Seekirchen am Wallersee

Seekirchen am Wallersee
Coat of arms
Seekirchen am Wallersee Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°54′00″N 13°08′00″E / 47.90000°N 13.13333°E / 47.90000; 13.13333Coordinates: 47°54′00″N 13°08′00″E / 47.90000°N 13.13333°E / 47.90000; 13.13333
Country	Austria
State	Salzburg
District	Salzburg-Umgebung
Government
• Mayor	Monika Schwaiger (ÖVP)
Area
• Total	50.27 km2 (19.41 sq mi)
Elevation	512 m (1,680 ft)
Population (1 January 2016)[1]
• Total	10,521
• Density	210/km2 (540/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	5201
Area code	06212
Vehicle registration	SL
Website	www.seekirchen.at

Seekirchen am Wallersee (simply known as Seekirchen) is a town in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg in Austria.

History

The territory was settled 5,000 years ago and is the oldest Austrian settlement that still exists today. Today it has more than 10,000 inhabitants (from that point its officially called a "city").

Geography

Seekirchen is part of the legal district Neumarkt bei Salzburg. It borders on the neighboring towns of Anthering, Elixhausen, Eugendorf, Hallwang, Henndorf am Wallersee, Köstendorf, Mattsee, Obertrum am See and Schleedorf.

The Austrian land register subdivides Seekirchen into districts, some of which are cadastral municipalities:

Transportation

The city is 15 km distanced from Salzburg and is served by a railway line (2nd station "Seekirchen-Süd" planned in 2030) also included in the Salzburg S-Bahn

See also

• Wallersee
• Salzburgerland
• Salzkammergut

Sons and daughters

• Andreas Ibertsberger (born 1982), football player
• Thomas Winklhofer (born 1970), football player and UEFA Cup finalist

Connected to the town

• Robert Ibertsberger (born 1977 in Neumarkt), football player; grew up in Seekirchen
• Manfred Pamminger (born 1977 in Salzburg), footballer; grew up in Seekirchen

References

External links

Media related to Seekirchen at Wikimedia Commons