Hintersee is a municipality in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung, in the state of Salzburg, Austria. It is located in the federal state of Salzburg in the central European country of Austria.
As a municipality within the Salzburg-Umgebung district, Hintersee forms part of the administrative structure of the state of Salzburg. The district surrounds the city of Salzburg and takes its name from it, though Hintersee itself is a separate and distinct community within that district.
Hintersee should not be confused with other places bearing the same name, including the Hintersee lake in Germany's Berchtesgaden region. The Austrian municipality is a small settlement in the Salzburg area, and the available information identifies it primarily by its administrative status as a municipality within the Salzburg-Umgebung district.