Unterach

Unterach am Attersee

Unterach am Attersee

Place in Upper Austria, Austria


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.

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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

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.

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


Personalities


References

  1. "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  • 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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