20 March 2023 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General , European Capital of Culture
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Kongress- und Theaterhaus © Peter Haas/cc-by-sa-3.0
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Bad Ischl is a
spa town in Austria. It lies in the southern part of
Upper Austria , at the
Traun River in the centre of the
Salzkammergut region. The town consists of the
cadastral community Ahorn ,
Bad Ischl ,
Haiden ,
Jainzen ,
Kaltenbach ,
Lauffen ,
Lindau ,
Pfandl ,
Perneck ,
Reiterndorf and
Rettenbach . It is connected to the village of
Strobl by the river Ischl, which drains from the
Wolfgangsee , and to the
Traunsee , into which the stream empties. It is home to the
Kaiservilla , summer residence of
Austro-Hungarian monarchs
Emperor Franz Joseph I and
Empress Elisabeth . In 2024, Bad Ischl will be one of the
European Capitals of Culture – the third city in
Austria after
Graz (2003) and
Linz (2009).
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16 February 2013 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General
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Aerial view of Gmunden and Ort Castle © Hannesrb
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Gmunden is a town in
Upper Austria in the
district of Gmunden . It has 13,000 inhabitants. It is much frequented as a health and summer resort, and has a variety of goat, lake, brine, vegetable and pine-cone baths, a hydropathic establishment, inhalation chambers, whey cure, etc. It is also an important centre of the salt industry in
Salzkammergut .
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