Description of the attraction
Unterach am Attersee is an Austrian village located in the southwestern part of the federal state of Upper Austria, on the southern shore of Lake Attersee. It is part of the Voecklabruck County.
The name comes from the Bavarian Untraha, which means "between the waters". This name was given to Unterach am Attersee due to its location between two lakes: Mondsee and Attersee. In addition, Unterach am Attersee is called "Little Venice" because of the large number of boats, wooden docks and some objects built on stilts.
Once, the village experienced a terrible plague epidemic, which claimed the lives of almost all residents. There is even a legend that only one man and one woman managed to survive, from which new local residents appeared.
In the first half of the 20th century, the railway connected Unterach with neighboring settlements, as well as passenger ships began to run on the Attersee and Mondsee lakes.
Today, Unterach am Attersee offers many ways to have a great time. The lake has beaches for summer recreation and swimming. For hikers and cyclists, there is a beautiful chestnut forest, which is the only one in the north of the Alps. The trees were planted in 1908 in honor of Emperor Franz Joseph.
The parish church of St. Bartholomew, built in the middle of the 15th century, also deserves the attention of tourists.
