Sibyllenbad
| Sibyllenbad in the Upper Palatinate Forest (mineral spring spa) | ||||
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| place | Neualbenreuth , Germany | |||
| opening | 1996 | |||
| staff | approx. 68 employees | |||
| Website | www.sibyllenbad.de | |||
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Coordinates: 49 ° 58 ′ 50 ″ N , 12 ° 25 ′ 16 ″ E
Sibyllenbad is a mineral spring spa not far from the German-Czech border and a district of the market Neualbenreuth in the Tirschenreuth district . It is the only spa and medicinal bath in the Upper Palatinate and is in the tradition of the nearby Czech spa towns of Karlsbad , Marienbad and Franzensbad . Sibyllenbad has had a wellness area covering around 2200 square meters since the end of 2006. Regional artists are supported through exhibitions.
Furnishing
In addition to the wellness area (outdoor pool, countercurrent system, Turkish hammam , sauna area, Kneipp facility ), free medicinal water drinking fountain, café and restaurant, animation program (aquarobics, aqua relaxation, aqua Nordic walking, aqua aerobics ), the pool has a medical department with fango , physical therapy, massages and alternatives Healing methods for patients with statutory and private health insurance. A hotel with a high international standard is planned.
Medicinal springs
Sibyllenbad than the healing springs containing radon Catherine source and carbonated mineral-rich Sibyllenquelle that will be used in diseases of the locomotor, cardiovascular diseases and autonomic nervous exhaustion.
Origin of name
There are numerous legends and sagas surrounding Tillenberg ( Dyleň ) near Neualbenreuth on the Czech-Bavarian border , in which the medieval seer Sibylla Weis also plays a role. The “doomsday prophet” was born around 1570 with the baptismal name Michalda. In 1616 her visions, which extend into the third millennium, appeared under the title The Prophecies of Sibylle Michalda . The nickname was chosen based on the ancient Roman fortune tellers . Also known as the “Sibylle of Prague”, she gave her name to the Sibylle Bath. When she died in 1658, around 90 years of age, she had reached an unusually old age for the time. It is therefore a suitable symbol for a medicinal and thermal bath.
Development overview
- In 1689 the first sourling in the area between Altalbenreuth (Mytina in Czech) and Neualbenreuth was caught in a well with the year 1689. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was also aware of this source when he was taking a cure in neighboring Eger , in Karlsbad, Marienbad and Franzensbad and explored the volcanic landscape of the Stiftland , Frais and Egerland up to Tillenberg on excursions .
- In 1965, private investors began planning a thermal bath near Neualbenreuth . In 1971 the foundation stone was laid for this first unsuccessful attempt to found a spa. Along the farm road to the right of the outdoor facilities of the sauna area, the ruins of the former construction site that have not been dismantled extend. The now heavily overgrown facilities are several hundred meters long, about 100 meters wide and comprise several floors. The large-scale project planned as a depreciation company with several hundred construction workers failed after an investment of around 16 million German marks.
- In 1978, the Upper Palatinate District Assembly bought the area with the three developed sources for 450,000 German marks.
- In 1980, a Sibyllenbad association was founded, in which the neighboring towns of Waldsassen , Mitterteich , Tirschenreuth and Neualbenreuth were involved in addition to the Upper Palatinate administrative region and the Tirschenreuth district .
- From 1989 onwards, the Sibyllenbad spa and medicinal baths were built in several phases as a district of Neualbenreuth . The first bathhouse was opened in Maiersreuth.
- The Katharinen spring, which contains radon, was officially recognized as a healing spring in 1991 .
- On April 29, 1994 the foundation stone for the Kurmittelhaus was laid in the presence of the then Bavarian Prime Minister Edmund Stoiber.
- In 1996, the carbonated Sibyllenquelle was officially recognized as a medicinal spring, the Kurmittelhaus was opened and the Sibyllenbad association opened the spa park to the public.
- In 1997 Sibyllenbad was recognized as a mineral spring spa. The Turkish Bath Temple was opened. The spa found great interest among day-trippers and was visited by the first bathers.
- On December 6, 2006, a wellness area with saunas, steam bath, whirlpool and relaxation rooms opened.
- Extensive renovation, modernization and expansion measures have been taking place since October 2012, most of which were completed by summer 2014. Most obvious is the switch to color-changing LED lighting in the large bathing hall.
- At the beginning of December 2014, the parking space capacity was expanded by 92 parking spaces in the inner area of the street loop formed by Kurallee.
- In the spring of 2015, the main staircase was renovated with additional lighting elements in the handrail.
- In autumn 2015, an external elevator was completed from the upper parking level to the level of the entrance area.
- Since December 2015 the "bathrobe corridor" between the Kurhotel Pyramide , which opened in autumn 2015, and the lower floor of the Sibyllenbad has been accessible. The thermal bath can now be reached from the hotel in bathing suits without having to change. In the course of 2016, the extended bathrobe corridor will lead to the Sibyllenbad apartment hotel . The running distance between the bath and the Kurhotel Pyramide is about a hundred meters.
photos
Memorial stone for the laying of the foundation stone of the project that failed in 1971
Memorial stone for the inauguration of the Kurpark in 1996 ⊙
Detail from the Turkish Bath Temple
Upper floor with art exhibition room ⊙
Drinking fountain in the basement
Web links
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- ↑ Manfred Böckl, Sibylle von Prag - View into the Future , SüdOst Verlag, Waldkirchen, 1998, ISBN 3896820435
- ↑ Manfred Böckl, Sibylle von Prag , p. 14
- ↑ Der Spiegel: Affairen: Money for Ruins, August 14, 1972
- ^ The history of the bathroom ( Memento from December 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Report by Bavarian TV from December 13, 2010
- ↑ Janina Nottensteiner from Bayerischer Fernsehen in an interview with the Mayor of Neualbenreuth Albert Köstler in December 2010