Steinbach am Attersee is a municipality of the

Vöcklabruck district Bezirk Vöcklabruck is a district of the state of Upper Austria in Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a feder ...

in the

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n state of

Upper Austria Upper Austria (german: Oberösterreich ; bar, Obaöstareich) is one of the nine states or of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, a ...

. It is situated in the Hausruckviertel region on the eastern banks of the Attersee (Lake Atter), part of the

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area.

History

Once a

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settlement area of the

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, the parish church of Steinbach was first mentioned in a 1276 deed, then part of the

Duchy of Austria The Duchy of Austria (german: Herzogtum Österreich) was a medieval principality of the Holy Roman Empire, established in 1156 by the ''Privilegium Minus'', when the Margraviate of Austria (''Ostarrîchi'') was detached from Bavaria and elevated ...

. The hard-to-reach settlement at the lake's steep shore remained a branch of the church of

Sankt Georgen im Attergau Sankt Georgen im Attergau (Central Bavarian: ''Sont Tiareng im Attogau'') is a municipality in the district of Vöcklabruck in the Austrian state of Upper Austria Upper Austria (german: Oberösterreich ; bar, Obaöstareich) is one of the nine ...

until 1781. The Late Gothic St Andrew's Church was erected from about 1410.

Attractions

In Steinbach the composing hut of Gustav Mahler can be seen.

Gustav Mahler Gustav Mahler (; 7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911) was an Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer he acted as a bridge between the 19th-century Austro-German tradition and the modernism ...

composed here two symphonies and a dozen of songs.Georg Föttinger
Composing hut of Gustav Mahler Steinbach
Mahler Steinbach

Population

Politics

Seats in the municipal assembly ''(Gemeinderat)'' as of 2015 elections: * Austrian People's Party (ÖVP): 8 *

Social Democratic Party of Austria The Social Democratic Party of Austria (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs , SPÖ), founded and known as the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria (german: link=no, Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei Österreichs, SDAPÖ) unti ...

(SPÖ): 3 *

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(Grüne): 2

Personalities

*From 1893 to 1896

, then

kapellmeister (, also , ) from German ''Kapelle'' (chapel) and ''Meister'' (master)'','' literally "master of the chapel choir" designates the leader of an ensemble of musicians. Originally used to refer to somebody in charge of music in a chapel, the term ha ...

at the

Hamburg State Opera The Hamburg State Opera (in German: Staatsoper Hamburg) is a German opera company based in Hamburg. Its theatre is near the square of Gänsemarkt. Since 2015, the current ''Intendant'' of the company is Georges Delnon, and the current ''General ...

, stayed in Steinbach several times. It was in a small cabin near the shore of the Attersee, where he wrote parts of his Symphony No. 2 and the whole No. 3. *The stamp collector

Philipp von Ferrary Philip Ferrari de La Renotière (January 11, 1850 – May 20, 1917) was a noted French-born stamp collector, assembling probably the most complete worldwide collection that ever existed, or is likely to exist. Amongst his extremely rare stamps ...

acquired a villa in Steinbach in 1890. He is buried at the churchyard. *The pianist

Friedrich Gulda Friedrich Gulda (16 May 1930 – 27 January 2000) was an Austrian pianist and composer who worked in both the classical and jazz fields. Biography Early life and career Born in Vienna the son of a teacher, Gulda began learning to play the piano ...

had a residence in the small village of ''Weißenbach'', where he died on January 27, 2000. *The painter,

Gustav Klimt Gustav Klimt (July 14, 1862 – February 6, 1918) was an Austrian symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement. Klimt is noted for his paintings, murals, sketches, and other objets d'art. Klimt's prim ...

stayed in Schloss Kammer on the Attersee.

References

Cities and towns in Vöcklabruck District {{UpperAustria-geo-stub