Attersee am Attersee is a village on the western shore of
Attersee lake in the
Austria
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n state of
Upper Austria
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.
Geography
The village center lies between the lake and the slopes of the Buchberg (888 m or 2913 feet, "Beech Mountain") and is the location of a
Baroque
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pilgrimage church. There are views across the lake and up to the Höllengebirge ("Mountains of Hell").
Populated places
The municipality of Attersee am Attersee consists of the following
cadastral communities: Abtsdorf and Attersee; while further subdivided into nine populated places (with population in brackets as of 1 January 2022).
* ''Abtsdorf'' (351)
* Altenberg (73)
* Attersee (393)
* Aufham (81)
* Breitenröth (69)
* Mühlbach (160)
* Neuhofen (179)
* Oberbach (61)
* Palmsdorf (267)
Transport
A
light railway
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connects the village with the main Westbahn railway line between
Linz
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and
Salzburg
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. The village is a centre for sailing on the Attersee, with a shipyard and an important yacht club (the Union Yachtclub Attersee) which organizes international sailing competitions.
As Attersee am Attersee mainly depends on the tourist industry it can be very busy during the summer months but has a quieter ambiance during the winter.
A village festival is held annually, when local people come together to celebrate and play music.
UNESCO World Heritage Site
The village is home to prehistoric
pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements
that are part of the
Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps UNESCO World Heritage Site
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.
[UNESCO World Heritage Site - Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps]
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References
Cities and towns in Vöcklabruck District
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