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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)

Temperatura della sorgente
66°C
Temperatura di balneazione
38°C
Balneazione
Vasca interna
Fondato nel
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.

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Perché visitarlo

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.

Raccomandazioni

Hotel nelle vicinanze

Scopri dove alloggiare vicino a Kaiser-Friedrich-Therme.

L'acqua

Acqua termale

Sorgente
Kochbrunnen
Mineralizzazione
Sodium chloride thermal water
Carattere
Hot saline springs long used for drinking and bathing cures

Storia

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.

Informazioni pratiche

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

Sito ufficiale

Come arrivare

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

Posizione

Wiesbaden, Germany50.0862, 8.2405Vedi sulla mappa di Balnevia

Luoghi correlati

Altri bagni termali in Germany