ISCHL, a market-town and fashionable watering-place in Upper Austria, at the junction of the Traun and Ischl, 60 miles S. by W. from Linz, and 170 from Vienna. It is situated on a small plain surrounded by hills, and in the neighbourhood of extensive forests. Ischl is resorted to for its excellent climate and the efficacy of its waters. The mineral springs contain a solution of sulphate of soda and common salt, and have a purgative effect. Here the emperor of Austria and many of the nobility have summer residences. Permanent population about 2000.