- Source temperature
- 66°C
- Bathing temperature
- 38°C
- Bathing
- Indoor
- Established
- 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.
Balnevia view
Why visit
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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The water
Thermal water
- Source
- Kochbrunnen
- Mineralisation
- Sodium chloride thermal water
- Character
- Hot saline springs long used for drinking and bathing cures
History
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.
Practical information
The baths are textile-free throughout, in the German tradition; there are designated women-only days. Minimum age is sixteen.
Getting there
A few minutes on foot from the Kochbrunnen and the Wiesbaden old town.
Location
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