Unterach am Attersee

Unterach am Attersee
Unterach am Attersee
Country	Austria
State	Upper Austria
District	Vöcklabruck
Mayor	Englbert Gnigler (SPÖ)
Area	26.02 km2 (10 sq mi)
Elevation	477 m  (1565 ft)
Population	1,430 (1 January 2011)
- Density	55 /km2 (142 /sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	VB
Postal code	4866
Area codes	0 76 65

Unterach is a village in Austria. It is located in the south western part 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

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  Unterach am Attersee, view to a street

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  Gustav Klimt: Church in Unterach am Attersee

Politics

• Mayor Engelbert Gnigler, SPÖ

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 counil 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

• Nußdorf am Attersee
• Oberwang
• Innerschwand
• Mondsee
• St. Gilgen
• Steinbach am Attersee

Lakes

• Attersee
• Mondsee
• Egelsee (Unterach)

Famous guests/residents

• 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

• Tourist board
• Unterach am Attersee at the Open Directory Project
• Webcam