Unterach am Attersee

Unterach is a municipality with 1444 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the southwestern part of Upper Austria in the district of Vöcklabruck. It lies at the southern end of Lake Attersee in the Salzkammergut ( Judicial District Mondsee ).

Geography

Districts

  • Au / lake Place at the Mondsee
  • Lake Mondsee
  • Au
  • Mühlleiten
  • Unterach, center
  • Misling
  • Stockwinkel

Neighboring communities

Name Origin and Coat of Arms

The place name derives from the Bavarian Untraha " intermediate water " due to the location of Mondsee and Attersee.

Blazon of the municipal coat of arms: In a blue oblique gold bar is a silver fish, accompanied top of a red heart. The municipality colors are blue, yellow, red

Presentation of the municipality coat of arms and approving the tariffs adopted by the City Council on November 9, 1979 by resolution of the municipal colors Upper Austrian Provincial Government dated 25 August 1980.

Coat of arms of the family of the Lasser to Lasseregg and Unterach related Salzburg Old family after a glass window and grave stone in the parish church Unterach. The fish also emphasizes the location of the village on the lake and is reminiscent of the fisheries as formerly profitable source of livelihood of the residents. The emblem has been used in similar form in the interwar period without official approval in the community temple and on letterheads.

Design of the arms: Herbert Erich Baumert, Linz

History

  • Stilt House: The municipality remains one originating from the younger Stone Age and Bronze Age lake-dwelling of the Austroalpine pile building culture were found.
  • Domination in the Middle Ages was here which belongs to the reign Kogl Office Unterach. The Vischmaister - whose name refers to the importance of fishing - were the lords of Unterach in the late Middle Ages. They were followed by the originator of Lasseregg, and from the noble seat of this family developed in the course of the 16th and 17th centuries Private small area of ​​domination. Built around 1560, the castle was greatly changed by alterations in the early 20th century
  • Plague: the plague raged am Attersee to tradition so strong that no one was spared from it. All people around the Attersee had died, only the Faschinger was still alive. He was on his solitude quite desperate. As he lit a fire and looked out whether his character would be seen. And in fact, it has been noticed, and on the other side of the lake, in the area of Weyregg, a column of smoke rose. He quickly pushed his boat into the water to get to the other side. But in the middle of the lake came to meet him another boat. Inside was a woman who was left alone in Weyregg spared from the plague. And from that pair to the inhabitants descend around the Attersee. The Faschinger and Weyreggerin now had to bury all the dead. The place where this supposedly happened is, still misery. This was because: the work of burying was so terrible that one exclaimed: "Is that a misery ".
  • Little Venice: Attersee was formerly reached by carriages and horses hardly. Therefore, because of the built on stilts bank building and because of the numerous boats it was called Little Venice.
  • Tram / ​​local railway Unterach Lake: In the first half of the 20th century, the Electric Railway Association Unterach Lake Mondsee ( Stern & Hafferl ) vessel traffic of Attersee and Mondsee.

Policy

The mayor, Engelbert Gnigler, represents the SPÖ.

The council consists of 19 members. It is chaired by the mayor, who is directly elected by the population since 1997. (Exception: Order of the Mayor in 2007 by the local council. ) The 1-2 Deputy Mayors are elected by the Council, with the division of responsibilities is determined by the municipal council.

The council is made up as follows (as of 2009):

  • ÖVP: 10 seats
  • SPÖ: 9 mandates

Economy

  • EBEWE Pharma - pharmaceutical companies and the largest employer in Unterach
  • Tourism

Culture and sights

  • Parish church ( with an altarpiece of St. Bartholomew Altomonte )
  • Viktor Kaplan 2 -Lakes Theme
  • Chestnut forest ( anomaly north of the Alps )
  • Raised bog Egelsee
  • Waldlehrpfad
  • Fairytale Forest

Events

  • Glöcklerlauf ( January 5 )
  • Div. Balls ( ball season )
  • Rags over the F.F. Buchenort (Rose Monday)
  • Under Acher Cultural Summer (various dates)
  • Maypole Set ( April 30 )
  • Car-free cycling adventure day Attersee ( usually May)
  • Mountain mass on the iron Auer Alm ( Whit Monday )
  • Village Festival (June)
  • Craft market (July)
  • Lake Festival with fireworks (usually the 2nd Saturday of August)
  • Kirtag ( Sunday after Bartholomew, usually the last Sunday in August)
  • Wanna Rock
  • Maroni hard (usually by the Austrian National Holiday)
  • Christmas market in the main square ( early December )

Famous guests / residents

  • Johanna Matz
  • Elisabeth Stiepl
  • Karl Schwetter
  • Alexander Jenner
  • Franz Bauer- Theussl
  • Heinrich Schiff
  • Christoph Cardinal Schönborn
  • Franz Tewele

Panoramic image

St. Gilgen Mondsee (town) Oberwang Innerschwand Steinbach am Attersee Salzburg-Umgebung District Mondsee (lake) Thomas Bernhard Attnang-Puchheim Aurach am Hongar Berg im Attergau Desselbrunn Fornach Frankenburg am Hausruck Frankenmarkt Gampern Lenzing Niederthalheim Oberhofen am Irrsee Oberndorf bei Schwanenstadt Pilsbach Pitzenberg Redleiten Redlham Regau Rutzenham Schwanenstadt Seewalchen am Attersee Tiefgraben Timelkam Ungenach Wolfsegg am Hausruck Zell am Moos Zell am Pettenfirst
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