“Without the emperor, Ischl would have remained a nest,” says Helga Peer (70), the doyenne of Ischl’s city guides. As the spa town prepares for the extra hustle and bustle of the Capital of Culture year, a look into the past shows that coincidences transform this dreamy place into the summer metropolis of the monarchy.
Oh, how I long for dear, dear Ischl.” The then fifteen-year-old Crown Prince and later Emperor Franz wrote this to his mother in 1845. He remained an Ischl fan until the end of his life. And conversely, the residents of Ischl are still grateful to the emperor to this day for his decades of love for their city. “Without the emperor, Ischl would have remained a nest,” says Helga Peer (70), the doyenne of Ischl’s city guides. A tour with her is more than just dry history, but also a series of anecdotes.
Source: Krone
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