Unterach am Attersee
| Unterach am Attersee | ||
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  Unterach am Attersee Location within Austria | ||
| Coordinates: 47°48′25″N 13°29′30″E / 47.80694°N 13.49167°ECoordinates: 47°48′25″N 13°29′30″E / 47.80694°N 13.49167°E | ||
| Country | Austria | |
| State | Upper Austria | |
| District | Vöcklabruck | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Georg Baumann (ÖVP) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 26.11 km2 (10.08 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 477 m (1,565 ft) | |
| Population (14 June 2016)[1] | ||
| • Total | 1,461 | |
| • Density | 56/km2 (140/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | |
| Postal code | 4866 | |
| Area code | 07665 | |
| Vehicle registration | VB | |
Unterach is a village in the Austria state of Upper Austria on the southern shore of lake Attersee in the centre of the Salzkammergut region.
The name derives from the Austro-Bavarian Untr|aha ~ between|waters based on the geographical location on the shore of lake Mondsee and lake Attersee.
Coat of arms
- In gold a blue diagonal bar, within is a silver fish, complemented by a red heart.
- Town colours: blue-yellow-red
The arms were granted on 1980-08-25 by the government of Upper Austria based on a resolution of the Town Council of 1979-11-09.
Gallery
Gustav Klimt: Church in Unterach am Attersee
Politics
- Mayor Georg Baumann, ÖVP
The town council consists of 19 members. The chair is taken by the mayor who has been elected directly since 1997. (Exception: E. Gnigler got appointed by the town council in 2007.) The 1 to 2 vice-chairs are elected by the town council; likewise the allocation of responsibilities is decided by the town council.
The town council, as of the latest election in 2009, is constituted as follows:
- ÖVP: 10 mandates
- SPÖ: 9 mandates
Historic election results.
Commerce
- Tourism
- Ebewe - Austrian pharma company and biggest employer in Unterach
- Hotel Seegasthof Stadler - Hotel and second biggest employer in Unterach
Town communities
- Au/See
- Ort am Mondsee
- See am Mondsee
- Au
- Unterach
- Mühlleiten
- Village Centre
- Buchenort
- Misling
- Stockwinkel
Neighbouring towns
Lakes
Personalities
- Viktor Kaplan
- Hugo Wolf
- Johannes Brahms
- Gottfried Keller
- Maria Jeritza
- Heinz Conrads
- Georg Danzer
- Gusti Wolf
- Johanna Matz
- Elisabeth Stiepl
- Karl Schwetter
- Alexander Jenner
- Franz Bauer-Teussl
- Heinrich Schiff
- Cardinal Christoph Schönborn
- Gloria Excelsias
References
- Alfred Mück, Franz Pölzleithner: Unterach am Attersee Chronik - Eigenverlag Gemeinde Unterach 1990
- Knoll, Mayr, Prix: Die elektrische Bahn Unterach-See - Verlag Johannes Heyn 1995, ISBN 3-85366-791-0
- Erich Weidinger: Sagen & Märchen vom Attersee - SECESSION LXXXXVIII 1989
- Gustav Klimt: Notizbuch Unterach am Attersee - Verlag Brandstätter 2001, ISBN 3-85447-980-8
- Thomas Bernhard: Die Mütze - 1966 (location), in Die Erzählungen - Suhrkamp 1979, ISBN 3-518-02142-7
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Unterach am Attersee. |
- Tourist board
- Unterach am Attersee at Curlie (based on DMOZ)
- Webcam