Bad Hall

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| leader_name = Bernhard Ruf

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Bad Hall ({{Pronunciation|De-Bad Hall.ogg}}) is a market town in the Steyr-Land district of the Austrian state of Upper Austria. Its name, Bad Hall, means "salt bath," a reference to its long history of baths and spas. It is renowned for its saline springs, strongly impregnated with iodine and bromine. Although the springs have been known since the 8th century, Hall has been noted for them only since 1855, when the springs became the property of the government.{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Hall (Austria)|display=Hall, or Bad-Hall, a market-place and spa of Austria, in Upper Austria}}

Due to the saline springs tourism is well developed in Bad Hall. There are also some industrial companies (e.g. AGRU Kunststofftechnik) as well as oil exploration around Bad Hall (e.g. RAG AG).

Geography

The town is situated in the Traunviertel region, about 30 km south of the Upper Austrian capital Linz.

History

Bad Hall was first mentioned in the year 777, which makes it one of the first recorded towns in Upper Austria.{{Cite web|url=https://www.badhall.at/detail/article/16538-die-wirkung-von-jod.html|title=Die Jodsole in Bad Hall - Bad Hall|website=www.badhall.at|access-date=2019-02-12}}

In 1287 Hall received the rights of a market community.

In 1861 the rural parts of Hall split up. The parts that have been cut off became the municipality Pfarrkirchen bei Bad Hall.

=Spa resort=

In 1873 the physician Hermann Schuber had a pamphlet printed, exhalating the virtues of the Bad Hall spas. He was appointed spa doctor and became a senior consultant to the Imperial and Royal Hospital for Military Pupils. The Bad Hall spa was first mentioned in preserved historic records from the late 14th century. However, the medical benefits of the Bad Hall spas were documented in academic literature published around 1820.{{cite book | author1= Jens Malte Fischer |title= Gustav Mahler |publisher= Yale University Press |year=2011 |page=90 |isbn= 9780300134445 }}

In the 19th century people began to use the springs for commercial purposes.

In order to avoid confusion in 1877 the name was changed to Bad Hall.

At the end of the 19th century Bad Hall experienced a golden age like many spa towns at that time. Famous people like Gustav Mahler, Adalbert Stifter, Franz Grillparzer or Franz Joseph I of Austria were visiting the town at that time.{{Cite book |title=Bad Hall anno dazumal |author1=Raimund Locicnik |publisher=Ennsthaler |year=2005 |isbn=3850686671 |location=Steyr |pages=13, 18, 19}}

During World War II Bad Hall was a place of refuge for hospitals from Vienna and Linz, because of increasing bomb attacks on big Austrian cities.{{Cite book |title=Heimatbuch Bad Hall |last=Ulbrich |first=Katharina |publisher=Gemeinde Bad Hall |year=1996}}

Bad Hall has received the status of a town.{{Cite web | title= Bad Hall | url= https://www.badhall.at/en/the-places-of-the-region/bad-hall.html |publisher= Tourismusregion Bad Hall | language= en | access-date=22 October 2023 }}

Culture

File:Villa Rabl Rueckseite Bad Hall Kurpark.JPG

File:Bad Hall Trinkhalle.jpg

= Theaters =

Stadttheater Bad Hall

= Museums =

Forum Hall (Heimatmuseum, Haustürensammlung, Handwerkermuseum)

= Architecture =

Landesvilla
Kurpark
Kurhaus
Gästezentrum (Trinkhalle)
Villa Rabl
Marienhof

Population

{{Historical populations

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|1869|1486

|1880|1551

|1890|1502

|1900|1658

|1910|1870

|1923|1961

|1934|2075

|1939|2297

|1951|3343

|1961|3697

|1971|4051

|1981|4053

|1991|4250

|2001|4752

|2011|4804

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References

External links

[https://www.badhall.at/en Official Website (English)]

Category:Cities and towns in Steyr-Land District