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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.

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Temperatura da nascente
66°C
Temperatura de banho
38°C
Banho
Piscina interior
Fundado em
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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Por que visitar

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.

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A água

Água termal

Nascente
Kochbrunnen
Mineralização
Sodium chloride thermal water
Carácter
Hot saline springs long used for drinking and bathing cures

História

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.

Informações práticas

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

Site oficial

Como chegar

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

Localização

Wiesbaden, Germany50.0862, 8.2405Ver no mapa da Balnevia

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