Lunz am See

Place in Lower Austria, Austria

Coat of arms

47°51′37.6″N 15°01′29.5″E / 47.860444°N 15.024861°E / 47.860444; 15.024861CountryAustriaStateLower AustriaDistrictScheibbsGovernment

• MayorJosef Schachner (ÖVP)Area

^[1]

• Total101.43 km² (39.16 sq mi)Elevation

601 m (1,972 ft)Population

(2018-01-01)^[2]

• Total1,806 • Density18/km² (46/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

3293

Area code07486Vehicle registrationSBWebsitewww.lunz.at

Lunz am See is a municipality in the district of Scheibbs, Lower Austria, Austria.

Since May 2007 Lunz am See has been the home of the "Wasser Cluster Lunz".^[3] It has been recorded as the coldest place in Central Europe, as a temperature of −52.6 °C (−62.7 °F) was measured here on 19 February 1932^[4] at 47°49′13.7″N 15°2′42″E / 47.820472°N 15.04500°E / 47.820472; 15.04500.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1971	2,301	—
1981	2,219	−3.6%
1991	2,154	−2.9%
2001	2,045	−5.1%

References

^ "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
^ "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
^ "Home". Wasserkluster-lunz.ac.at. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
^ "Da gehört der Titel her" (PDF). Univie.ac.at. 29 November 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2011.