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Abersee until the end of 1979 under the name Zinkenbach, is a town in the northeast of the Austrian state of Salzburg and is located in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung. It is part of the city on Lake Wolfgang communities Sankt Gilgen and Strobl and is part of the Salzkammergut region. In addition to agriculture, tourism is economically important. The place is also known for the former is moved there zinc Malerkolonie.

  • 4.1 Attractions
  • 4.2 associations
  • 4.3 Regular events

Geography

Naming

The name Abersee goes back to the early Middle Ages and is already documented 788 first documented as " Abriani lacus " as a designation for the Wolfgangsee. The name has subsequently transferred to the entire region of Lake Wolfgang. Even today, the Wolfgangsee is sometimes referred to as " Abersee ", and a local history museum in Strobl named Aberseer home house, which lies not in place Abersee. For this, the name Zinkenbach was used until the end of 1979, a transmission from the same stream that flows down from the south-west to High tines ( 1764 m above sea level. A. ). At the beginning of 1980, the town was renamed in Abersee.

The name Abersee is used in the Wolfgangsee also for the entire settlement area along the Zinkenbach of Abersee to its mouth, and consequently for a distance of about 2.3 km, which includes the local situation long streets and the location of Reith.

Location

Abersee is located on the southern shore of Lake Wolfgang, on a flat alluvial fan of the zinc stream that runs through the town and forms the border between the municipalities of St. Gilgen and Strobl. The smaller portion in the south to the southeast of the settlement area is located in the municipality of Strobl. At the height of the Wolfgangsee Abersee has its narrowest point. The south side of the town is limited by the Nordostabdachung the Osterhorngruppe, namely the width Berg ( 1260 m47.71527777777813.3886111111111260 ), a foothill of the Konigsberg horn.

The northern, belonging to St. Gilgen part of Abersee located in the cadastral and village with the same Gschwand, the southern minor part in the belonging to Strobl cadastral and also homonymous locality Gschwendt. Neighboring locations are:

History

1874 room school was founded in Zinkenbach who visited at the beginning of about 50 students. As a teaching facility and classroom functioned at the beginning of the dance hall in the local mill. Only a year later, a newly built school building was opened.

Between 1927 and 1938 several Austrian artists, mainly from Vienna such as Ludwig Heinrich Jungnickel, Franz von Zülow, Josef Dobrowsky, Georg Ehrlich and Leo Delitz settled in Abersee, still called at that time " Zinkenbach " to. Today, the museum zinc Malerkolonie recalls this time.

A post office was set up in 1956 and 1986 inaugurated a newly built Catholic Church.

Leftmost away: Almkogelgruppe · links Schafsberg floor: Falkensteiner wall ( 795 m), wooded cleaning Spitz ( 1460 m) and walls of hell house (1415 m), obliquely below Hochwänd, behind Schafbergalm ( ascent route of Sheep Mountain Railway ) · middle left: Sheep Mountain peaks with Hotel ( 1782 m) and ridge to the spinner ( 1725 m), Törlspitz ( 1589 m), forested with rocky peaks facing stone ( 1450 m), Käferwandl (1320 m) · middle right: high valley of the Black Sea, Bürgl ( 745 m) at the eastern end of Lake Wolfgang on Strobl, behind Zimnitz / Leonberg: pyramidal Scheiblingkirchen mountain ( 1428 m), Leonberg ( 1745 m), Mitter tines ( 1702 m ), garden forks ( 1557 m) · right away: Höllengebirge with High scrap (1839 m) · far right: Osterhorngruppe, Northern Slope: feet of Sparber and Rettenkogel and hangover mountains with Katrin ( 1544 m) and Hainzen ( 1639 m)

Traffic

On the road from Salzburg to Bad Ischl, today's Wolfgangsee Strasse ( B158 ), which passes through the city today, it was in the 19th century at the bridge over the Zinkenbach a tollbooth. From 1893 until its setting in 1957 was in Abersee links to the Salzkammergut Local Railway. Today, the site is accessible by post bus. A 1.5 km long access road to Reith performs at the Wolfgang lake shore.

Cultural and Social Affairs

Attractions

  • Museum zinc Malerkolonie
  • The exhibition building Blue Dome is a building with 1000 m² exhibition area and 2500 m² of attached garden and deals with the phenomenon of water in interactive and informative exhibits. End of October 2007 had to cease operations due to lack of visitor interest and bankruptcy, which opened in June 2006 Water Adventure World. Now the plant Abarena calls (formed from Abersee and Arena) and is meant for special exhibitions. Currently, a Dinosauriaausstellung is shown, outdoors approximately 50 life-size animal models are seen.

Clubs

Of the numerous clubs and organizations of St. Gilgen following as the actual Aberseer groupings are:

  • Abersee Perchten
  • The whales (leisure club )
  • Home association D' Aberseea
  • Youth Choir Abersee
  • Museum Association zinc Malerkolonie
  • Pillory Protect Abersee
  • St. Konrad Choir Abersee
  • Theater group Abersee
  • USC Abersee (sports club)
  • Wassergenossenschaft Abersee

Regular events

  • Abersee Perchten Show
  • Aberseeer Tent Festival ( annually in late July )
  • Aberseeer summer festival

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Eisl Josef (* 1964), politician
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