Unterach am Attersee
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.
Town communities
- Au/See
- Ort am Mondsee
- See am Mondsee
- Au
- Unterach
- Mühlleiten
- Village Centre
- Buchenort
- Misling
- Stockwinkel
Neighbouring towns
Lakes
- Attersee
- Mondsee
- Egelsee (Unterach)
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
- Tourist board
- Unterach am Attersee at Curlie
- Webcam
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- Ampflwang im Hausruckwald
- Attersee am Attersee
- Attnang-Puchheim
- Atzbach
- Aurach am Hongar
- Berg im Attergau
- Desselbrunn
- Fornach
- Frankenburg am Hausruck
- Frankenmarkt
- Gampern
- Innerschwand am Mondsee
- Lenzing
- Manning
- Mondsee
- Neukirchen an der Vöckla
- Niederthalheim
- Nußdorf am Attersee
- Oberhofen am Irrsee
- Oberndorf bei Schwanenstadt
- Oberwang
- Ottnang am Hausruck
- Pfaffing
- Pilsbach
- Pitzenberg
- Pöndorf
- Puchkirchen am Trattberg
- Pühret
- Redleiten
- Redlham
- Regau
- Rüstorf
- Rutzenham
- Sankt Georgen im Attergau
- Sankt Lorenz
- Schlatt
- Schörfling am Attersee
- Schwanenstadt
- Seewalchen am Attersee
- Steinbach am Attersee
- Straß im Attergau
- Tiefgraben
- Timelkam
- Ungenach
- Unterach am Attersee
- Vöcklabruck
- Vöcklamarkt
- Weißenkirchen im Attergau
- Weyregg am Attersee
- Wolfsegg am Hausruck
- Zell am Moos
- Zell am Pettenfirst