Clinch over naming

Nameless streets have divided the community for a year

Street names yes or no? People in Hackerberg are very divided on this question.

(Bild: Weber Franz)

For over a year now, there has been a dispute in Hackerberg in Burgenland as to whether the streets should be given names. A tangle of signature lists, referendums and plebiscites.

With just over 370 inhabitants, the small community of Hackerberg in the district of Güssing is a prime example of the tranquillity of southern Burgenland. The location is quiet and the houses are scattered around. As there are so few of them, the buildings only have numbers in the order in which they were built. There are no names for the streets here. And the tranquillity of the small village ends when it comes to street names. It all started in January last year.