Unterach am Attersee

Infobox Ort in Österreich
Art = Gemeinde
Name = Unterach am Attersee
Wappen = Wappen at unterach am attersee.jpg
lat_deg = 47 | lat_min = 48 | lat_sec = 25
lon_deg = 13 | lon_min = 29 | lon_sec = 30
Bundesland = Oberösterreich
Bezirk = Vöcklabruck
Höhe = 477
Fläche = 26.02
Einwohner = 1529
Stand = 2005-12-31
PLZ = 4866
Vorwahl = 0 76 65
Kfz = VB
Gemeindekennziffer = 4 17 45
NUTS = AT315
Straße = Hauptstraße 9
Website =
Bürgermeister = Englbert Gnigler
Partei = SPÖ
Gemeinderatanzahl = 19
Gemeinderat = 9 ÖVP, 9 SPÖ, 1 FPÖ
Wahljahr = 2003

Unterach is a village in Austria. It is located in the south western part of Upper Austria, on the southern shore of lake Attersee, in the centre of the Salzkammergut region.

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, complimented 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.

Images

Politics

* Mayor Engelbert Gnigler, SPÖ (not publicly elected but chosen by the town council)

The town council consists of 19 members. The chair is taken by the mayor who has been elected directly since 1997. 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 2003, is constituted as follows:
* [http://www.oevp-unterach.at/ ÖVP] : 9 mandates
* SPÖ: 9 mandates
* FPÖ: 1 mandate

SPÖ and FPÖ have formed a de-facto coalition. Secured with some gifts to the FPÖ mandate, like vice-mayor or some (not so clear) community investments on the FPÖ mandate's own land.

Historic [http://www2.land-oberoesterreich.gv.at/statwahlen/StartWahlen_OOE_Gemeinde.jsp?Gemname=Unterach%20am%20Attersee&GemNr=41745&Bezname=V%F6cklabruck&kat=GEM&txtRegionVar=41745&Gemeindeauswahl=ja election results] .

Commerce

* [http://www.unterach.at/ Tourism]
* [http://www.ebewe.com/ Ebewe] - Austrian pharma company and biggest employer in Unterach

Town communities

* Au/See
** Ort am Mondsee
** See am Mondsee
** Audn
* 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)

Famous guests/residents

* 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

References

* "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

External links

* [http://www.unterach.at/ Tourist board]
* [http://dmoz.org/World/Deutsch/Regional/Europa/Österreich/Oberösterreich/Bezirke/Vöcklabruck/Städte_und_Gemeinden/Unterach_am_Attersee/ Open Directory]
* [http://www.unterach.com/ Webcam]