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Steinbach am Attersee

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Country
  
Austria

District
  
Vöcklabruck

Vehicle registration
  
VB

Area
  
62 km²

Local time
  
Monday 9:04 AM

Area code
  
07663

State
  
Upper Austria

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Elevation
  
509 m

Population
  
856 (1 Apr 2009)

Postal code
  
4853

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Website
  
www.steinbach-attersee.at

Weather
  
3°C, Wind NE at 6 km/h, 66% Humidity

Steinbach am Attersee is a municipality of the Vöcklabruck district in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. It is situated in the Hausruckviertel region on the eastern banks of the Attersee (Lake Atter), part of the Salzkammergut area.

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Map of 4853 Steinbach am Attersee, Austria

Once a Celtic settlement area of the Hallstatt culture, the parish church of Steinbach was first mentioned in a 1276 deed, then part of the Duchy of Austria. The hard-to-reach settlement at the lake's steep shore remained a branch of the church of Sankt Georgen im Attergau until 1781. The Late Gothic St Andrew's Church was erected from about 1410.

Politics

Seats in the municipal assembly (Gemeinderat) as of 2015 elections:

  • Austrian People's Party (ÖVP): 8
  • Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ): 3
  • The Greens – The Green Alternative (Grüne): 2

    • Personalities

  • From 1893 to 1896 Gustav Mahler, then kapellmeister at the Hamburg State Opera, stayed in Steinbach several times. It was in a small cabin near the shore of the Attersee, where he wrote parts of his Symphony No. 2 and the whole No. 3.
  • The stamp collector Philipp von Ferrary acquired a villa in Steinbach in 1890. He is buried at the churchyard.
  • The pianist Friedrich Gulda had a residence in the small village of Weißenbach, where he died on January 27, 2000.
  • The painter, Gustav Klimt stayed in Schloss Kammer on the Attersee.

    • References

    Steinbach am Attersee Wikipedia
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