Mogersdorf has a famous place in Austrian history because it was here that
Raimondo Montecuccoli annihilated a 60,000/90,000-strong army of the
Ottoman Empire in 1664 upon its attempt to cross the
Raab River westwards towards Styria. This Battle of Mogersdorf (also known as the
First Battle of St. Gotthard) was commemorated by a chapel on the nearby Schlößlberg hill. Having fallen into disrepair, it was replaced by a new building, with an unadorned but huge
Christian cross at its side, in 1964. ==Population==