Historic spa facilities in Bad Rehburg

The new bathhouse, built from 1778 to 1786

Wandelhalle from 1843/1844

The renovated fountain on the forecourt of the foyer

The historic spa facilities in Bad Rehburg are - next to Hofgeismar in Northern Hesse - the only remaining spa in Germany from the Romantic era .

history

They were built between 1750 and 1850, but go back to the year 1690, when the healing properties of the springs there were first mentioned in a document. The bath became known as the “ Madeira of the North” and attracted the Hanoverian nobility to Rehburg.

Construction of the building

The ensemble consists of the early classicist New Bath House (built 1778 to 1786), the foyer (1843/1844) with partially glazed veranda, the Friederiken Chapel (1841/1842), the former fountain house (1753) and parts of the old spa gardens. In the new bath house there is the so-called "queen cell", a bath chamber with particularly elaborate large tiles with late baroque and early classicist motifs and ornaments, which were probably made around 1780 in the faience factory Wrisbergholzen . The rediscovery of the precious mosaics, which until then had been hidden behind wallpaper, caused a sensation in 1978.

restoration

In 1950 the state baths ended and the facility fell into a twilight state until the city of Rehburg-Loccum bought the facility in 1999 and saved it from final ruin.

In the years 2000 to 2003 the facility was renovated. The New Bath House is now home to the Kurleben der Romantik Museum and the Blue Salon , which serves as an exhibition space for popular culture in the fields of caricature, illustration, computer animation, comics, cartoon, advertising, photography, film, music and theater. The foyer houses a small concert hall, a tourist information office and a restaurant with an outdoor area.

Sources and historical literature

• Johann Christian Kestner : The true freedom of the well. Johann Christian Kestner's diary from July 9th to 30th, 1765 in Bad Rehburg. Edited and commented by Alfred Schröcker. Sources on the history of the city of Hanover, Vol. 2. 2., corrected edition, Wehrhahn, Hanover-Laatzen 2009, ISBN 978-3-86525-153-4 .
• [Anonymous]: From the forces of the fountain and bath near Rehburg. In: Hannoverisches Magazin 1766, 21st issue, Sp. 321–326. Ibid .: JAF Oldenburg: Comments from the Rehburger Brunnen. Col. 369-398.
• Christoph Weber : Letter from Mr. Hof-Medicus D. Christoph Weber zu Walsrode to one of his friends about the situation, the history, the salary, the use and the effects of the Rehburger Gesund-Fountain and Bath, on his permission to print. Wecke, Hannover 1769 (digitized version from Kiel University Library, 2012; further digitized version from Google books).
• Christoph Weber: News from the situation, the history, the contents, the use and the effects of the Rehburg health fountain and bath. Schmidt, Hanover 1773 (digitized version of the SUB Goettingen, 2012).
  • It contains five letters written between 1769 and 1781, "which together provide the first comprehensive account." Bärbel Bendach, Uli Kutter: Lower Saxony in the travel literature of past centuries. Exhibition in the foyer of the Lower Saxony State and University Library Göttingen, 1. – 31. July 1980. Hubert, Göttingen 1981, p. 90. See also a contemporary review. In: Der Teutsche Merkur 1774, vol. 5, 1st piece, p. 343 f.
• Lebrecht Friedrich Benjamin Lentin : News of the health wells and baths in Rehburg, especially of the new sulfur spring near Winslar. Along with a situation plan. Hahn, Hanover 1803.
  • Full review. In: Neue Allgemeine Deutsche Bibliothek 88 (1804), 2nd item, 6th issue, pp. 345–348; Johann Jakob Hartenkeil : another review. In: Medicinisch-Chirurgische Zeitung supplementary volume. 7: 1801-1810, pp. 195-200.
• Lebrecht Friedrich Benjamin Lentin: Short message about the components and the previously observed effect of the Rehburg health fountains and baths. In: ders .: Contributions to medical science practicing. Vol. 3, Crusius, Leipzig 1804, pp. 176-184.
• Arnold Gerhard Deneken : Comments about the Brunnen-Oerter Rehburg and Driburg. Helwing, Hanover - Kircher, Braunschweig 1798 (digital copy from SLUB Dresden, 2012).
• David Rudolph Biedermann: About the effectiveness of the Rehburger Gesundbrunnen. Ritscher, Hanover 1792.
• David Rudolph Biedermann, Hof- und Brunnen-Medicus: A few remarks about the Rehburger Gesundbrunnen . In: Neues Hannöverisches Magazin 8 (1798), 61st issue, Sp. 989–992.
• Heinrich Philipp Franz Albers : Something about the Gesundbrunnen in Rehburg. In: Neues Hannövrisches Magazin 11 (1801), 49th issue, Sp. 785-800.
• Johann Wilhelm Friedrich Mehliß : Historical news from the Rehburger Gesundbrunnen. In: Hannoversches Magazin 15 (1805), 20th item, Col. 305-313; 21st piece, col. 321-332 .
• August Peter Julius du Menil : The Rehburger fountain as a cur- and relaxation place. Helwing, Hanover 1830.

Web links

• The historic spa facilities of Bad Rehburg. In: BadRehburg.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Eckart Roloff and Karin Henke-Wendt: Insights into the Madeira of the north. (Historical spa complex with museum in Bad Rehburg) In: Visit your doctor or pharmacist. A tour through Germany's museums for medicine and pharmacy. Volume 1, Northern Germany. Verlag S. Hirzel, Stuttgart 2015, pp. 81–82, ISBN 978-3-7776-2510-2 .

Coordinates: 52 ° 26 '15.3 "  N , 9 ° 12' 54.6"  E