Bad Jenaz
The Bad Jenaz was a spa southwest of the municipality of Jenaz in Grisons Prättigau . It was in operation from 1733 to 1834.
prehistory
Of the original 160 spas in the canton of Graubünden, 13 still existed in the middle of the 20th century. In the Prättigau, the mineral springs were verifiably used by five bathing establishments: Bad Jenaz, Bad Fideris , Bad Ganey above Seewis (17th century to 1799), Geilenbad (Belvédère Gadenstätt) , Luzein ) and at the still existing Hotel Bad Serneus . The frequent occurrence of mineral springs in the Prättigau is due to its geological structure. They all arise in the Bündnerschiefer and the Prättigau flysch .
Bad Jenaz
The mineral spring rises one hour southwest of the village in the front part of the Furnertobel (on the Jenazer steep slope called Valdavos ) on a mountain meadow surrounded by fir trees, the "Badwiesli". Because of its seclusion, it was discovered by chance by the mountain farmer Elsbeth Badraun in 1730.
In 1733, the Jenaz community took hold of the spring with its earthy, alkaline, iron and slightly gypsum-containing acid from 6–12 ° Celsius and had a guest house and bath house built for its own account. The influx of guests led to the enlargement of the building in 1766, so that up to 130 guests could be accommodated. The Appenzell Bartholomäus Sulser , who worked as a spa doctor, wrote a book in 1768 about successful spa cures and the healing powers of the spring. In 1813 the bath buildings were renovated.
In 1827 the bath consisted of three buildings. Above the bath building was the block building with the stable for cows, calves, wagon horses and riding horses. Including the bath house in front of the well room and next to it a farm building. Both were Walser knitted structures made of fir wood.
The slaughterhouse, bakery and rooms where the guests could prepare their own coffee were located on the lower floor of the farm building. Above were the kitchen, the entrance to the wine store, and two low rooms. There were eight guest rooms on the upper floors, each with eight or more beds with straw sacks.
The bath house contained bedrooms upstairs and downstairs in three dark vaults 38 baths in the form of rectangular boxes made of fir wood, which were customary in the region at the time, 18 for men, 15 for women and five more spacious for financially strong guests.
As a rule, people bathed in cold or boiled lukewarm water for one hour a day for four weeks. In addition, people chatted outside on the bowling alley or went for walks in the forest. Animal and plant lovers got their money's worth on walks. The hunters among the guests could hunt deer, roe deer, lynx or bears in the ravine. On the menu there was regional venison (hare, roe deer, deer and chamois) for a change. As recently as 1825, a bear killed by the landlord himself appeared on the guest table.
The remote health resort was usually visited by locals for drinking and bathing because of the lack of “good company” and attractions. The Chur town doctor Eblin, who was a spa doctor in Fideris from 1816 to 1817, prescribed the bath to the needy in the town of Chur and reported in 1828 about the successes he knew about the cure.
On April 27, 1834, the buildings burned to the ground. Arson was suspected because the landlord had tried "to give the bathroom new appeal by taking in dubious women". The sanatorium was not rebuilt.
Today there are hardly any traces of its history left on the site of the former Jenazer Bad. The mineral spring, which was revised in 1941, is open to the public there.
Course of the bathing and drinking cure
During operation in summer (June to September), the pool almost always had its own doctor. The course of the cure corresponded to the usual way up to the 19th century:
The spa doctor first withdrew blood from full-blooded-looking spa guests by cupping and prescribed a laxative treatment . Twice a day (morning and afternoon) had to be bathed in the tub. Half an hour each on the first day, half an hour longer each day, up to three hours in the morning and in the afternoon for ten to twelve days. Then the bathing time was shortened by half an hour each day to wean them off. The whole cure lasted three to four weeks. At the same time there was a drinking cure in which one drank six to twelve glasses of mineral water in the morning.
