Desiderius Beck
Desiderius Beck (born January 12, 1804 in Ebersberg; † August 11, 1877 in Bad Aibling ) was a royal Bavarian court doctor. In 1845 he opened the first Bavarian brine and mud baths in Bad Aibling on Rosengasse, which later became Ludwigsbad .
Beck failed due to a lack of entrepreneurial skills and the massive rejection of the Aiblingen population. It was not until 1857 that the railway began to supply Bad Aibling with visitors that the entrepreneur Karl von Berüff took up Beck's idea again. His bathing establishment was named Ludwigsbad in 1871 in honor of the King of Bavaria.
Beck's services to Bad Aibling were honored late, only two years before his death in 1875 he received honorary citizenship of the city. In 2007, his concept was a combination of mud and salt therapy with the opening of Therme Bad Aibling resumed before was Badetorf decades the only cure means of Bad Aibling.
Today the city of Bad Aibling awards the Desiderius Beck Medal, which is dedicated to his memory, to well - deserved personalities.
In the summer of 2009, the city game “Desiderius - or the end of the beginning”, written by Christine and Klaus Jörg Schönmetzler , was performed in the Bad Aiblinger exhibition hall . It deals with Beck's life in Bad Aibling and the emergence and decline of his bathing establishment.
Individual evidence
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| SURNAME | Beck, Desiderius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physician and royal Bavarian court doctor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 12, 1804 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ebersberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 11, 1877 |
| Place of death | Bad Aibling |