Bad Goisern

Bad Goisern (500m/1,640ft), a resort with a sulfurous spring containing iodine, is situated south of Bad Ischl, in the Traun valley. This trim little resort is frequented both in summer and in winter. The Konrad-Deubler-Museum and the Deubler Memorial are in memory of Konrad Deubler (1814-84), a "rural philosopher" who - because of his republican thinking - was banished to Iglau between 1862-64. Recommended climbs are to the Hochkalmberg (1,833m/6,014ft; four hours) and the Predigstuhl (1,278m/4,193ft; 2.5 hours; also by chairlift).