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.

Unterach am Attersee
Municipality
Coat of arms
Unterach am Attersee Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°48′25″N 13°29′30″E
Country	Austria
State	Upper Austria
District	Vöcklabruck
Government
• Mayor	Georg Baumann (ÖVP)
Area [1]
• Total	26.03 km2 (10.05 sq mi)
Elevation	477 m (1,565 ft)
Population  (2018-01-01)[2]
• Total	1,448
• Density	56/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	4866
Area code	07665
Vehicle registration	VB

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