# Lockenhaus

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"Léka" redirects here. For other uses, see [Leka (disambiguation)](/source/Leka_(disambiguation)).

**Lockenhaus** (Hungarian: *Léka*; Croatian: *Livka*) is a town in the district of [Oberpullendorf](/source/Oberpullendorf_(district)) in the [Austrian](/source/Austria) state of [Burgenland](/source/Burgenland). The town is well known for the annual [Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival](/source/Lockenhaus_Chamber_Music_Festival) founded by violinist [Gidon Kremer](/source/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. After World War I "Deutsch-Westungarn" (the Burgenland) became part of Austria when the [Treaty of Trianon](/source/Treaty_of_Trianon) deprived Hungary of about 70% of the territory which it had held for more than nine centuries.

The actor [Ludwig Stossel](/source/Ludwig_Stossel) was born in Lockenhaus in 1883 and after emigrating to America appeared in a number of Hollywood films including [Casablanca](/source/Casablanca_(film)). Members of the Stossel family were part of a Jewish community in the village which existed until 1938. A memorial to those members of the Jewish community in Lockenhaus who were murdered in the Holocaust was unveiled in 2008.[1]

## 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](/source/Burg_Lockenhaus)
- [Church of St. Nikolaus, Lockenhaus](/source/Church_of_St._Nikolaus,_Lockenhaus)
- [Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival](/source/Lockenhaus_Chamber_Music_Festival)

## References

1. ["Shalom Lockenhaus - 2008.2018"](https://shalom-lockenhaus.at/mahnmal). *shalom-lockenhaus.at*. Retrieved 2020-11-11.

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