Composition of the mineral water
Analysis of 1831
The water from the Jenaz mineral spring came from a sand hill surrounded by clay and flowed into a closed, arched container from which it was directed into the boilers and baths. The water was light, pearly, without a special smell, but with an ink-like taste and deposited a greasy dirt on glasses and silver turned yellow from it. It had a temperature of 10 degrees and contained in eight pounds (16 ounces), according to Bauhof in Winterthur:
- Carbonic gas 16 cubic inches
- Carbonic lime earth 8 grains
- Carbonic talc earth (bitter earth) 1
- Carbonic iron oxide 4
- Sulfuric acid talc earth (bitter earth) 11
- Hydrochloric acid limestone traces
- a peculiarly fatty substance in indefinite quantity
Analysis from 1944
The simply mineralized water is similar to the Fideriser mineral water (chlorine content, sulphate values, temperature). The mineral content is subject to fluctuations (calcium ions present) and probably used to have a different ion content. This would explain the lack of fat foam formation when the water evaporates today. No free hydrogen sulfide could be detected. Hans Züllig, Schiers School in 1944.
Physical Properties:
- Temperature: 6.5 degrees (all year round)
- Specific gravity 1.0045
- Millimole sum of ions 9.05
- Radioactivity: practically none
Classification:
- Chemical composition: calcium, magnesium, hydrocarbonate
- Ion concentration: n / 1000 total = 12.334
- Reaction: slightly basic (PH 7.8)
- Physically: cold (6.5 degrees)
Bacteriological examination:
- Germ count per cc during a 24 hour incubation period 2
- Fermentation test with lactose for 24 hours of incubation in 50 cm³ negative
- Fermentation test with mannitol sugar during an incubation period of 24 hours in 50 cm³ negative
Special features:
- Marble dissolving power 700 mg (CaCO²)
- Iron solvency 13 mg
Classification: Cold, slightly acidic, simple, slightly gypsum-based mineral water
literature
- Luzius Pol: Report on the greasy, medicinal foam . In: Höpfner Magazin 1789.
- Ebel: Jenins bathroom . In: Instructions to travel to Switzerland. 1805
- Gabriel Rüsch (Rüesch): Instructions for the correct use of bathing and drinking cures in general, with special consideration of Swiss mineral water and bathing establishments . 1st - 3rd Part. Ebnat 1825, 1826, 1832
- Lutz: Bad Jenaz . In: "Complete description of the Swiss country". 1827
- Paul Eblin: Mineral spring and bath to Jenatz in the Prättigau, canton Graubünden n. A contribution to the description of the Grisons mineral springs. Chur 1828.
- Heinrich von Malten: Description of all famous baths in Switzerland together with a general overview of the baths of the second rank and the unused medicinal springs. A handbook for use by the sick and healthy, especially travelers. Aarau 1830.
- Jakob Rudolf Truog: The Jenaz Bad . Bündnerisches monthly newspaper: magazine for Graubünden history, regional and folklore. Volume 1941, Issue 3
- Bruno Weber: Old spa houses in Graubünden: Jenaz, Fideris, St. Moritz, Le Prese . Our art monuments, newsletter for the members of the Society for Swiss Art History, Volume 29, Issue 4, 1978
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cultural research Graubünden: To the cure! 10Healing springs in Prättigau
- ↑ Paul Eblin: mineral springs and a bathroom to Jenatz in Prättigau, Canton Graubünde n A contribution to the description of the Grisons mineral springs.. Chur 1828.
- ^ Bruno Weber: Old spa houses in Graubünden: Jenaz, Fideris, St. Moritz, Le Prese . Our art monuments, newsletter for the members of the Society for Swiss Art History, Volume 29, Issue 4, 1978
- ↑ Jakob Rudolf Truog: The Bad Jenaz. Bündnerisches monthly newspaper, magazine for the history of the Grisons, regional and folklore. Volume 1941, Issue 3
- ^ Archives of the Pharmacists' Association in Northern Germany, Volume 37, 1831
- ↑ Paul Eblin: mineral springs and a bathroom to Jenatz in Prättigau, Canton Graubünde n A contribution to the description of the Grisons mineral springs.. Chur 1828.
- ↑ The Jenaz bath
- ^ Old spa houses in Graubünden: Jenaz, Fideris, St. Moritz, Le Prese
Coordinates: 46 ° 55 ′ 14 " N , 9 ° 41 ′ 11" E ; CH1903: 771187 / 199059