Unterach is a village in the Austria state of Upper Austria on the southern shore of lake Attersee in the centre of the Salzkammergut region.
Klimt-Bust in Unterach by Ukrainian artist Valentin Znoba
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Gustav Klimt and Unterach am Attersee
"...Only a person who is a friend of solitude and knows how to do without society can live here in contentment...", is how the news paper report described Unterach in 1812. The situation was to change considerably around 1840 when the local inkeeper Anton Hollweger developed tourism on the Attersee. At that time travelers still mostly arrived at the lake through Weissenbach valley from Bad Ischl and would travel by ferry across the lake to Unterach. In the years that followed , numerous villas were built and Unterach became a place where personalities from art, literature and science congregated.
Attersee Lake, marina in Uterach
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The painter Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) visited Unterach especially during his last summers at the lake, when he stayed at Weissenbach am Attersee, as is documented by numerous postcards.
Church in Unterach on the Attersee by Gustav Klimt
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He immortalized the village in his famous views of houses, painted from the opposite side of the lake with the help of a telescope. Perhaps a summer trip to Lake Guarda in 1913 inspired him to compose similar motifs on the Attersee.
The world's first bronze of the master created by the sculptor Valentin Znoba (1929-2006)is displayed on Gustav Klimt - Platz in Unterach.
Houses in Unterach on Lake Attersee by Gustav Klimt
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The name of Untarach derives from the Austro-Bavarian Untr|aha ~ between|waters based on the geographical location on the shore of lake Mondsee and lake Attersee.
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Klimt-Bust in Unterach by Ukrainian artist Valentin Znoba
"...Only a person who is a friend of solitude and knows how to do without society can live here in contentment...", is how the news paper report described Unterach in 1812. The situation was to change considerably around 1840 when the local inkeeper Anton Hollweger developed tourism on the Attersee. At that time travelers still mostly arrived at the lake through Weissenbach valley from Bad Ischl and would travel by ferry across the lake to Unterach. In the years that followed , numerous villas were built and Unterach became a place where personalities from art, literature and science congregated.
Attersee Lake, marina in Uterach
Church in Unterach on the Attersee by Gustav Klimt
The world's first bronze of the master created by the sculptor Valentin Znoba (1929-2006)is displayed on Gustav Klimt - Platz in Unterach.
Houses in Unterach on Lake Attersee by Gustav Klimt
The name of Untarach derives from the Austro-Bavarian Untr|aha ~ between|waters based on the geographical location on the shore of lake Mondsee and lake Attersee.
Coat of arms: In gold a blue diagonal bar, within is a silver fish, complemented by a red heart. Town colours: blue-yellow-red.
Unterach am Attersee:
Elevation 477 m
Population ca 1.500
Judith's motif by Klimt in the window in Unterach
Source: The information board, Klimt-Platz in Unterach