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The health and bi-seasonal resort Bad Goisern is situated at an altitude of 504 m in the valley of the river Traun near the southeastern tip of the lake Hallstätter See in the southern Salzkammergut region (Lake District) of Upper Austria. The earliest mentionings of the name date back to around 1250 (Gebisharn); the name Goisern was first used around 1670. An iodine-sulphur spring was discovered in 1874 and since then is in use for bathing and drinking cures for the treatment of skin and joint problems. The status of a market town was awarded in 1952. The predicate 'Bad' (spa) was added to the name in 1955.