Hubertus spring (Thale)
The Hubertusquelle (also called Hubertusbrunnen ) is a healing spring with radon-containing water . It rises on the Hubertusinsel near Thale , formed by two Bode arms , directly at the outlet of the river from the Harz . It has been known for a long time and, according to oral tradition, foresters and hunters first became aware of the spring because deer sat there to satisfy their hunger for salt.
history
The first known documentary mention of the spring dates back to 1584. In that year, the sovereign, Count Martin von Regenstein , granted the Augsburg citizen and master brewer, Balthasar Becker, the privilege to build a salt works on the site . However, the annual Bode ice rides and floods were not good for the plant. For this reason, the salt production was relocated to the former district of Behrensdorf (site between today's Wolfsburgstrasse and Roßtrappenstrasse) by directing the brine there through wooden pipes. This saltworks flourished, but fell into disrepair after the death of the brewing master Becker (he was executed in Blankenburg because he had killed a smelter in a dispute) and the saltwater remained unused.
It wasn't until 1832 that the source came back into conversation. The serving of the Barons von dem Bussche-Streithorst standing Gutsförster , Karl Daude, strove for it and could lease from the 1834th Two years later he bought the entire island from the forest treasury. First he administered the curative brine in his Thalenser official apartment, where it was brought in barrels. As early as 1836 he had the first massive building built on the island, which he named Hubertusinsel because he was also an avid hunter. The names Hubertusbrunnen, later Hubertusbad and Hubertusbrücke, also come from Daude. The bridge was built at his expense. Karl Daude remained - despite his activities on the Hubertusinsel - still forest ranger.
In 1872 Daude sold the Hubertusbad as a well-known health resort with distinguished guests to Marcel Sieben from Berlin . In 1874 he built a villa, which he called "Diana". For the hotel, restaurant and bathing operations, extensive structures were built over several years, such as B. a musical shell , in which the Thalenser Kurkapelle provided "edification" several times a week. The park already laid out and maintained by Daude was expanded and offered guests pleasant relaxation. After 1874 there were no more new buildings.
The villa "Diana" later served as accommodation for "better" guests. Theodor Fontane , who was friends with Marcel Sieben and who wrote the draft for his novel “Cécile” here, was one of them.
Even in the time of Forester Daude, the frequent floods of the Bode caused great damage to the half-timbered buildings, which increased steadily, so that the hotel and restaurant building was closed by the building authorities in 1932 and demolished in 1934. There was a bathing company and brine sales until the end of the Second World War ; later, until 1986, a limited swimming pool.
After that, all buildings were demolished, with the exception of Villa Diana, which was meanwhile uninhabitable due to two fires. There was already a demolition permit for this in 2001. The Hubertusquelle was put back into operation in 2004, partly it supplies the Bodetal-Therme, which opened in 2011, in the immediate vicinity.
literature
- Werner Schatz: Thale in old views. Volume 2, European Library, Zaltbommel 1999, ISBN 90-288-6575-6 , pp. 52-54.
Web links
- Thale im Bodetal - Historical: The Hubertusbad - bodetal.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Stephan Neef: Tourism in Thale: Bobsleighs and rockets fly over Hubertusinsel. In: mz-web.de. August 7, 2001. Retrieved September 6, 2018 .
- ↑ Stephan Neef: Urban development in Thale: Hubertus water should gush at the Harz Festival. In: mz-web.de. August 12, 2004, accessed September 6, 2018 .
- ↑ Frank Ruprecht: Harz: The lighthouse is now open. In: mz-web.de. March 18, 2011, accessed September 6, 2018 .
Coordinates: 51 ° 44 '32 " N , 11 ° 1' 40" E