Steinbach am Attersee

Steinbach am Attersee
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Coat of arms of Steinbach am Attersee Coat of arms
Steinbach am Attersee Location within Austria
Coordinates:
Country	Austria
State	Upper Austria
District	Vöcklabruck
Government
• Mayor	Nicole Eder (ÖVP)
Area
• Total	62 km2 (24 sq mi)
Elevation	509 m (1,670 ft)
Population (1 January 2014)
• Total	851
• Density	14/km2 (36/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	4853
Area code	07663
Vehicle registration	VB
Website	www.steinbach-attersee.at

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.

Gustav Mahler's cabin

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.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1991	1,002	—
2001	913	−8.9%
2011	842	−7.8%

Politics

Seats in the municipal assembly (Gemeinderat) as of 2003 elections:

• Austrian People's Party (ÖVP): 6
• Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ): 4
• Other: 3

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 Symphonies 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.