Unterach am Attersee

Unterach am Attersee

Coat of arms
Unterach am Attersee

Location within Austria

Coordinates: 47°48′25″N 13°29′30″E / 47.80694°N 13.49167°E / 47.80694; 13.49167Coordinates: 47°48′25″N 13°29′30″E / 47.80694°N 13.49167°E / 47.80694; 13.49167
Country Austria
State Upper Austria
District Vöcklabruck
Government
 • Mayor Englbert Gnigler (SPÖ)
Area
 • Total 26.11 km2 (10.08 sq mi)
Elevation 477 m (1,565 ft)
Population (1 January 2014)[1]
 • Total 1,445
 • Density 55/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 4866
Area code 07665
Vehicle registration VB

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.

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

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

Politics

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 counil 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:

Historic election results.

Commerce

Town communities

Neighbouring towns

Lakes


Personalities

References

  1. ↑ Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahres- und Quartalsanfang, 2014-01-01.

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