History

Text Lorenz Leopold Haschka (1749-1827)
Musik Franz Josef Haydn (1732-1809)

Franz Joseph I (August 18, 1830 – November 21, 1916) of the Habsburg Dynasty was Emperor of Austria, Apostolic King of Hungary, King of Bohemia from 1848 until 1916 and a German prince (Deutscher Fürst).

A “Båder (=barber surgeon) Jågerl” (dialect for Jakob) is a grotesque figure in the clothes of a soldier in the middle of the 18th century. It wears a tricorn and a powdered plait.

Franz Oberleitner, resident of Ischl, laid the foundations of the nativity scene, when he swore to build a large nativity scene if his childless marriage were blessed with children.

Empress Elisabeth is associated with Bad Ischl in many ways. In the house in Esplanade No. 10, today’s Bad Ischl town museum, she celebrated her engagement to Emperor Franz Joseph on August 19, 1853

The parents of the late Emperor, Franz Karl and Sophie of Bavaria, were not blessed with children. They were advised by their doctor to take mineral salt baths in Bad Ischl. This was so successful that they got their first child: their first son became Emperor Franz Joseph. He and his brothers were called salt princes, as they owe their lives to the salt water of Ischl.