Villa Seilern, Historic wellness resort in Bad Ischl, Austria

Villa Seilern is a wellness resort in Bad Ischl featuring 114 rooms, indoor pools, multiple saunas, and dedicated relaxation spaces. The facility offers a range of wellness amenities designed for rest and renewal.

The building was constructed in 1881 and is now a protected architectural monument reflecting late 19th century design preferences of Austrian nobility. Its architecture dates from a period when Bad Ischl was the favored spa resort of the imperial family.

The villa's name recalls Elisabeth Reichsgräfin von Seilern und Aspang, who commissioned it in 1881; the large alliance coat of arms above the second floor still shows the Seilern and Stürgkh families, with two storks on the Stürgkh side. After completion the socially open house hosted tea concerts and theatre evenings, with artists such as Johann Strauss and Alexander Girardi entertaining guests.

The villa stands at the western end of the Bad Ischl Kurpark, so the grounds are reached on foot through the park rather than from the station. The historic villa holds the restaurant and seminar rooms, while reception, the room wing, the wellness area and the wintergarten sit in the 2006–2008 addition by architect Georg Scheicher. The new parts are kept lower than the old villa and linked to it by three glazed passages.

The central axis of the neo-baroque facade carries a large alliance coat of arms recalling the builder Elisabeth Seilern, born Stürgkh: the Seilern arms on the left, the Stürgkh arms with two storks on the right. The original 1881 plans by Wilhelm Pils are kept in the Bad Ischl municipal building office.