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The Ass-Quelle , actually Graf-Adolph-Quelle , is a thermal spring in the Assmannshausen district of the city of Rüdesheim am Rhein in the Hessian Rheingau-Taunus district .
history
The spring, located a little further down the Rhine on the northern outskirts of Assmannshausen, was last developed in 1842 as a bromine-lithium thermal spring for cures for gout and rheumatism. The water had a source temperature of 32.8 ° C.
Already on May 6th 1489 the Archbishop of Kurmainz Berthold von Henneberg gave an authorization "to look for the warm water in Ryne by Hasemanneshusen in Ryngaw". The source was then in the river bed of the Rhine , which at that time reached as far as the rising cliffs, as can be deduced from contemporary images. In order to capture the sources, the electricity first had to be back-insulated, which was extremely complex.
After the death of Berthold von Henneberg at the beginning of the 16th century, the sources were soon forgotten again. From 1660 there were again attempts to locate and capture the source. These finally led to success in 1705.
After four more springs had been found at the foot of the mountains, a bathhouse was built, which was heavily visited at the time, but could not last. It was not until 1842 - or 1872, different data were circulating - that today's spring version was created, which became known as the Graf-Adolph-Quelle and was used as a medicinal bath primarily to alleviate rheumatic complaints. For this purpose, a spa house and a spa hotel were built at the source. This was the beginning of the spa and spa operation in Assmannshausen.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Deutsche Mineralbrunnen AG relocated its headquarters to Assmannshausen. After the sale of the spa and bath house in 1921, the spa and mineral water trade went their separate ways: the spa and bath house were renovated in 1924 and reopened for the cure in 1930, from then on Mineralwasser AG sold Assmannshaus water under the name "ASS-Brunnen" as mineral water .
After an interruption during the Second World War , the regular spa operation finally ended in October 1950, after which the spa house was sold to the Catholic parish of Assmannshausen. It was then converted into the Sankt-Thomas-More-Haus retirement and nursing home.
The mineral water trade remained in the hands of Mineralwasser AG until 1981. After the financial fraud of the last owner, the Sester brewery from Cologne , the "Ass-Brunnen" in Assmannshausen had to file for bankruptcy in 1983.
On the recommendation of the Assmannshausen local advisory board and in recognition of the services rendered to the first development of the source, the previously unspecified cross-connection from Lorcher Strasse to Rheinallee at the former ASS fountain was given the name Berthold-von-Henneberg-Strasse .
Individual evidence
- ^ Ace fountain on the website of Rüdesheim am Rhein
- ↑ Castles on the Rhine. With information about the ace source ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Entry by Thomas Büttner on Assmannshausen in the " KuLaDig " database of the Rhineland Regional Council , accessed on August 11, 2017.
literature
- Dagmar Söder: Rheingau-Taunus District I.2 Altkreis Rheingau . Ed .: State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen , p. 972 f., Theiss-Verlag , Darmstadt 2014, ISBN 978-3-8062-29875 .
- Eugen Duell: cool wine and warm water. Bad Assmannshausen - a historical look back . In: Yearbook of the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis 2004 (55th year), p. 104 ff., ISSN 1439-0779
Web links
- The warm springs on the local website ( Memento from August 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Coordinates: 49 ° 59 ′ 38 ″ N , 7 ° 51 ′ 52 ″ E