Bad Mitterndorf

Bad Mitterndorf
Bad Mitterndorf
	Bad Mitterndorf in 2012 with Grimming in the background
	Coat of arms
	Location within Liezen district
	Bad Mitterndorf Location within Austria
	Coordinates: 47°33′18″N 13°55′45″E / 47.55500°N 13.92917°E
Country	Austria
State	Styria
District	Liezen
Government
• Mayor	Klaus Neuper (SPÖ)
Area
• Total	196.17 km2 (75.74 sq mi)
Elevation	809 m (2,654 ft)
Population (2018-01-01)
• Total	4,962
• Density	25/km2 (66/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	8983
Area code	03623
Vehicle registration	LI
Website	www.bad-mitterndorf.at

Bad Mitterndorf is a market town in Salzkammergut in the Austrian state of Styria. On 1 January 2015, the former municipalities of Pichl-Kainisch and Tauplitz joined together to become the municipality of Bad Mitterndorf.

Bad Mitterndorf is between Salzburg and Graz. It is a popular winter sports resort and also as a location for hiking, climbing and cycling in the summer. Bad Mitterndorf is the site of two health spas with thermal baths, an outdoor swimming pool and other luxuries, cafés and leisure areas. The town is also the location of one of the world's five ski flying hills, Kulm. It is placed for trip to Hallstatt, Altaussee and its May narcissus festival, Bad Ischl and the Kaiservilla, and to Salzburg, 95 km away.

Population[change | change source]

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1951	3,809	—
1961	3,974	+4.3%
1971	4,427	+11.4%
1981	4,563	+3.1%
1991	4,827	+5.8%
2001	5,000	+3.6%
2011	4,838	−3.2%
2021	4,940	+2.1%

Twin towns[change | change source]

Röttingen, Germany, since 1978

Personalities[change | change source]

Famous people include the ski jumpers Hubert Neuper and Wolfgang Loitzl and the Nordic combined skier Marco Pichlmayer. Bad Mitterndorf is also the birthplace of Thomas Neuwirth (also known as Conchita Wurst), winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2014.