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The Art Nouveau façade of the Kaiser-Friedrich-Therme in Wiesbaden

Wiesbaden/Germany

Kaiser-Friedrich-Therme

An Art Nouveau bathhouse in Wiesbaden built over Roman-era foundations and fed by the town's scalding Kochbrunnen springs.

Oliver Abels (SBT) / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Température à la source
66°C
Température de baignade
38°C
Baignade
Intérieur
Fondé en
1913

The Kaiser-Friedrich-Therme is a Jugendstil bath house in the centre of Wiesbaden, opened in 1913 above the remains of Roman thermal baths. Majolica tiling, an Irish-Roman circuit and a colonnaded pool hall survive largely intact.

Le regard Balnevia

Pourquoi y aller

This is bathing as architecture: a complete Art Nouveau interior still in daily use, in a spa town whose hot springs have run without interruption since antiquity.

Recommandations

Hôtels à proximité

Découvrez où dormir près de Kaiser-Friedrich-Therme.

L'eau

Eau thermale

Source
Kochbrunnen
Minéralisation
Sodium chloride thermal water
Caractère
Hot saline springs long used for drinking and bathing cures

Histoire

Wiesbaden's springs were exploited by the Romans as Aquae Mattiacorum. The present building opened in 1913 and was restored in 1999 after wartime and postwar alterations.

Informations pratiques

The baths are textile-free throughout, in the German tradition; there are designated women-only days. Minimum age is sixteen.

Site officiel

Y aller

A few minutes on foot from the Kochbrunnen and the Wiesbaden old town.

Situation

Wiesbaden, Germany50.0862, 8.2405Voir sur la carte Balnevia

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