GMÜNDEN, a town of Upper Austria, circle of Traun, at the northern extremity of the Traun or Gmünd Lake, where the river Traun issues from it, 36 miles S.W. of Linz, with which it is connected by railway. It is noted for the beauty of its situation; and in the vicinity are numerous salt-mines, which afford employment to the greater part of its inhabitants. Pop. 3300.