Geyerbad

Geyerbad City of Meßstetten Coordinates: 48 ° 10 ′ 46 ″  N , 8 ° 52 ′ 34 ″  E
Height :	910 m above sea level NN
Postal code :	72469
Geyerbad

Geyerbad (dialect: "Geibert") is a hamlet and belongs to Oberdigisheim , a district of Meßstetten . It is located on a plateau in the Swabian Alb at an altitude of over 910 m above sea level. M. above the Artlishalde.

Geyerbad was formerly known as Girenbad, Girabad or Geyernbad. There was an inn, a general store , a brick factory , a brandy distillery , a bakery and wash house , a hand thresher , a pumping wells and six water well .

Sulfur bath

As early as 1433 the hamlet of Geyerbad was designated as a public bathing room . Geyerbad was a popular bathing resort around 1453 with a large cave , probably the former bathing basin. According to Schmids Landbuch, the "Girbad" was once a famous sulfur bath and, as can be seen in a medieval document in the municipal archive in Balingen, had a lifeguard .

Mining

Around 1738 iron ore was collected from poor farmers and day laborers for the works in Harras and smuggled into Austria abroad. Smugglers smuggled coffee, ores, Bibles and much more into the area. The ore concretions are almost completely free of sulfur and phosphorus. At the Geppert in Oberdigisheim around 1738, iron ore was mined for the blast furnaces of the iron and steel works in Württemberg on a large scale, especially in the winter months with little work. On the way from the caves rock for five boys Cave Geyerbad remnants of are pinging ( Bohnerzgruben ) visible. The independent miners mined at their own risk and were paid based on the amount of ore.

Brick making

A brickworks on the Geiersbadberg was mentioned around 1732 . The brickworks were operated until after the end of the First World War, after which the hand-made brick factories had to be closed because they were not competitive with the brick factories.

Inn

The inn "Glöckle" was opened by the haulier Karl Pfersich around 1950. It was known and loved nationwide and is now open to the public three times a week.

Syringe House (2019)

Fire extinguishing

Around 1900 there were hydrant stations in Württemberg, each equipped with a standpipe, a jet pipe and 70 meters of pressure hose. The building on the Geyerbad has been preserved.

Emergency

Village bakery and emergency in Geyerbad (2019)

The state of emergency could be maintained on the Geyerbad. Identical devices can only be viewed in museums elsewhere.

Bakehouse

A bakery was renovated by the Swabian Alb Association .

Web links

Commons : Geyerbad  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Heimatkundliche Blätter year January 1983 No. 1 50 years ago: Badstube Geyerbad p. 41 accessed on April 14, 2019
2. ↑ Sulfur well still active
3. ↑ Wikisource: Ober-Digisheim accessed on April 14, 2019
4. ↑ Wikisource: Historical Overview and Antiquities, accessed April 14, 2019
5. ↑ Bible smuggler
6. ↑ Sigrid Hirbodian, Andreas Schmauder and Manfred Waßner (ed.): Community in transition . Volume 19 A city in transition The history of Messstetten in time. No. 19 . Tübingen 2019, p. 24 .
7. ↑ Holdings B40 Bü1232 on Landesarchiv-BW.de
8. ^ State archive Sigmaringen Ho 235 T 13–15 No. 605: Wed
9. ↑ State Archive of Baden-Wuerttemberg Abt.Wirtschaftsarchiv Stuttgart Hohenheim (ed.): Archive SHW . B 40 Bü 1232. Harras, Ludwigsthal.
10. ↑ inventory E 244 Bu 98auf Landesarchiv-BW.de
11. ↑ Schwarzwälder Bote: The "Glöckle" landlady accessed on April 14, 2019
12. ↑ Fire extinguishing
13. ^ Zollernalbkurier: State of emergency
14. ^ State of emergency
15. ^ Backhaus