Bell fountain (Bad Soden)

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Bell fountain

The bell fountain (spring no. XII) is an officially recognized mineral spring in the city of Bad Soden am Taunus in Hesse . Like the champagne and winkler fountains, it is located in Wilhelmspark .

history

The bell fountain was built in 1906. Medieval finds at the fountain indicate an earlier use of the source. The fountain is located a few meters south of the Winklerbrunnen at the former location of the Engel'schen Hofreite. In the past, the water from the fountain was used to produce "Schutt's mineral pastilles with a bell".

application

The spring water is used for drinking cures and inhalations. It is a thermal sodium-calcium-chloride-hydrogen carbonate acid. One liter of the source covers 25% of the magnesium, 25% of the calcium, 40% of the iodine and 50% of the iron requirements of a person.

application areas

  • Diseases of the stomach and small intestine
  • Stimulation of the digestive function
  • Urinary tract infections
  • Respiratory and oral mucosal diseases

Web links

literature

  • Joachim Kromer: Bad Soden am Taunus. Life from the sources. Waldemar Kramer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1990, ISBN 3-7829-0402-8 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Brochure Heilquellen und Brunnen, Magistrat der Stadt Bad Soden am Taunus (2007)

Coordinates: 50 ° 8 ′ 29.3 "  N , 8 ° 29 ′ 49"  E