Bad Aussee

Bad Aussee, town, central Austria, in the Traun Valley, southeast of Bad Ischl. The former centre of the Salzkammergut (salt region), it has the 15th-century Kammerhof (old offices of the salt administration) and two 14th- to 15th-century churches. Anna Plochl (1804–85), the wife of Archduke Johann, was born in Bad Aussee. Salt mining is still important. The town is well known as a health (brine baths) and summer resort and a winter-sports centre in an area of picturesque lakes. Bad Aussee is also a market centre for the rural countryside. Pop. (2001) 5,086.