Country Austria District Salzburg-Umgebung Vehicle registration SL Elevation 505 m Local time Wednesday 2:04 PM Postal code 5163 | State Salzburg Time zone CET (UTC+1) Website www.mattsee.at Area 24.6 km² Population 3,044 (1 Apr 2009) Area code 06217 | |
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Weather 12°C, Wind W at 11 km/h, 54% Humidity | ||
Mattsee is a market town at the eponymous lake in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Salzburg.
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Map of 5163 Mattsee, Austria
History
About 765 Duke Tassilo III of Bavaria established the Mattsee Benedictine Abbey, that became a part of the Diocese of Passau in 993 and was transformed into a college of canons. The Bishops of Passau had the Mattsee Castle built in the 12th century.
Under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Salzburg since 1807, the college still exists today. The abbey church, a Gothic building, has a rich Baroque equipment and a prominent 60m/197 ft high steeple added in 1766. Adjacent is a museum showing paintings of Johann Michael Rottmayr, an astronomical clock and an 860 grant deed by King Louis the German.
Notable people
Twin town
References
Mattsee Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA