Seewalchen am Attersee

Seewalchen am Attersee (until January 1st, 1962 only Seewalchen ) is a market town in Upper Austria in the Vöcklabruck district in the Hausruckviertel with 5669 inhabitants (as of January 1st, 2020). The responsible judicial district is Vöcklabruck .

geography

Seewalchen am Attersee is 498 m above sea level. A. Höhe in the Hausruckviertel . The extension is from north to south 6.3 km, from west to east 6.6 km. The total area is 23.9 km². 12.1% of the area is forested, 58.2% of the area is used for agriculture.

Community structure

The municipality is divided into 18 localities (the number of inhabitants as of January 1, 2020 in brackets)

Ainwalchen (80)
Buchberg (124)
Gerlham (150)
Haidach (126)
Haining (144)
Kemating (147)
Kraims (270)
Litzlberg (266)
Moss (30)
Neissing (69)
Neubrunn (126)
Pettighofen (59)
Reichersberg (90)
Roitham (52)
Seewalchen am Attersee (2943)
Storage roof (34)
Steindorf (945)
Unterbuchberg (14)

coat of arms

Blazon : In green over three silver wavy strips, a golden, floating paw cross. The community colors are green-yellow-red.

The waves mark the location and thus also the epithet of the community. The curved cross, derived from the crux quadrata , is intended to indicate the early Christianization of the area and, like the waves, is taken from the seal of the abbot of Michaelbeuern Maurus Riha. It was designed by Gerhard Johann Zopf.

The award of the municipal coat of arms and approval of the municipal colors set by the municipal council on April 21, 1976 was approved by a resolution of the Upper Austrian provincial government on May 3, 1976. The 1977 elevation to the market community brought no change to the community coat of arms and the community colors.

history

Prehistory and pile dwellings

The first pile dwellings on Lake Attersee were built between 4,000 and 3,500 BC. On the entire lakeshore, including in Seewalchen, Litzlberg and Unterbuchberg, people used pile dwellings. The finds in the Attersee go back to the Neolithic and Bronze Ages .

Research on pile dwellings began in Upper Austria on August 25, 1870, when Gundaker Count Wurmbrand excavated the first pile dwellings in Seewalchen. They also sparked a real pile dwelling bug in Austria.

At the Attersee a great number of finds were recovered by the sand fisherman Theodor Wang while digging for sand, who was able to more than double his income by selling finds. Wang was born on October 15, 1870 in Vienna as Theodor Krobatschek and, like his siblings, was adopted on October 27, 1909 by the property owner Nikolaus Wang, who operated a steam saw in Seewalchen. He is considered to be the discoverer of several pile building stations on the Attersee - including Misling 1, Misling 2, Litzlberg. He sold the finds to the furniture manufacturer and owner of the Schneckenvilla in Seewalchen, the Natural History Museum in Vienna and, after the World War, also to the Heimathaus in Vöcklabruck.

His role and the role of other sand fishermen who were found hunters are very controversial due to the "brutal" recovery. They are therefore often referred to as “predatory fishermen”. However, it is undisputed that the recovery was “up to date” at the time and without this research would not have been possible for a long time.

Today, many stilt-dwelling villages submerged in water are endangered by construction, shipping and divers.

A special position - because it is unique in Austria - is the wetland settlement (that's what science calls pile dwellings) in the Gerlhamer Moor. This nature reserve, in the southwest of the municipality, is a listed building. Important finds from the moor are a bronze belt hook (natural history museum) and a long dagger blade made of bronze (Max Schmidt collection), which were found in 1904 while cutting peat. The peat cut was then owned by master brewer Paul Ellinger from Litzlberg.

On June 27, 2011, the UNESCO declared 111 pile dwellings around the Alps to be World Heritage. The Litzlberg Süd pile-dwelling station , one of the 3 world heritage sites on Lake Attersee and 5 in Austria, is represented in Seewalchen .

In 2005 a Celtic barrow from the Latène period (5th century BC) with interesting grave goods was opened in the forest between Seewalchen and Berg .

