Place in Salzburg, Austria
Mattsee is a market town at the eponymous lake in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Salzburg .
History
Mattsee in 1905
In ca. 765, Duke Tassilo III of Bavaria established the Mattsee Benedictine Abbey, which became a part of the Diocese of Passau in 993 and was transformed into a college of canons . The Bishops of Passau had the Mattsee Castle built in the 12th century.
Under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Salzburg , the college has existed since 1807. The abbey church, a Gothic building, has a Baroque equipment and a prominent 60m/197 ft high steeple added in 1766. Adjacent is a museum showing paintings of Johann Michael Rottmayr , an astronomical clock , and an 860 grant deed by King Louis the German .
Lake
The lake's water has a reputation of being of excellent quality, being fed by underground springs.[ 3] [ 4]
Cultural places
The fahr(T)raum museum exhibits the car collection of Ernst Piëch, grandson of Ferdinand Porsche .[ 5]
Notable people
Anton Diabelli , composer , born in Mattsee on September 6, 1781, died on April 8, 1858, in Vienna
Dorothea Seyss-Inquart , daughter of Arthur Seyss-Inquart (born 7 May 1928, still alive as of 2008[update] , living in Mattsee, Upper Austria [citation needed ] ).
Twin town
References
International National Geographic