Bad Vigaun

For the settlement in Slovenia also known as Vigaun, see Begunje na Gorenjskem.

Bad Vigaun
Municipality
Aerial view (2018)
Coat of arms
Bad Vigaun Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°40′N 13°08′E
Country	Austria
State	Salzburg
District	Hallein
Government
• Mayor	Friedrich Holztrattner (ÖVP)
Area
• Total	17.55 km2 (6.78 sq mi)
Elevation	484 m (1,588 ft)
Population  (2018-01-01)
• Total	2,091
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	5424
Area code	0662
Vehicle registration	S
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 15 km (9.3 mi) 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

Parish church

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.