Mondsee (town)

For the lake, see Mondsee (lake).

Coordinates: 47°51′24″N 13°21′06″E / 47.85667°N 13.35167°E / 47.85667; 13.35167

Mondsee
Mondsee
Country	Austria
State	Upper Austria
District	Vöcklabruck
Mayor	Otto Mierl (ÖVP)
Area	16.62 km2 (6 sq mi)
Elevation	493 m  (1618 ft)
Population	3,256 (1 January 2011)[1]
- Density	196 /km² (507 /sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	VB
Postal code	5310
Area code	06232

Mondsee is an Austrian town in the Vöcklabruck district in Upper Austria located on the shore of the lake Mondsee. The length from north to south is 9.5 km, and width from east to west is 7.7 km. The cloister church was used for the site of the wedding in The Sound of Music.

Collegiate Church at Mondsee, site of filming in the Sound of Music

World heritage site

It is home to one or more prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements that are part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps UNESCO World Heritage Site.^[2]

Neighbouring communities

• Unterach am Attersee
• Tiefgraben
• Innerschwand
• Sankt Lorenz

See also

SKGLB-Museum

References

1. ^ Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahres- und Quartalsanfang, 2011-01-01.
2. ^ UNESCO World Heritage Site - Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps

External links

• Tourist Information of Mondsee and area (German)
• Mondseeland (German)
• Mondsee at the Open Directory Project (German)
• DORIS-Map (German)
• Platform for the touristic theme and culture in Mondsee (German)