Jordan fountain

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Jordan fountain

The Jordan Spring is a thermal spring in the East Westphalian town of Bad Oeynhausen in North Rhine-Westphalia . It is considered a symbol of the city.

history

The spring was drilled from 1924 to 1926 and is the largest carbonated thermal brine spring in the world with a depth of 725 m and a discharge of 3000 l / min . The water is 36 ° C and has a salt content of 2.6%. In honor of the then bathing director of Bad Oeynhausen Oberbergrat Albert Jordan , the spring was given the name Jordansprudel . The version of the source has been changed several times.

In order to avoid using new spring water, a circulatory system was installed in 2000 and the underground catacombs were converted into a water reservoir . There are around 60 cubic meters of water in circulation, driven by an underwater pump system. In 2018, a measurement showed that the Jordan Spring currently has a lower salt content and therefore no brine, but "only" supplies medicinal water. The decrease in the salt content is due to the low purchase volume, since the spring is no longer used by any health resort or clinic apart from the Bali Therme.

A defect in the pump system led to a failure of the fountain in 2015. Due to low water pressure, unexplained algae infestation occurred in the Jordan Fountain in 2017. The Jordan spring is 32 meters above the turbine house and at the end of the pipe network.

Todays use

The Jordan Spring is activated from Easter to October. At maximum pressure, the fountain reaches a height of around 20 meters. In the past 50 meters could be reached. From 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., the Jordan hot spring is activated for 5 minutes on the hour. Operation depends on wind and weather conditions and can be suspended.

Applications

The water of the Jordan fountain is used for various healing applications. The adjacent Bali-Therme uses the water for drinking and bathing cures, among other things .

Web links

The Jordan fountain in action

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b excerpt from "Chronicle of the City of Bad Oeynhausen 1910-1972". Staatsbad Oeynhausen, accessed on March 31, 2018 .
  2. ^ Extract from "Chronicle of the City of Bad Oeynhausen 1910-1972". Staatsbad Oeynhausen, accessed on March 31, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Staatsbad Oeynhausen: History of the Jordansprudel .
  4. ↑ Heidi Froreich: Jordansprudel in Bad Oeynhausen no longer supplies brine. Neue Westfälische, January 6, 2018, accessed on March 31, 2018 .
  5. ↑ There is no Jordan spring. Radio Westfalica, July 8, 2015, accessed on March 31, 2018 .
  6. ^ A b Claus Brand, Louis Ruthe: State bath seeks cause for insufficient water pressure. Westfalenblatt, June 20, 2017, accessed on March 31, 2018 .
  7. ^ Bad Oeynhausen. June 13, 2014, accessed March 31, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Our healing water. (PDF) Bali-Therme Bad Oeynhausen, January 12, 2018, accessed on March 31, 2018 .

Coordinates: 51 ° 11 ′ 51 ″  N , 8 ° 47 ′ 45 ″  E