Mondsee (town)

For the lake, see Mondsee (lake).

Mondsee
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Coat of arms of Mondsee Coat of arms
Mondsee Location within Austria
Coordinates:
Country	Austria
State	Upper Austria
District	Vöcklabruck
Government
• Mayor	Otto Mierl (ÖVP)
Area
• Total	16.62 km2 (6.42 sq mi)
Elevation	493 m (1,617 ft)
Population (1 January 2014)
• Total	3,406
• Density	200/km2 (530/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	5310
Area code	06232
Vehicle registration	VB

Mondsee is a town in the Vöcklabruck district in the Austrian state of Upper Austria located on the shore of the lake Mondsee. The town is home to the historic medieval Mondsee Abbey. The cloister church was used for the site of the wedding in The Sound of Music.

UNESCO 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.

Neighbouring municipalities

• Unterach am Attersee
• Tiefgraben
• Innerschwand
• Sankt Lorenz

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1991	2,600	—
2001	3,207	+23.3%

See also

SKGLB-Museum

Gallery

• Mondsee, de Pfarrkirche foto2 2011-07-29 15.11.jpg

  St Michael Basilica (formerly Collegiate Church) at Mondsee, site of the wedding scene in the The Sound of Music

• Mondsee, straatzicht1 foto1 2011-07-29 15.05.jpg

  Street view

• Mondsee Golf Club.JPG

  Mondsee Golf Club

External links

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