Obertrum am See is a market town in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of

Salzburg Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian) is the List of cities and towns in Austria, fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a population of 156,872. The town is on the site of the ...

in Austria. It had a population of 4,639 as of January 1, 2014.

Geography

The town is located roughly 15 km north of

in the

Flachgau The Bezirk Salzburg-Umgebung (German, "surrounding area of Salzburg") is an administrative district (''Bezirk'') in the federal state of Salzburg, Austria, and congruent with the Flachgau region (), except for the Statutarstadt of Salzburg, whic ...

at the southern end of the Obertrumer See. The lake, together with

Mattsee Mattsee is a market town at the eponymous lake in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Salzburg. History About 765 Duke Tassilo III of Bavaria established the Mattsee Benedictine Abbey, which became a part of the Diocese of ...

Wallersee Der Wallersee is a lake in the Austrian state of Salzburg northeast of the city oft Salzburg in Salzburg-Umgebung District. Around the lake there is a hiking path of about length; at its southern part, it confluences with the famous Camino de San ...

and Grabensee, forms the

Salzburg lake district Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label=Austro-Bavarian) is the fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a population of 156,872. The town is on the site of the Roman settlement of ''Iuvavum''. Salzburg was founded ...

, a touristic area. Obertrum is surrounded by Haunsberg on the east side and the Buchberg on the west side.

History

Obertrum am See was first mentioned in 1143 as "Druma", which is a rough equivalent of "south end of the sea". This comes from the fact that the three lakes nearby were connected in the past. Until 1398 the bishopric of

Passau Passau (; bar, label=Central Bavarian, Båssa) is a city in Lower Bavaria, Germany, also known as the Dreiflüssestadt ("City of Three Rivers") as the river Danube is joined by the Inn from the south and the Ilz from the north. Passau's popu ...

had control over the region near

, which included Obertrum. From this time on it was part of the

Archbishopric of Salzburg The Prince-Archbishopric of Salzburg (german: Fürsterzbistum Salzburg; Erzstift Salzburg; Erzbistum Salzburg) was an ecclesiastical principality and state of the Holy Roman Empire. It comprised the secular territory ruled by the archbishops of ...

, within which it became part of Austria in 1805.

Population

References

Cities and towns in Salzburg-Umgebung District {{Salzburg-geo-stub