Kneipp facility
A Kneipp facility is a building erected in spas or in the open air that is used for Kneipp medicine . "Kneipp" is a hydrotherapy treatment method that is used on the basis of Sebastian Kneipp . According to the Kneipp Association, Kneipp facilities can be in the form of water treading facilities or arm basins and are generally not subject to the Drinking Water Ordinance . In addition to running waters , Kneipp facilities are also fed by wells , springs , water pumps or the public drinking water network.
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Water treading systems
Kneipp facilities are in most cases in the form of water treading points , e.g. B. in spa parks , furnished. This is done in cold water on the spot.
Often water treading points are embedded in the natural course of a river or a lake . There are also artificially created Kneipp facilities outside of a flowing water, which are known as water treading pools . These usually have a railing and a flat floor slab .
Water step in a natural flowing water
Water treading pool with an artificially created inlet
Arm pool with information sign
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Arm basin
In the Kneipp arm basins, the arms are immersed in cold water up to the middle of the upper arms.
See also
literature
- Sebastian Kneipp: Pastor Kneipp's water cure: physical and mental regeneration with the "Kneipp cure" . Oesch Verlag, revised new edition 2005.
- Klaus Bienstock: Kneipp facilities: properly planned - properly built . Kneipp-Verlag 1997.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Kneipp Association e. V .: Construction instructions for the Kneipp facility . Online at www.kneippbund.de. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
- ^ A b Robert M. Bachmann: Kneipp - more than pouring and treading water . Published in: Naturheilmagazin. Online at www.naturheilmagazin.de. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
- ↑ Kneipp.com: treading water . Online at www.kneipp.com. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
- ↑ Kneipp.com: Cold arm bath - or the Kneipp espresso . Online at www.kneipp.com. Retrieved August 13, 2019.