The Attersee (also Kammersee) is a lake in the Upper Austrian part of the Salzkammergut and lies at 469 m above sea level. A. With over 46 km² of water, it is the largest lake entirely in Austria. At 169 meters, it is the third deepest lake in Austria
The shore
The shore length of the Attersee is 48.5 km. All banks are heavily built up and most of the bank stretches are privately owned and not accessible to the public. Many communities on the Attersee have their settlement core on or near the shore.
The bank areas were massively built in in the 1970s and 1980s. Shops, restaurants, apartment buildings and second homes are lined up next to each other. The result was the construction of the bank edge with jetties, boathouses, boat slides, stairs, walls, blocks or stones.
Only more than 13% can be classified as near-natural or natural. The longest contiguous natural sections are between Dexelbach and Parschallen, between Aufham and Dickau, near Schwend and in Burgbachau.
The lake
With a visibility of up to 20 m, it is the clearest lake in Upper Austria. Due to its good water quality and its bathing temperatures and the good sailing conditions, the Attersee is of great tourist importance.
On beautiful summer days and especially on the weekends, the pools and parking lots are often overloaded.
Some seaside resorts owned by the federal forests, the state of Upper Austria or the neighboring communities are available to the general public. In the south and south-east there are also some narrow publicly accessible banks, which are, however, directly on the main thoroughfares.
Due to the good wind situation, the Attersee is a popular sailing and surfing area. There are eight sailing clubs on the lake.
Because of the mostly excellent depth of view and the submarine precipices on the east bank, the Attersee is a popular diving area.