Country Austria District Hallein Vehicle registration S Area 17.55 km² Local time Tuesday 1:15 AM Area code 0662 | State Salzburg Time zone CET (UTC+1) Elevation 484 m Population 1,933 (1 Apr 2009) Postal code 5424 | |
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Website www.badvigaun.salzburg.at/ Weather 4°C, Wind SE at 5 km/h, 66% Humidity | ||
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Bad Vigaun is a municipality and spa town in the district of Hallein, in the Austrian state of Salzburg.
Contents
- Imagevideo medizinisches zentrum bad vigaun
- Map of 5424 Bad Vigaun Austria
- Ortsvorstellung bad vigaun
- Geography
- History
- References
Map of 5424 Bad Vigaun, Austria
Ortsvorstellung bad vigaun
Geography
Bad Vigaun, formerly known simply as Vigaun, is located in the historic Tennengau region, about 15 km (9.3 mi) south of the state capital Salzburg. The municipal area stretches from the Hagen Mountains, the Tennen Mountains and the Untersberg massif in the west to the Osterhorn Group of the Salzkammergut Mountains in the east. It comprises the cadastral communities of Rengerberg and Vigaun.
The municipality has access to the Salzburg-Tyrol Railway line and the S-Bahn Salzburg network at Bad Vigaun station as well as to the Tauern Autobahn (A10) at the Hallein junction.
History
The settlement of Vicone (Figun) was first mentioned in a 748 deed. Possibly derived from Latin: vicus, the place was already settlet in Roman times, when the area was part of the Noricum province. The local parish was documented in land register issued by Bishop Arno of Salzburg in the late 8th century. The present-day Late Gothic church building, dedicated to Saint Dionysius, was erected from 1488 to 1516.
Hot springs in Vigaun were drilled in 1976. The municipality was awarded the official status of a spa town (Bad) by resolution of the Salzburg state government in 2002.