Altmünster

{{Infobox settlement | name = Altmünster | native_name = {{lang|bar|Oidmünsta}} | settlement_type = Municipality  | image_skyline = Altmünster.JPG | imagesize = | image_caption = | image_shield = Wappen_Altmünster.svg | shield_size = 80x110px | shield_link =  | pushpin_map = Austria | pushpin_mapsize = 270 | pushpin_map_caption = Location within Austria | image_map = | mapsize = | map_alt = | map_caption = Location within Gmunden district  | coordinates = {{coord|47|54|05|N|13|45|05|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Austria | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Upper Austria | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Gmunden | parts_type = | parts_style = para | p1 =  | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Martin Pelzer | leader_party = {{Polparty|Austria| ÖVP }} | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 =  | area_footnotes = {{Austria population Wikidata|area_footnotes}} | area_total_km2 = {{Austria population Wikidata|area_total_km2}} | area_metro_km2 = | elevation_m = 442 | elevation_max_m = | elevation_min_m = | population_as_of = {{Austria population Wikidata|population_as_of}} | population_footnotes = {{Austria population Wikidata|population_footnotes}} | population_total = {{Austria population Wikidata|population_total}} | population_urban = | population_metro = | population_note = | population_density_km2 = auto | established_title = | established_date = | timezone = CET | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset = +1 | utc_offset_DST = +2 | registration_plate = GM | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 4813 | area_code_type = Area code | area_code = 07612 | website = [http://www.altmuenster.at/ www.altmuenster.at] | footnotes = }} '''Altmünster''' ({{IPA|de|ˈaltˌmʏnstɐ}}; In the local dialect: ''Oidmünsta''), also known as '''Altmünster am Traunsee''', is a market town located about 3 kilometres south of Gmunden in the Austrian state of Upper Austria, on the west shore of the Traunsee. Its economic base consists primarily of tourism, light industry, and as a bedroom community for people working in larger communities such as Gmunden and Vöcklabruck.

==Population== {{Historical populations |align=left |1869|4778 |1880|4683 |1890|4742 |1900|4951 |1910|5244 |1923|5329 |1934|5917 |1939|6328 |1951|7383 |1961|7348 |1971|7921 |1981|8556 |1991|9067 |2001|9445 |2016|9785 }} {{clear left}}

==International relations== {{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Austria}}

===Twin towns — Sister cities=== Altmünster is twinned with: *{{flagicon|GER}} Düren, Germany *{{flagicon|Belgium}} Hoegaarden, Belgium

==Notable residents==

* Franz Stangl (1908-1971), Austrian-born Nazi SS concentration camp commandant

=== Aristocracy === * Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este (1781–1850), commanded the Austrian army during the Napoleonic Wars, died locally * Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria (1866–1939), member of the House of Habsburg * Archduchess Karoline Marie of Austria (1869–1945), member of the House of Habsburg-Tuscany and Archduchess of Austria

==References== {{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Altmunster}} Category:Cities and towns in Gmunden District