Good well
Guter Brunnen is a spring in Niederzwönitz , a district of the city of Zwönitz in the Saxon Ore Mountains . There are also other sources that led to the creation of a bathing facility at the Guten Brunnen, which until 1941 was called Bad Guter Brunnen , Bad Gutenbrunn and Bad zum Guten Brunnen .
history
In 1603, Peter Richter from Kühnheide, who was already 100 years old by his own admission, recorded in court that the Gute Brunnen was called the Drei-Tannen-Brunnen in his youth and had been recognized as a Gesundbrunnen in 1498. For the sick who made pilgrimages to this fountain, a chapel was built, which was consecrated to St. Anne, which is why the fountain was also called St. Anne's Fountain in Catholic times. Linked to this is the legend of the 13-year-old Ännchen from Niederzwönitz, who was blinded by leafing and who appeared in a dream on the night of St. Anne's Day on July 26th, the Mother of God. This would have led her by the hand to the said source. She wet her eyes with the spring water, Anna blessed her and disappeared. Blind Ännchen is said to have seen again, and out of gratitude, her father built a chapel at the spring.
After the Reformation, the chapel fell into disrepair and the healing spring was also forgotten from 1558 after a downpour changed its flow of water. It was not until 1608 that the healing spring was recaptured by an unknown person. The school principal Martin Pfüntel from Plauen published a pamphlet about the importance of the spring and its healing success, so that numerous sick people were attracted to it. Since 1646 the neighboring spring has been called the Krätzbrunnen, because its water should help against scabies and rashes.
In 1711, the Niederzwönitz manor owner, Austria, redrafted both springs and also advertised the use of a third spring, which he named Augenbrunnen after an almost blind man could see again through the use of the spring water.
In 1819 a new bathhouse with ten cells and eleven tubs was built at the Guten Brunnen for bathing, which was used as a mineral and radium bath until 1949. The bath was operated from 1857 to 1889 by a company under the direction of Mayor Krauße from Lößnitz (Erzgebirge) , then by the Forbrig family. The number of spa guests from 1902 to 1916 is given as 90 to 156. In 1951 there were still 87 spa guests.
During the time of National Socialism, uniform and stricter guidelines were enforced in the German Reich, which prescribed the necessary quantities of minerals for medicinal springs. The three healing springs did not meet these guidelines, whereupon the district administrator of Stollberg declared in 1941 that the designation "bath" can no longer be maintained. The designation “ Radiumbad Guter Brunnen” was also prohibited on labels.
The following buildings belonged to the "Bad Guter Brunnen" ensemble:
- an inn
- a bathhouse (1819–1998)
- a water house
- Outbuildings (stable, barn and shed)
Today the entire facility lies idle. On October 18, 1984, the entire area was declared a natural monument by resolution . The facility was of particular importance in the history of baths in Saxony. To this day it is managed and cared for in a nature conservation way and houses a number of endangered plant and animal species as well as specially protected biotopes.
As part of ABM measures, the Gute Brunnen was redesigned in 1998 and the Catholic Annen Chapel, which fell into disrepair after the Reformation, was reconstructed.
literature
- Christian Lehmann : Wunderbrunnen in Niederzwönitz , in: Detailed description of the Meißnischen Ober-Ertzgebürges… , 1747, p. 241f. ( Digitized version of the book )
- August Schumann : Guter Brunnen in Niederzwönitz , in: Complete state, postal and newspaper lexicon of Saxony, containing a correct and detailed geographical, topographical and historical representation of all cities, towns, villages, castles, courtyards, mountains, forests, lakes, rivers etc. whole royal. and Prince. Saxon country including the Principality of Schwarzburg, the Erfurt area, as well as the Reussian and Schönburg possessions. Schumann, 7th volume Zwickau 1820, p. 358ff. ( Digitized version of the book )
- Emil Osann : The M. Quelle zu Niederzwönitz , in: Physical-medical representation of the well-known healing springs of the most excellent countries in Europe , Second Part, from Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin 1832, p. 723 ( digitized version of the book )
- Johann Carl Freileben : Niederzwönitz , in: On the occurrence of salty fossils and the salt and mineral sources in Saxony , magazine for the oryctography of Saxony, tenth booklet, by JG Engelhardt, Freiburg 1839, p. 127ff., ( Digitized version of the book )
- Albert Schiffner : Niederzwönitz , in: Handbook of geography, statistics and topography of the Kingdom of Saxony , first delivery, containing the Zwickau district directorate, in Friedrich Fleischer Leipzig 1839, p. 99f. ( Digitized version of the book )
- Bad zum Guten Brunnen near Zwönitz i. Erzgeb. Medicinal springs discovered in 1498. Overview , o. O. and o. J.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bad zum Guten Brunnen near Zwönitz i. Erzgeb. Medicinal springs discovered in 1498. Overview , o. O. and o. J., p. 8.
Coordinates: 50 ° 38 ′ 54 ″ N , 12 ° 47 ′ 6 ″ E