The Spitalskirche on Meranplatz in Bad Aussee is a Late Gothic church from 1395, originally built as the chapel for the town’s medieval hospital serving the Salzkammergut salt workers. It is modest in scale but historically significant as part of the civic and economic infrastructure that made Bad Aussee the administrative center of the inland salt trade for centuries. Free to visit; in the town center, easy to combine with a walk through Bad Aussee’s Altstadt (old town) and day trips to nearby Altausseer See and Grundlsee.
church in Bad Aussee
Spitalskirche
The Spitalskirche on Bad Aussee's Meranplatz is a Gothic (medieval) church built in 1395 as the chapel of the town's medieval hospital, the institution that once served the salt workers of the Styrian Salzkammergut.
- Type
- church
- Destination
- Bad Aussee
- Cost
- Free to visit
- Founded
- 1395
- Era
- Medieval
- Address
- Meranplatz, 8990 Bad Aussee, 8990 Bad Aussee
- Coordinates
- 47.6110, 13.7852