Bad Hopfenberg
Bad Hopfenberg is a moor spa and health resort in the East Westphalian town of Petershagen in North Rhine-Westphalia . The place is a state-approved climatic health resort and lies in the landscape of the north German lowlands .
geography
The place is located on a mountain in the northern part of the core city Petershagen . Here in the 16th century hops were grown for the Minden bishop in Petershagen. The bishops had an alternative seat in Petershagen Castle . Hence the name.
history
The health resort was first mentioned in a document in 1746, when the special quality of the spring water there became known. This healing spring still bubbles today. In 1824 Colon Traue built a bathing establishment there. At that time, the focus was on moor treatments with the healing mud from the Uchter moor and was called the Kurhaus “Hopfenberg”. In 1926 the facility came into the possession of the Hermann Nebel family from Bad Seebruch near Vlotho, who still operate the local health clinic today.
traffic
Bad Hopfenberg was opened up by the Mindener Kreisbahn in 1898. The route from Minden to Uchte was then discontinued in 1967 with the increase in individual traffic. During the week, Bad Hopfenberg can be reached by bus today, most patients come by car.
Spa clinic
In the spa clinic in Bad Hopfenberg, follow-up treatments after knee and hip prostheses , the therapy of back diseases and diseases of the rheumatic type are mainly carried out today . In the 1960s, the number of overnight stays increased, around 50 overnight stays per night were counted. The clinic built a new clinic building, which was designed as a terrace house, on the Weser , which defines the townscape.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Historical sign at the entrance to the Weserland Clinic
- ^ Sign in the clinic's garden
- ↑ Luftkurort Bad Hopfenberg ( Memento of the original dated August 5, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on August 5, 2017.
- ↑ Google books: Petershagen: 29 places on old pictures , accessed on August 5, 2017.
- ^ Mindener Tageblatt: Historical edition of August 5, 1967: Bad Hopfenberg health clinic on expansion course
- ↑ Homepage of the Weserland Clinic in Bad Hopfenberg , accessed on August 5, 2017
- ↑ Mindener Tageblatt: Historical edition of August 5, 1967: Kurklinik Bad Hopfenberg on expansion course
