Ischl

Ischl, a town of Upper Austria, surrounded on all sides by gardens, is finely situated, 1536 feet above sea-level, on the river Traun, amid magnificent Alpine scenery, 33 miles E. by S. of Salzburg. It is the chief town of the district called the Salzkammergut (q.v.). The situation of Ischl, and the saline baths, established in 1822, attract 4000 or 5000 visitors annually, including the Austrian royal family, who have built a villa. About 8000 tons of salt are manufactured here every year in the salt-works, opened in 1571. Pop. 2124. See Ischl und seine Umgebung (7th ed. 1885).