Bad Vigaun Explained

Bad Vigaun
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Austria
Pushpin Mapsize:270
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Austria
Coordinates:47.6667°N 21°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Austria
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Salzburg
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Hallein
Parts Style:para
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Friedrich Holztrattner (ÖVP)
Elevation M:484
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset:+1
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Registration Plate:S
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:5424
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:0662
Website:www.badvigaun.salzburg.at/

Bad Vigaun is a municipality and spa town in the district of Hallein, in the Austrian state of Salzburg.

Geography

Bad Vigaun, formerly known simply as Vigaun, is located in the historic Tennengau region, about 15km (09miles) 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 settled 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.