Unterach am Attersee

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

 * In gold a blue diagonal bar, within is a silver fish, complemented 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.

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

Historic 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
 * 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
 * Gloria Excelsias