Roman times

Around 15 BC Seewalchen belonged to the Roman province of Noricum . The fact that - as claimed in older writings - the important transport link from Wels to Salzburg ran along the Attersee is probably not historically tenable, and the view that Seewalchen is located on the Roman Laciacis is also not scientifically proven, but far in the literature on Seewalchen spread. However, several finds indicate Roman settlement: a Roman inscription was found in Litzlberg Castle in 1916. A fragment of a Roman tombstone is walled into the north side (outer wall) of the parish church. The treasure found in 1950 during leveling work on the lake shore was unusually valuable: 100 silver dinars, several rings and bracelets; probably from the year 200 after Christ. The valuable finds are exhibited today in Heimathaus Vöcklabruck.

middle Ages

Most of the place names in the municipality of Seewalchen come from the Baiern , who immigrated to the area between 500 and 550 after the Romans withdrew in 488. The immigrating Baiern follow the Roman roads and meet Romanized locals. They called the places of the remaining population "walchen", as place names such as Seewalchen or Ainwalchen prove. This is how the name of the community came about: the place where the Walchen lived on the lake.

The Old High German phase extends from around 500 to 1100. Place names with the ending -ing (a little older) and -heim (a little younger) indicate this. However, there are also spurious -ing names. The real -ing names come from basic settlements from 600–800. In the expansion phase between 800 and 1000, home names in particular were productive.

The following place names were mentioned for the first time during the Christianisation period: Steindorf 750, Ainwalchen 807 and Kemating 822.

The Middle High German phase begins around 1000. The second expansion phase is characterized by -dorf-, -berg- and -bach names. The third phase of the expansion is characterized by -reit-, -schlag- and -eck names. However, the many clearings led to a drop in the groundwater level. -reit- and -öd names correspond to each other.

The Gothic parish church of St. James the Elder, built in the middle of the 15th century

Missionary work in the area began in Salzburg before the turn of the millennium. The Church of St. Jakobus in Seewalchen is likely to have already existed as the "original parish". In the Middle Ages, the connection to the Michaelbeuern monastery in Salzburg had a lasting effect . In 1135 Seewalchen was first mentioned in a document there. The current church was built between 1439 and 1476.

The Catholic parish church of Seewalchen refers to the time of Charlemagne . From the fact that the church is dedicated to St. James the Elder , researchers conclude that a church already existed in Roman times. In the Middle Ages, the surrounding areas were included in the church structure based on Seewalchen. Thus Seewalchen was a typical clearing parish, the parish of which encompassed the entire Attersee area up to the watershed to the Traunsee .

A large part of today's municipal area came into the possession of the Kremsmünster , Mondsee and Michaelbeuern monasteries through donations . Since 1135, when the church was incorporated into the Benedictine monastery and the name "Seewalchen" first appeared in a document, Seewalchen was closely connected to the monastery for 748 years. The close ties to the Michaelbeuern monastery only ended in 1983 when the parish was taken over by the Linz diocese.

Modern times

Since 1490 it has been assigned to the Principality of Austria ob der Enns .

During the Napoleonic Wars , the place was occupied several times. Since 1918 the place belongs to the federal state of Upper Austria .

After the annexation of Austria to the German Reich on March 13, 1938, the place belonged to the Gau Oberdonau . After 1945 the restoration of Upper Austria took place.

On May 9, 1977, the state government conferred market rights .

Population development

In 1991 the community had 4253 inhabitants according to the census, in 2001 then 4761 inhabitants; in 2005 the 5000th inhabitant was welcomed in Seewalchen. Seewalchen currently has 5669 inhabitants.

Community partnerships

The market town of Seewalchen am Attersee has a town partnership with the Bavarian town of Freyung in Germany.

politics

With the 2015 election, the Seewalchen municipal council with a total of 31 members has the following distribution: 13 ÖVP, 7 FPÖ, 7 SPÖ and 4 GRÜNE.

mayor

1997–2019 Johann Reiter (ÖVP)
since 2020 Gerald Egger (ÖVP)

In October 2019, the resignation of Johann Reiter on December 31, 2019 became known, and he presented Gerald Egger as his successor. Vice Mayor Claudia Haberl was in charge of official business until the election on January 21, 2020. In the course of the municipal council election on January 21, 2020, Gerald Egger was inaugurated as his successor.

Culture and sights

Litzlberg Castle, 2007

Catholic parish church

Catholic parish church Seewalchen am Attersee : The church was first mentioned in 1135.

Filialkirche Kemating: The late Gothic country church from the 15th century is dedicated to St. Consecrated to Michael . It is a bit out of the way from the village of Kemating on a small connecting road towards Steindorf. The church received a neo-Gothic altar in 1903 and in 1911 the baroque dome was replaced by a Gothic pyramid shape. In 1784, as part of the Josephine church reform, a separate parish was established, which only existed until 1791. Today there is no regular church operation.

