Places of Interest
museums - monuments - attractions
In Bad Ischl and its surrounding area there are lots of interesting places and monuments.
Sakrale Bauwerke
© www.badischl.at
Saint Nicholas parish church
The Saint Nicholas parish church is dominated by a 72m high tower.
© www.evangbadischl.at
Protestant parish church
The Protestant parish church is located on the Laimberg at the confluence of the Traun and Ischl rivers. It was constructed from the so-called "Kornstadel" to…
© Hedwig Streibl
![Pfandler Wallfahrtskirche \"Maria an der Straße\"](https://media.tourdata.at/file/nceTourdataBig/976735faef2ea0b87d22e1f316a63bdf.jpg "Pfandler Wallfahrtskirche \\"Maria an der Straße\\" | © Hedwig Streibl")
parish church "Maria an der Straße"
The parish church “Maria an der Straße” is the youngest in Bad Ischl but the oldest church in Austria blessing of drivers are held. A replica of a late Gothic…
© Reinhard Feuchtner, Fotoclub Ebensee
parish church "Maria im Schatten"
Cultural and Mythical Place
Calvary Mount Chapel Lauffen
From 1725 onwards there was a wooden chapel on the Lauffner Calvary Mount. A new one, this time made of stone, was completed in 1746. 4 chapels lead up to the church.
© Tourismusverband Bad Ischl
Cemetery of Ischl
The cemetery in Bad Ischl is not just one of the “most beautiful places in the world” as Hilde Spiel says, it’s also historically remarkable. …
![Museum \"Anzenaumühle\" in Bad Goisern at Lake Hallstatt](https://media.tourdata.at/display/nceTourdataBig/cba17d9f487f70dffe82153872362cfe.JPG "Museum \\"Anzenaumühle\\" in Bad Goisern at Lake Hallstatt (© Ferienregion Dachstein Salzkammergut)")
Monuments and Memorials
There are around 140 monuments and memorials in Bad Ischl. From these alone it is possible to understand the immense importance of Bad Ischl als spa, imperial and cultural town.
A small selection of monuments:
- Wirer Monument
- Statue of Emperor Franz Joseph
- Fountain of Franz Karl
- Memorial Stone of Archduchess Sophie
- Rudolf Monument
- Nestroy Monument
- Kálmán Monument
- Hasner Monument
- Salzkammergut Local Train