Museums – Monuments – Places of interest
In and around Bad Ischl there is a multitude of interesting buildings, viewpoints and places of happiness.
Imperial Villa and Imperial Park
See the originally preserved apartments of Empress ‘Sisi’ Elisabeth and Emperor Franz Joseph. European history was written here for decades. In 1914, the Emperor declared war on Serbia and explained his motives in a manifesto entitled ‘To My Peoples’, which he signed in Bad Ischl. The declaration of war on Serbia triggered events that subsequently led to the First World War.
The Imperial Villa is surrounded by the extensive Imperial Park, which invites you to take long walks and is also home to the Marble Palace.
Museum of the town of Bad Ischl
The collection of the town of Bad Ischl is housed in the former hereditary home of the Seeauer salt manufacturing family, which later became the Hotel Austria. The young Emperor Franz Joseph and Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria celebrated their engagement in this building. The building was acquired by the town of Bad Ischl in 1982 and the town museum opened in 1989.
Lehár-Villa
The villa of operetta composer Franz Lehár on Lehár-Kai is well worth a visit.
Lehár always felt at home in his villa on the Traun and in Bad Ischl and said ‘I always come up with the best ideas here’. The villa has been left exactly as Franz Lehár lived in it. You could almost think that the master of the silver operetta had only left the house for a short time. Immerse yourself in the world of his music and his life.
