Unterach am Attersee

47°48′25″N 13°29′30″E / 47.80694°N 13.49167°E / 47.80694; 13.49167CountryAustriaStateUpper AustriaDistrictVöcklabruckGovernment • MayorGeorg Baumann (ÖVP)Area • Total26.03 km² (10.05 sq mi)Elevation477 m (1,565 ft)Population • Total1,448 • Density56/km² (140/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal codeArea code07665Vehicle registrationVB

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

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

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

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