Henndorf am Wallersee

Henndorf am Wallersee, commonly named Henndorf, is a municipality of 4,777 inhabitants in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg in Austria.

Henndorf am Wallersee
Coat of arms
Henndorf am Wallersee
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°53′00″N 13°10′00″E
CountryAustria
StateSalzburg
DistrictSalzburg-Umgebung
Government
  MayorRupert Eder (ÖVP)
Area
  Total23.5 km2 (9.1 sq mi)
Elevation
551 m (1,808 ft)
Population
 (2018-01-01)[2]
  Total4,947
  Density210/km2 (550/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
5302
Area code06214
Vehicle registrationSL
WebsiteOfficial website

History

The town was first mentioned in 6th century.

Geography

Henndorf is located around 16 kilometres to the north-east of Salzburg, by the Wallersee lake. The municipality borders with Eugendorf, Neumarkt am Wallersee, Seekirchen am Wallersee, Köstendorf and Thalgau.[3] It is divided into 9 Katastralgemeinden: the town of Henndorf and 8 villages:

Village Population (2001)
Henndorf am Wallersee
3,742
Berg
209
Enzing
58
Fenning
190
Hankham
86
Hatting
16
Hof
152
Oelling
127
Wankham
67

Personalities

  • Carl Zuckmayer (1896–1977), German writer, lived for some years in Henndorf
  • Richard Mayr (1877-1935) renowned Austrian Bass-Baritone was very closely associated with Henndorf.
gollark: They use TAI, which doesn't have leap seconds at all.
gollark: No trigonometry somehow, just vector maths.
gollark: The speed of light is such that if they were off by a fraction of a second the distances would probably be unusably wrong.
gollark: Then you use the known position of the satellites and distances to each to work out where you are.
gollark: GPS operates on multilateration. It works out the distance to each satellite based on ~~its computed orbital position and~~ differences in time to receive the signal from each satellite.

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