Seeham

Seeham is a municipality in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg in Austria with 1814 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013).

• 3.1 Municipal Council
• 3.2 Coat of Arms

Geography

The municipality is located in Flachgau the Salzburg region on the western shore of Lake Obertrum. Until the end of May 1923, the village belonged to the district court Mattsee, since June 1, 1923 she is part of the judicial district of Oberdorf.

Community structure

The municipality comprises the two villages (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):

• Matzing ( 599)
• Seeham ( 1186 )

The municipality comprises the cadastral Matzing and Seeham.

History

Seeham lies in the pre-Alpine hills on the western shore of Lake Obertrum. The place has been built on the alluvial fan of the Altbachs. The landscape owes the mighty river of ice that once pushed out from the mountains, its appeal. The three Trumer Lakes, then a single large lake, are now connected by channels yet.

Already people settled along the lake in prehistoric times on, lived on fishing, hunting and farming. Then let the Hallstatt graves close in Innerwall. For Christ's birth, the area around Seeham settled by the Romans. In Kirchstätt ( upper strand ) was found a " hypocaust " (heating plant) from the Roman period. In the 7th century, then the Bavarians settled, the Christianized this area too. (St. Rupert - patron saint of Salzburg). The Überfuhr of Seeham to Mattsee played a major role in the earliest times. Seeham never emerged specifically, his skill and his story was linked to Mattsee.

1384 and 1385 as "good at Indian Forest ( Innerwall ) and Aynolsdsfelden ( Vienna) on Haunsberg in Seehaimer - parish " was sold to the chapter on Mattsee. Here the name is Seeham (Home on the lake) first mentioned.

1398 came the Trumer Lakes area into the possession of the Archbishop of Salzburg. This broke on an economic and cultural growth of the area. The old documents about Seeham go back not too far. The start of school is expected to fall to the year 1688. The old school house stood near the church, but was completely destroyed by fire in 1842. From 1853 to 1967, the classes were held in Kramer Seppl House, 1967 was the construction of the new elementary school, one of the most urgent tasks of the municipality Seeham, completed. Curate Rohrmoser began in 1931 the construction of the church. The older parts date back to around 1400 and earlier. The old walls were on pilots who were rotten, walls and vaults already showed wide cracks.

The importance Seeham today lies in tourism. The first tourist influx is listed in the middle of the last century to the local blacksmith and " miracle doctor " David Black, whose " Anwendkuren " numerous healing seekers attracted. Seeham soon developed into a " summer resort ". The " German newspaper" writes on August 23, 1891: " The small town Seeham on Mattsee Kronlande in Salzburg, which annually hosts a chosen company of summer guests ..."

1927 bought by the tourist office of the Park - built a tennis court and a land bridge in the sequence. In 1954, the new bathhouse their determination is passed. In the years that large projects be tackled: Purchase of the Zacherl House ( parking is created ), the beginning of the construction of a boardwalk path and expansion of trails. Today Seeham can record 37,000 nights per season, which is due to an expanded range of beds ( private quarters ) and was achieved by boosting the off-season.

Policy

Municipal council

The municipal council of Seeham has 17 members and is composed as follows since the local council elections in 2009 together:

Directly elected mayor is Peter Altendorfer (ÖVP ).

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of the municipality is: "A divided shield, top in white a blue fish ( whitefish ), below in red on natural water a white, zweifenstriges boat house with red-white- red chevron as shared goal and yellow roof. "

Religion

The place Seeham is mentioned as a parish system already in 1135. Maybe at that time already a chapel existed. In the years 1310.1342 and 1385 is mentioned in the records of a church in Seeham. The old presbytery was built at that time. 1458 were consecrated altars in the church by Bishop Sigmund von Passau, the high altar in honor of St.. John the Baptist, a side altar in honor of St. Vitus and St.. Barbara. In those days the nave and the tower was built; the church door with the Gothic fittings or the baptismal font, the holy water bowl and a goblet date from this period. 1511 is a priest in Seeham, Georg Altherr of running, later, the worship of the gentlemen in Mattsee and 1600 was anxious to.

The parish registers begin in 1606. A clock in 1633 and in 1677 was placed in the tower. 1720 the tower was crowned with a helmet on the pattern of cathedral towers and the baptism of Christ carved for the high altar. The oldest bell bears the date 1786. 1837 came new side altars. The host family Hietel dedicated in 1847 a monstrance, chalice, measuring clothes etc. The church belongs to Seeham pins Mattsee, imported the same, and was until 1807 the Bishop of Passau, not that of Salzburg. In 1842 a great fire raged, which destroyed the inner village. The church was spared. At that time, the surrounding houses were built: Schmiedbauer, bakers, messengers Martin, also a school house and others. The priest lived until 1905 in the Öd on the Haunsberg in its economy. 1905 this was sold and built a parsonage under Pastor Adolf Rohrmoser in the village.

Culture and sights

• Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
• Cemetery chapel
• Municipal office Schmiedbauerngut Seeham
• There is the built in 1997 right next to the beach lake stage.

Traffic

In the village Fraham the Grabensee is an interchange station with the directions of the Postbuses Bern village near Salzburg, Mattsee and Obertrum.

Personalities

• Hans -Joachim Kulenkampff (1921-1998), German actor and television presenter who died in 1998 Seeham

Honorary Citizen of:

• Franz Calliari (1921-2007), longtime pastor of Seeham, previously editor of Rupert sheet and teacher and director at Borromäum
• MR Dr. Hans Bachinger, former parish doctor
• Andreas Walkner, former mayor
• Councilor Prof. Mag Matthias Hemetsberger, former mayor
• OSR Dir Hans Ziller, former VS- director