Country Austria District Vöcklabruck Vehicle registration VB Elevation 496 m Population 1,572 (1 Apr 2009) Postal code 4864 | State Upper Austria Time zone CET (UTC+1) Website www.attersee.ooe.gv.at Area 15 km² Local time Wednesday 7:46 AM Area code 07666 | |
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Attersee is a village on the western shore of Attersee lake in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.
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Map of 4864 Attersee, Austria
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 pilgrimage church. There are views across the lake and up to the Höllengebirge ("Mountains of Hell").
Transport
A light railway connects the village with the main Westbahn railway line between Linz and Salzburg. 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 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.