Seekirchen am Wallersee

Seekirchen am Wallersee
Seekirchen am Wallersee
	Coat of arms
	Seekirchen am Wallersee Location within Austria
	Coordinates: 47°54′00″N 13°08′00″E
Country	Austria
State	Salzburg
District	Salzburg-Umgebung
Government
• Mayor	Monika Schwaiger (ÖVP)
Area [1]
• Total	50.28 km2 (19.41 sq mi)
Elevation	512 m (1,680 ft)
Population (2018-01-01)[2]
• Total	10,764
• Density	210/km2 (550/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	5201
Area code	06212
Vehicle registration	SL
Website	www.seekirchen.at

Seekirchen am Wallersee (simply known as Seekirchen) is a town in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg in Austria.

History

The territory was settled 5,000 years ago and is the oldest Austrian settlement that still exists today. Today it has more than 10,000 inhabitants (from that point its officially called a "city").

Geography

Seekirchen is part of the legal district Neumarkt bei Salzburg. It borders on the neighboring towns of Anthering, Elixhausen, Eugendorf, Hallwang, Henndorf am Wallersee, Köstendorf, Mattsee, Obertrum am See and Schleedorf.

The Austrian land register subdivides Seekirchen into districts, some of which are cadastral municipalities:

Bayerham
Brunn
Fischtaging
Halberstätten
Huttich
Kothgumprechting
Kraiham
Mayerlehen

Marschalln (cadastral municipality)
Mödlham (cadastral municipality)
Ried
Schmieding
Schmiedkeller
Schöngumprechting
Seekirchen Land (cadastral municipality)

Seekirchen Markt (cadastral municipality)
Seewalchen (cadastral municipality)
Waldprechting (cadastral municipality)
Wies
Wimm
Wimmsiedlung
Zaisberg

Transportation

The city is 15 km distanced from Salzburg and is served by a railway line (2nd station "Seekirchen-Süd" planned in 2030) also included in the Salzburg S-Bahn

Sons and daughters

Andreas Ibertsberger (born 1982), football player
Thomas Winklhofer (born 1970), football player and UEFA Cup finalist

Connected to the town

Robert Ibertsberger (born 1977 in Neumarkt), football player; grew up in Seekirchen
Manfred Pamminger (born 1977 in Salzburg), footballer; grew up in Seekirchen

References

"Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
"Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.

External links

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[wikidata-f3373d889b3e667af72d1979ec2c3615f4e35537-v3-1] "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.

[wikidata-e49e74cba12ebc857db3ff1e3141c6ab850aaa31-v3-2] "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.