Friedrichsbad
A neo-renaissance Roman-Irish bath from 1877 where the route through seventeen stations is the point.
Balnevia
- Baden
- Innen
The Friedrichsbad was built over Roman foundations and opened in 1877 as the most modern bath in Europe. Its seventeen-station Roman-Irish circuit — warm air, steam, soap-brush massage, cold plunge, domed thermal pool — is followed in strict order.
Balnevia-Sicht
Warum hingehen
For the domed central pool under blue and white majolica, and for a bathing ritual that has barely changed in a century and a half.
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Das Wasser
Thermalwasser
- Quelle
- Fettquelle and Murquelle
- Mineralisierung
- Sodium chloride with lithium and fluoride
- Charakter
- Roman-era saline thermal water, cooled for the domed pool
Einrichtungen
- Thermal pools
- Sauna
- Massage treatments
- Steam room
- Relaxation areas
Geschichte
Built on the site of the Roman soldiers' baths of Aquae Aureliae; Mark Twain famously wrote that here you forget time within ten minutes.
Praktische Informationen
Textile-free throughout; certain days are mixed and others single-sex. Allow three hours for the full circuit.
Anreise
In the old town at Römerplatz, a short walk from Baden-Baden's Kurhaus and Lichtentaler Allee.
Lage
Verwandte Orte
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