The Wallersee is the largest lake in the Salzburg Lake District. It covers an area of six square kilometres.

The lake does not get ist name from the fish found there, „Wallern“ or catfish, as many believe, but from the central-german word „Walchen“ which means „stranger“. For the locals, anything south of Bavaria, including the alpine peoples who had mingled with the Romans, were „Walche“.

Wenger Moor – National Protected Area

A larger part of the area between Köstendorf and the Wallersee comes under the National Trust, including the Wenger Moor. The reeds on the banks of the lake are full of protected animals and birds such as grey herons, peewits, curlews, ducks, pheasants, great crested grebes, coots, jays, swans and black-headed gulls. The lake is the home of a variety of fish, for example catfish, bream, pike, carp, eels and tench.

Activities

Bathing resorts Bathing resort Seekirchen am Wallersee Countryside bathing resort, year round get-togethers on the lake, beach volleyball, children's play areas, water slides, free slow train from the town centre. FREE PARKING WITH THE SALZBURG SEENLAND CARD! Open: May to September, restaurant open all year round, summer 0800-2300 hrs, winter 09i00-2100 hrs, Sunday closed. Priewasser family Seestraße 2 - 5102 Seekirchen T +43 6212 4088 - E-Mail Countryside bathing beach /Seekirchen am Wallersee Beach volleyball, children's play area, buffet at the bathing area Open: May to September Klampfer family Bayerham 10 - 5102 Seekirchen T +43 6212 4080 - E-Mail Bathing resort Neumarkt am Wallersee Children's play area, water slide Open: May – September, open with buffet at the bathing area Wallersee-Ostbucht 5202 Neumarkt T +43 6216 4400 Bathing resort Henndorf am Wallersee heated swimming pools and baby pools, beach volleyball, buffet at the bathing area from 10.00 – 20.00 hrs Open: May, June, September from 10.00 to 20.00 hrs, July and August from 09.00 to 20.00 hrs. Fenning 7 , 5302 Henndorf T +43 6214 8263 - E-Mail Boat rentals and boat trips Navigating lochs - Seekirchen am Wallersee omantic boat trip on the Fischach – from the town centre of Seekirchen to Wallersee. Every Saturday (at other times by appointment); 10.30 hrs, Kapel fishing jetty at the Seekirchen am Wallersee bathing resort! 11.15 hrs, berth, bridge inn (town centre romantic fish market.) T +43 6212 7055 or M +43 676 7294586 Boat hire Kapeller family - Seekirchen am Wallersee Boat hire: electric, rowing and pedal boats, at the Seekirchen bathing resort / camp site Kapellerweg 9 - 5102 Seekirchen T +43 6212 7055 od. +43 676 7294586 Boat hire - Neumarkt am Wallersee Open: May, June, Sept, Fri, Sat, Sun and holidays 10.00 – 20.00 hrs. Josef Lichtenberger Wallersee-Ostbucht - 5202 Neumarkt T +43 664 4411303 - E-Mail Angling Fishing tickets - Wallersee Kapeller family Kapellerweg 5201 Seekirchen T +43 6212 7055 Rosa Sigl Fenning 7 5302 Henndorf a. W. T +43 6214 6625 Adolf Wimmer Satzenbachsiedlung 5202 Neumarkt a.W. T +43 6216 6313 Fishing tickets Schlossteich Sighartstein Greischberger family Pfongau 7 5202 Neumarkt a.W. T/F +43 6216 6053     Angling at Brandstattgut - Neumarkt am Wallersee Rainbow trout and char Friday until Sunday: 09.00 – 20.00 hrs, or upon request Sommerholz 22 5202 Neumarkt a. W. T/F +43 6216 4629 E-Mail - Website Guided fly fishing trips Seehotel Winkler Thalham 12 - Wallersee-Ostebucht 5202 Neumarkt a.W. T +43 6216 5270 (registration by phone)