Filialkirche Buchberg: Since 824 the Mondsee Monastery had large possessions around the village of Buchberg. Since the abbot of Mondsee had a summer residence in Buchberg , he may have arranged for St. To build a church consecrated to Stefan . The current baroque building was built around 1717.

Litzlberg Castle : The castle is located on a 6000 m² island in the Attersee and was originally owned by Mondsee. The current palace construction dates back to 1896. The Leitl family has owned the palace since 1974.

Viennese and Linz families settled between 1870 and 1900 along today's Attersee Straße.

House Gamerith: The Gamerith family had the first house with a flat roof built in Unterbuchberg in 1933/1934. The client Walter Gamerith was a painter and photographer. The famous “Haus am Attersee” brought the architect Ernst Anton Plischke together with the employment office in Liesing the great Austrian state prize in 1935 . The modern house takes little account of the architecture of the area. Rather, the sun, topography or view were taken into account. The roof overhang protects the windows from the summer midday sun, but allows full winter sun. In order to bring the outline of the house into harmony with the forest behind it, the outline of the house in wooden slats was erected on the spot during the design stage. The Gamerith house was renovated in 1968 by the owner Arno Figl in collaboration with the architect. It was listed as a historical monument in 1995 and is still a magnet for architecture students today.

Gustav Klimt theme trail: Gustav Klimt's discovery of the Attersee as a refuge for the summer resort began in the summer of 1900, almost 50 years after the first tourist impulses in this region. In search of quiet places for relaxation and artistic inspiration, he first found them on the north bank of the Attersee in Litzlberg near Seewalchen, from 1908 in Kammer and from 1914 in the south of the lake at the entrance to the Weißenbachtal. During a hike on the Gustav Klimt themed trail, which runs along the promenade in Kammer-Schörfling and Seewalchen, visitors get an overview of Klimt's life and work as well as the motifs of his work in the vicinity of his summer domiciles Villa Paulick and Villa Oleander on the north shore of Lake Attersee . Further information boards are located on the north bank in the area of Litzlberg. On the south bank, the themed trail continues selectively in Unterach, Steinbach and Weißenbach. The steles in the other communities provide in-depth information about Klimt's visits to the Attersee. The Gustav Klimt Center can be optimally supplemented with a boat trip on the Attersee: The popular combination ticket “Klimt Center & Schifffahrt Rundkurs Nord” is available both in the Klimt Center and on board the Attersee Schifffahrt , which allows visitors to learn more about Klimt's motifs from the lake side and deepen your knowledge of the world artist on the Attersee.

Natural monuments

The Gerlhamer Moor or "Gföhret" lies west of the local area of Seewalchen. It extends south of St. Georgner Bezirksstrasse. The closest settlements are Naißing, Ainwalchen and Gerlham. The exact geographic location is defined as 47 ° 15'10 "and 13 ° 33'30". The moor , lying in a depression between two young moraine walls , has an area of around 15 hectares. The moor of the type of a "flat moor" is located on a high terrace at 517 m above sea level and was created from the remains of post-glacial lakes. The name "Gföhret" indicates pine trees, but no pine trees grow here anymore. However, the earlier pine stocks were detected in a pollen analysis. Some ponds in the core area of the moor and the extensive lawns for swimming can be seen as an indication of the history of the formation of a post-glacial lake. These Sauerwiesen only have a thin layer of bog soil on top of waterproof clay and chalk deposits, they "swim" on the groundwater horizon (the soil rocks when jumping on it).

traffic

Seewalchen, which is located on the West A1 motorway, has a particularly long motorway exit and entrance with a length of up to 2.2 km thanks to serpentines to overcome the difference in altitude. This is where the Seewalchen motorway police station and a café are located. The road network includes municipal roads with a length of 100 km.

The Siebenmühlen-Rosenau train station of the Kammerer Bahn and a Lenzing AG wood storage area between the Kammerer Bahn and the left bank of the Ager are located in the municipality .

Since the presbytery and the parishioners questioned refused to allow the installation of a mobile radio system from A1 in the tower of the Evangelical Church of Grace Seewalchen-Rosenau, in June 2012 A1 submitted the erection of a 30 m high mast in the Pettighofen district.

The tourist association Attersee-Salzkammergut, Attersee operates the Seewalchen / Schörfling information office in Schörfling , Hauptstrasse 7 B / 2 , with the exception of winter .

