Unterach is a village in the

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state of

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on the southern shore of lake Attersee in the centre of the

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region. The name derives from the

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''Untr, aha'' ~ ''between, waters'' based on the geographical location on the shore of lake Mondsee and lake Attersee.

Coat of arms

* In

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a blue diagonal bar, within is a

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, complemented by a red

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. * Town colours:

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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

Image:Gustav Klimt 028.jpg, Gustav Klimt: Church in Unterach am Attersee

Politics

* Mayor Georg Baumann, ÖVP 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 council 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:
ÖVP
10 mandates * SPÖ: 9 mandates Histori
election results

Town communities

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

Personalities

* Viktor Kaplan *

Hugo Wolf Hugo Philipp Jacob Wolf (; ; 13 March 1860 – 22 February 1903) was an Austrian composer, particularly noted for his art songs, or Lieder. He brought to this form a concentrated expressive intensity which was unique in late Romantic music, so ...

Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms (; ; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period (music), Romantic period. His music is noted for its rhythmic vitality and freer treatment of dissonance, oft ...

Gottfried Keller Gottfried Keller (19 July 1819 – 15 July 1890) was a Swiss poet and writer of German literature. Best known for his novel '' Green Henry'' (German: ''Der grüne Heinrich'') and his cycle of novellas called '' Seldwyla Folks'' (''Die Leute von Se ...

Maria Jeritza Maria Jeritza (born Marie Jedličková; 6 October 1887 – 10 July 1982) was a dramatic soprano, long associated with the Vienna State Opera (1912–1934 and 1950–1953) and the Metropolitan Opera (1921–1932 and 1951). Her rapid rise to fame, ...

* Heinz Conrads * Georg Danzer *

Gusti Wolf Gusti Wolf (11 April 1912 – 5 May 2007) was an Austrian stage, film, and television actress. Born in Vienna, Wolf was adopted by the painter, Felix Albrecht Harta who became her foster father. Wolf made her stage debut at the Burgtheater in ...

* Johanna Matz *

Elisabeth Stiepl Elisabeth Stiepl (27 February 1921 – 4 May 2007) was an Austrian film and television actress. As a character actress, she appeared in more than ninety film and TV productions during her career in small or supporting parts. Stiepl died in Neuleng ...

* Karl Schwetter * Alexander Jenner * Franz Bauer-Teussl *

Heinrich Schiff Heinrich Schiff (; 18 November 1951 – 23 December 2016) was an Austrian cellist and conductor. Early life Heinrich Schiff was born on 18 November 1951 in Gmunden, Austria. His parents, Helga (née Riemann) and Helmut Schiff, were composers. H ...

* Cardinal Christoph Schönborn * Gloria Excelsias

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, * ''Erich Weidinger:'' Sagen & Märchen vom Attersee - SECESSION LXXXXVIII 1989 * ''

Gustav Klimt Gustav Klimt (14 July 1862 – 6 February 1918) was an Austrian symbolist painter and a founding member of the Vienna Secession movement. His work helped define the Art Nouveau style in Europe. Klimt is known for his paintings, murals, sket ...

:'' Notizbuch Unterach am Attersee - Verlag Brandstätter 2001, * ''

Thomas Bernhard Nicolaas Thomas Bernhard (; 9 February 1931 – 12 February 1989) was an Austrian novelist, playwright, poet and polemicist who is considered one of the most important German-language authors of the postwar era. He explored themes of death, iso ...

:'' Die Mütze - 1966 (location), in Die Erzählungen - Suhrkamp 1979,

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