Mattsee

Mattsee
Municipality
View from the lake: castle and church
Coat of arms
Mattsee Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°58′00″N 13°05′00″E
Country	Austria
State	Salzburg
District	Salzburg-Umgebung
Government
• Mayor	Michael Schwarzmayr (SPÖ)
Area
• Total	24.59 km2 (9.49 sq mi)
Elevation	505 m (1,657 ft)
Population  (2018-01-01)
• Total	3,263
• Density	132.7/km2 (343.7/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	5163
Area code	06217
Vehicle registration	SL
Website	www.mattsee.at

Mattsee is a market town at the eponymous lake in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Salzburg.

History

Mattsee in 1905

In ca. 765, Duke Tassilo III of Bavaria established the Mattsee Benedictine Abbey, which became a part of the Diocese of Passau in 993 and was transformed into a college of canons. The Bishops of Passau had the Mattsee Castle built in the 12th century.

Under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Salzburg, the college has existed since 1807. The abbey church, a Gothic building, has a Baroque equipment and a prominent 60m/197 ft high steeple added in 1766. Adjacent is a museum showing paintings of Johann Michael Rottmayr, an astronomical clock, and an 860 grant deed by King Louis the German.

Lake

The lake's water has a reputation of being of excellent quality, being fed by underground springs.

Cultural places

The fahr(T)raum museum exhibits the car collection of Ernst Piëch, grandson of Ferdinand Porsche.

Notable people

• Anton Diabelli, composer, born in Mattsee on September 6, 1781, died on April 8, 1858, in Vienna
• Dorothea Seyss-Inquart, daughter of Arthur Seyss-Inquart (born 7 May 1928, still alive as of 2008, living in Mattsee, Upper Austria ).

Twin town

• Bühl (Germany, since 1972)