ÖSTERREICH	AUSTRIA
Bundesland: Oberösterreich	Upper Austria
Bezirk: Grieskirchen

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The market and spa town Bad Schallerbach is situated at an elevation of 306 m in the valley of the river Trattnach in the district Grieskirchen of Upper Austria. The municipality has a population of about 4,100 (2017) and consists of the borroughs Bad Schallerbach, Gebersdorf and Schönau.

Sconau was forst mentioned in 1142, Scalbach was first mentioned in a document of 1190. The municipality was created in 1850 and was named Schönau. The railroad from Wels to Passau was opened in 1861. The hot (37–39°C) sulphur springs was discovered incidentally in 1918 during petroleum drilling works. The first therapy facilities for the treatment of rheumatic diseases opened in 1921. Schallerbach received the official status of a spa in 1924. The name of the municipality was changed to Bad Schallerbach in 1938. The status of a market town was obtained in 1946. In 1958, the neighbouring community of Neuwallern was incorporated into the municipality of Bad Schallerbach.

The church Sankt Magdalena on the Magdalenaberg hill [left, no. 281: top left] was built between 1398 and 1423 in Gothic style.

Glasses no. 079, 930, 4050 [above], and 3106 and 3107 [left and near right] show a view of the provisional bathhouse, labeled on the building Bad Schallerbach / Provisorisches Badehaus. This first spa house opened in 1922.

[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Schallerbach, http://www.bad-schallerbach.at/unsere-gemeinde/geschichte.html; https://www.vitalwelt.at/eurotherme-bad-schallerbach/artikel/detail/5070/100-jahre-quelle-geschichte-feier-kur-bad-schallerbach-vitalwelt.html]