Bad Goisern is a market town

Market town

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 in Upper Austria

Upper Austria

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, Austria

Austria

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 in the district of Gmunden. It is part of the Salzkammergut

Salzkammergut

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 resort area. At the 2005 census Bad Goisern had a population of 7.578 inhabitants.

History

Bad Goisern is a town with a long history. It was first mentioned in the 13th century under the name "Gebisham". In 1931 Goisern became a spa-town and in 1952 it became a market town. Since 1955 Goisern is called "Bad" Goisern (Bad means bath in German and it is a title given by the government to cities with medicinal or thermal baths). A famous development is the "Goiserer Schuh", a good wearable mountain-shoe.

Famous persons from Bad Goisern

• Hubert von Goisern (real-name: Hubert Achleitner) (*1952)
• Jörg Haider
  Jörg Haider
  Jörg Haider was an Austrian politician. He was Governor of Carinthia on two occasions, the long-time leader of the Austrian Freedom Party and later Chairman of the Alliance for the Future of Austria , a breakaway party from the FPÖ.Haider was controversial within Austria and abroad for comments...
  
   (1950-2008)
• Ursula Haubner
  Ursula Haubner
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  (*1945)