Baile Felix
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Băile Felix Bad Felix Félixfürdő |
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 Romania
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| Historical region : | Screeching area | ||||
| Circle : | Bihor | ||||
| Municipality : | Sânmartin | ||||
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 59 ' N , 21 ° 59' E | ||||
| Time zone : | EET ( UTC +2) | ||||
| Residents : | 663 (2002) | ||||
| Postal code : | 417495 | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+40) 02 59 | ||||
| License plate : | bra | ||||
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| Community type : | Village | ||||
Băile Felix ( German : Bad Felix ; Hungarian : Félixfürdő ) is a spa town with thermal springs of international renown in the Bihor district in western Romania . The healing springs have been used for about a thousand years. The water temperature is 20 to 49 ° C.
location
Băile Felix is located on the European route E79 , nine kilometers from the district capital Oradea and 22 kilometers from the Romanian-Hungarian border crossing in Borș . Administratively, Băile Felix is part of the municipality of Sânmartin . According to the 2002 census , 663 people lived in the resort.
climate
The climate is temperate continental . The average annual temperature is 10.4 ° C and the amount of precipitation amounts to 616 milliliters per year.
history
Around the year 1000 the monk Felix , abbot of the monastery of Szentmárton (Romanian: Sânmartin ) discovered a thermal spring with healing properties for the first time. In the period 1711–1721, the "Bad des Felix" (Romanian: "Baia lui Felix") appeared for the first time as a place for the treatment of diseases. At the world exhibition in St. Louis , the gold medal for the best water in the world was awarded to Bad Felix. Guests at the spa include personalities such as Marlene Dietrich , Claudia Cardinale , Charlie Chaplin , Marshal Charles de Gaulle , the painter Salvador Dalí , the billionaire Aristotle Onassis and Jacqueline Kennedy . Today Bad Felix is the largest health resort in Romania with 200 springs.
Spa
The spa facilities in the thermal baths mainly consist of tubs and pools. There are options for exercise and stretching treatments and facilities for warm mud applications . But medical physiotherapy , classic massage and sauna are also used here. There are also facilities for electro - and hydrotherapy and facilities for gynecological treatments with thermal water and warm mud treatments. A mineral water drinking cure system and inhalation devices ( aerosol therapy ) for the airways are available. In order to prevent chronic respiratory or cardiovascular diseases and rheumatic diseases of the joints and limbs, an active prophylactic spa treatment can be carried out in the health resort under medical supervision . Treatments for cardiology , neurology , diabetes , nutritional diseases and endocrinology are also offered.
The radon-containing thermal water has a temperature of 41 to 49 ° C and a mineral content ( sulfur , chlorine , sodium , bicarbonate, etc.) of 986 mg / l.
The healing water of Bad Felix is suitable for the treatment of the following diseases:
- Rheumatic inflammatory diseases (rheumatoid polyarthritis , paralyzing spondylosis, acute joint rheumatism) in the biological stabilization level
- degenerative rheumatism
- Spondylosis (neck, back and lumbar spondylosis) with or without cervical brachialgia
- Sciatica and lumbago
- Arthroses , polyarthroses
- Abarticular rheumatic diseases: tendinosis , tendinitis , tendomyosis , periarthrita scapulos humeralis
- Post-traumatic diseases : sequelae after surgical interventions on the joints, after bone fractures, distortions and dislocations
- central and peripheral nerve disorders : hemiparesis , paraparesis , various pareses
Recreational facilities
The health resort has a modern cultural center with a theater, cinema, concert hall, library, numerous sports fields, outdoor pools that are fed with thermal water, cafes, restaurants, pubs, bars, bookshops, and all kinds of shops.
In the parks with the alkaline sulfur springs one can also find the pink blooming water lily "Nymphaea lothus thermalis", a plant unique in Europe, a botanical relic of the Tertiary . It is the landmark of Bad Felix; one district bears her name, "Nufărul" (sea lotus).
On October 29, 2012 the "Aqua President" aquapark was opened. This is in operation all year round and holds around 700–800 people. The water in the aquapark has a temperature of 34 to 36 ° C. The Aquapark has 13 covered pools, three outdoor pools, a wave pool with waves up to 50 cm high, a Mediterranean grotto , a VIP area, a children's area, a Turkish and a Finnish sauna , two slides , one indoor and one indoor Outdoor area. The dry area of the aquapark has a variety of entertainment options, such as bowling , table tennis , slot machines , squash , snooker , darts , mini football , ice hockey .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c travel destinations24.info ( memento of the original from May 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Bad Felix
- ↑ rumaenien-info.at ( Memento of the original from April 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Bad Felix
- ↑ rumaenien-reisen.de ( Memento of the original from December 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Bad Felix
- ↑ aquapark.bailefelix.net , Aquapark Băile Felix
