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Bad Ischl is a spa town in the southern
part of Upper Austria in the centre of the Salzkammergut region.
It lies at the confluence of the Traun and Ischler Ache rivers,
about 42 km east-southeast of Salzburg. The town became internationally
known as the summer residence of Francis Joseph, emperor of Austria
and king of Hungary, from 1854 to 1914 and was frequented by
the composers Franz Lehar, Johannes Brahms, Anton Bruckner and
Johann Strauss the Younger. The Imperial Villa is open to the
public. A gondola lift runs from the town up to the Katrin alpine
pasture at 1415m which offers a panoramic view of the Salzkammergut
mountains. |