BAD AUSSEE

town, Steiermark Bundesland (federal province of Styria), 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 (180485), 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. Pop. (1991) 5,058.