Attersee is a village located at the western shore of lake Attersee

Attersee

- Places :* Attersee , a lake in Austria* Attersee , a town near that lake...

 in Upper Austria

Upper Austria

Upper Austria is one of the nine states or Bundesländer of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders on Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as on the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, and Salzburg...

, Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

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The village center lies between the lake and the slopes of the Buchberg (888 m, 'Beech-mountain') and is the location of a Baroque pilgrimage

Pilgrimage

A pilgrimage is a journey or search of great moral or spiritual significance. Typically, it is a journey to a shrine or other location of importance to a person's beliefs and faith...

 church from which marvelous views across the lake and up to the "Höllengebirge" (mountains of hell) can be enjoyed.

A light railway

Light railway

Light railway refers to a railway built at lower costs and to lower standards than typical "heavy rail". This usually means the railway uses lighter weight track, and is more steeply graded and tightly curved to avoid civil engineering costs...

 connects it with the main 'Westbahn' railway line between Linz

Linz

Linz is the third-largest city of Austria and capital of the state of Upper Austria . It is located in the north centre of Austria, approximately south of the Czech border, on both sides of the river Danube. The population of the city is , and that of the Greater Linz conurbation is about...

 and Salzburg

Salzburg

-Population development:In 1935, the population significantly increased when Salzburg absorbed adjacent municipalities. After World War II, numerous refugees found a new home in the city. New residential space was created for American soldiers of the postwar Occupation, and could be used for...

. The town is a centre for sailing on the Attersee, with a shipyard and an important yacht club (the Union Yachtclub Attersee), which organizes international sailing competitions.
As Attersee mainly depends on the tourist industry it can be very busy during the summer months but has a quieter ambiance during the winter.
A "Dorf Fest" is held annually where people from and around the village come to celebrate play music and come together.

World heritage site

It is home to one or more prehistoric pile-dwelling

Stilt house

Stilt houses or pile dwellings or palafitte are houses raised on piles over the surface of the soil or a body of water. Stilt houses are built primarily as a protection against flooding, but also serve to keep out vermin...

 (or stilt house) settlements that are part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps

Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps

Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps is a series of prehistoric pile-dwelling settlements in and around the Alps built from around 5000 to 500 B.C. on the edges of lakes, rivers or wetlands...

 UNESCO

UNESCO

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 World Heritage Site.