BAD REICHENHALL

city, Bavaria Land (state), southern Germany, in the Alpine Saalach River Valley, 9 miles (14 km) southwest of Salzburg, Austria. It is a noted health and winter resort surrounded by mountains, including the Predigtstuhl (5,413 feet ), ascended by cable railway. An important salt-extracting centre in Roman and medieval times, it prospered particularly under Charlemagne (c. 800). Although salt is still produced, the thermal saline springs (up to 24 percent content) are now used primarily by the health resort. The city was almost completely rebuilt after a fire in 1834. The nearby Romanesque Basilica of Sankt Zeno (altered 151220) was the church of a former Augustinian abbey founded in 1136. Pop. (1989 est.) 16,365.