Public facilities

Unofficial Seewalchner landmark: the diving platform of the lido

Seewalchen lido
Litzlberg outdoor swimming pool
28 public green spaces
Elementary school
Special education center
New middle school
Polytechnic school
State music school
Parish kindergarten
Kindergarten of the Protestant parish Lenzing-Kammer
Three public children's playgrounds
Three volunteer fire brigades (Seewalchen, Kemating, Steindorf)
Red Cross Office
Building yard
Waste material collection center
Composting plant
Seewalchen water cooperative
Steindorf Water Cooperative
Litzlberg water rescue

Personalities

Julius Arigi (1895–1981), famous fighter pilot of the First World War , who settled in Seewalchen after being expelled from the Sudetenland .
Karl Häupl (1893–1960), dentist and university professor, honorary citizen of Seewalchen
Elisabeth Maria Maurer (* 1914), writer
Theodor Wang (1870–1947), sand fisherman and pile construction pioneer
Claudia Hauschildt-Buschberger (* 1970), politician
Marcel Ziegl (* 1992), soccer player

literature

Rudolf Romankiewicz: Sea whales in old views. 1994, ISBN 90-288-5843-1 .
Franz Roither: Small monuments in Seewalchen am Attersee. 2006.
Franz Roither: Bocksleitner. Heimatbuch Seewalchen 1929. 2009.

Web links

Commons : Seewalchen am Attersee - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Map in the Digital Upper Austrian Room Information System ( DORIS )
Official website
41739 - Seewalchen am Attersee. Community data, Statistics Austria .
Further information about the municipality of Seewalchen am Attersee can be found on the geo-information system of the federal state of Upper Austria .

Individual evidence

↑ Changes to the community from 1945 (associations, partitions, name and status changes). Statistics Austria, p. 150 , accessed on February 6, 2019 .

↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )

↑ Changes to the community from 1945 (associations, partitions, name and status changes). Statistics Austria, p. 172 , accessed on February 6, 2019 .

↑ ^a ^b Gerald Egger new mayor. January 22, 2020, accessed January 22, 2020 .

↑ New mayor in Seewalchen: Johann Reiter hands over to Gerald Egger. October 29, 2019, accessed October 30, 2019 .

^ Change of mayor. October 15, 2019, accessed December 13, 2019 .

↑ http://www.atterwiki.at/index.php?title=Haus_Gamerith Haus Gamerith, Atter Wiki. Retrieved July 13, 2015.

↑ https://www.klimt-am-attersee.at/klimt-themenweg/allgemein

↑ https://www.klimt-am-attersee.at/info/vermittlung

↑ According to the negotiating paper (public) municipal council meeting of MG Seewalchen, February 14, 2013, p. 3f.

↑ http://attersee.salzkammergut.at/klimt/oesterreich/poi/102815/informationsbuero-seewalchenschoerfling.html Informationsbüro Seewalchen / Schörfling, Tourist Association Attersee-Salzkammergut, accessed December 27, 2015.

↑ Salzkammergut newspaper: Franziska Arigi celebrated 100th birthday in Seewalchen ( memento of the original from October 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Retrieved April 19, 2012 @1@ 2

[1] Changes to the community from 1945 (associations, partitions, name and status changes). Statistics Austria, p. 150 , accessed on February 6, 2019 .

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_AT_Ortschaft_QUELLE-2] Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )

[3] Changes to the community from 1945 (associations, partitions, name and status changes). Statistics Austria, p. 172 , accessed on February 6, 2019 .

[Gerald_Egger_neuer_Buergermeister-4] Gerald Egger new mayor. January 22, 2020, accessed January 22, 2020 .

[mb-a3712959-5] New mayor in Seewalchen: Johann Reiter hands over to Gerald Egger. October 29, 2019, accessed October 30, 2019 .

[6] Change of mayor. October 15, 2019, accessed December 13, 2019 .

[7] ttp://www.atterwiki.at/index.php?title=Haus_Gamerith Haus Gamerith, Atter Wiki. Retrieved July 13, 2015.

[8] ttps://www.klimt-am-attersee.at/klimt-themenweg/allgemein

[9] ttps://www.klimt-am-attersee.at/klimt-themenweg/allgemein

[10] ttps://www.klimt-am-attersee.at/info/vermittlung

[11] According to the negotiating paper (public) municipal council meeting of MG Seewalchen, February 14, 2013, p. 3f.

[12] ttp://attersee.salzkammergut.at/klimt/oesterreich/poi/102815/informationsbuero-seewalchenschoerfling.html Informationsbüro Seewalchen / Schörfling, Tourist Association Attersee-Salzkammergut, accessed December 27, 2015.