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Badersdorf
Village of 320 residents in the Oberwart district.

A linear village, settled as early as the 9th century (Hallstadt period), it has 16 Hallstadt grave sites nearby. Mentioned in 1221 as Poszicz (ad viam, quai duct in Poszicz), it was named Potho in 1244, Villa(dorf) Poschen. It was in the possession of Csemer family until the 15th century, when in 1455 it fell to Andreas Baumkirchener and to the Batthyany in 1540. German inhabitants called it Pottersdorf in 1532 and Podersdorf in 1750.It was in the parish of Hannersdorf until 1797, then the parish of Kirchfidish. There were 512 inhabitants in 1863, down to 400 in 1945. A chapel was erected in 1807 and an Amerika Cross (1906) is a memorial to Amerika Emigration. A field cross (1859) commemorates the cholera epidemics. The Pinka River is nearby.

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