher Burgberg. Later
under the Romans, today's raiding was then in the province of
Pannonia.
Raiding was first mentioned in a document as
Dobornya in 1425. The place belonged, like the whole of Burgenland,
to Hungary (German-West Hungary) until 1920/21. Since 1898 the
Hungarian toponym Doborján had to be used due to the Hungarian
government's policy of Hungarianization. After the end of the First
World War, after tough negotiations, German-West Hungary was awarded
to Austria in the Treaties of St. Germain and Trianon in 1919.
Raiding has belonged to the newly founded federal state of
Burgenland since 1921.
On January 1st, 1971, Raiding was
united with Lackendorf and Unterfrauenhaid to form the new
“Municipality of Raiding-Unterfrauenhaid” within the framework of
the “Municipal Structure Improvement Act” by a resolution of the
Burgenland provincial government. This large community was dissolved
again by ordinance of September 6, 1989 on January 1, 1990, whereby
Raiding - like Lackendorf and Unterfrauenhaid - again became an
independent community following the boundaries of the cadastral
community.
The municipality of Raiding has had the right to
use the designation “market municipality” since August 1st, 1990.
Parish Church Raiding: The Roman Catholic parish church
has a nave from 1927 and an older church tower.
Franz Liszt
Birthplace: A museum about the composer's life has been set up in
the birthplace of Franz Liszt since 1951.
Franz Liszt
Konzerthaus: The concert hall was built in 2006 according to plans
by the Dutch architecture firm Atelier Kempe Thill in the immediate
vicinity of the house where Franz Liszt was born. The concert hall
has around 590 seats. The focus of the program is the piano and
chamber music by Franz Liszt.
Stork house: The Japanese architect
Terunobu Fujimori built the so-called stork house in Raiding. The
guest house was built as part of a cultural exchange program between
Japan and Austria and was completed on October 27, 2012.
The 1975
film Totstellen by Axel Corti is set in parts in Raiding.
Regular events
Experimental inns: Since 2010, the art and
architecture initiative Raiding Project has been building
experimental inns by well-known Japanese architects in the
community. The activities are accompanied by a top-class artistic
supporting program.
Liszt Festival Raiding: Since the opening of
the Franz Liszt Concert Hall in 2006, the Liszt Festival Raiding has
been held annually on four dates, depending on the four seasons, on
3 to 4 days each. There are concerts every year on different topics.
In 2020 the event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.