Cooking fountain
The Kochbrunnen in Wiesbaden is the best known and hottest thermal spring in the city. The sodium - chloride -Thermalquelle was in the 19th century center of Wiesbaden drinking cure . Its name refers to the water temperature of over 66 ° C.
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The spring on Kochbrunnenplatz was first mentioned in 1366 as Bryeborn (Brühborn) and in 1536 as Syedenborn (Siedeborn). The Kochbrunnen is an artesian spring and rises from a depth of 2,000 meters. Today it is taken through a 43 meter deep hole. The yield is around 360 liters / minute. The water from the boiling fountain has a temperature of 66.1 ° C when it emerges , smells faintly of hydrogen sulfide and tastes very salty. It is clear, but turns yellowish after 24 hours when exposed to air. The high carbonic acid content initially keeps the hardness in solution, but after the water has been relaxed, it precipitates as calcium carbonate . The oxidizing metals color the sinter , the mineral deposits, red. The sum of the dissolved minerals in the water from the cooking fountain is 8.1 g / L (in comparison: sea water: approx. 30 g / L), of which 2.58 g / L is sodium and 4.39 g / L chloride.
The Kochbrunnen is one of the so-called primary springs in Wiesbaden. Only a small part of the water feeds the drinking point in the Kochbrunnenpavillon and the “Kochbrunnenspringer”. The main amount is directed to the processing plant in Kaiser-Friedrich-Bad . From there it enters the city's extensive thermal water network. One part is pumped up into the Aukammtal thermal bath , another part is used to heat the apartments in the former palace hotel and the “Weberhof”. The Wiesbaden town hall was also heated, but was shut down for maintenance reasons. The aggressive salts in the water make it necessary to use pumps made of high-quality stainless steel.
Kochbrunnenplatz and Kranzplatz
Some of Wiesbaden's grand hotels are grouped around Kochbrunnenplatz and the neighboring Kranzplatz: for example, the oldest hotel in Germany, the Schwarze Bock , which was founded in 1486 , the former palace hotel - it was the first ever with a room telephone - and the Hotel Rose , which has been operating since September 2004 Hessian State Chancellery is housed.
Kochbrunnentempel
The first stone version of the spring as a drinking fountain was built in 1823. It was open and enclosed with a 1.6 meter high wall. Access to non-spa guests has since been blocked. That led to protests at the time. The unprotected spring was later criticized, so a metal grille was put over it (the so-called "Käsglock").
Today's Kochbrunnen pavilion was built in 1887/88 as part of the magnificent drinking cure facility and stood at the end of the drinking cure hall. From this a staircase went down to the bubbling spring, from which the "fountain girls" filled the glass jugs in order to then give the healing water to the spa guests in glasses. Seven grills closed the temple. You could look inside, but it was only accessible via the pump room. In 1956 the ornate dome roof was removed and replaced with a simple sloping roof. It was now isolated because the pump room, the portal and the open part of the lobby had been demolished in July 1955. As in 1937, the bar was set up in April 1952 in the fountain colonnade on Bowling Green . For this purpose, today's 129-meter-long Kurhaus colonnade was fully glazed.
In 1976/77 the pavilion was relocated and renewed. Three of the seven ornate grids were reconstructed, an original could be used and the roof was re-designed, somewhat simplified, as an octagonal dome. The bubbling spring was closed and a residual amount now flows through a four-armed, curved spout into a stone fountain bowl. Since then, the temple has been accessible from four sides.
In December 1970 the Kochbrunnenspringer was inaugurated.
The "Kochbrunnentempel" in Wiesbaden
Drinking fountain in the "Kochbrunnentempel"
The so-called "Kochbrunnenspringer"
Sinter deposits on the Kochbrunnenspringer
Boiling or boiling well near Schenck (1758)
Former walking and drinking hall
In 1887/1888 a new drinking cure facility was built by the architect Wilhelm Bogler at the Kochbrunnen as a replacement for a cast-iron previous building. It had a Z-shaped floor plan and connected the still existing arcade hall on the western edge of the square with the new source temple.
The facilities survived the Second World War unscathed, but afterwards the Wiesbaden residents were denied access because the American occupying forces fenced the area with barbed wire in order to use it as a parking lot for their army vehicles and private cars of the soldiers. Only after long requests from the city did the occupiers release the Kochbrunnenquelle and part of the foyer in June 1946. The pump room was reopened in June 1949, but was only intended as a temporary measure because the destroyed fountain colonnade at the Kurhaus was being rebuilt. The maintenance of the square and the buildings was so inadequate that the magistrate decided in February 1955 to demolish the foyer and fountain hall. The Wiesbadener Kurier described Kochbrunnenplatz as an “eyesore in the heart of the spa town”. Despite protests from the bathhouse owners, demolition work on the drinking hall began in July 1955, and the Wiesbaden courier wrote: "Everyone is happy about this demolition: the cooking fountain is being smashed as planned". It was the zeitgeist of the time that wanted to have everything old removed.
The ornate domed roof of the Kochbrunnen temple was removed, as were the seven ornamental grilles. Instead, a simple pitched roof was put on and the openings were glazed. Only the northern part remained of the foyer. In 1976/1977 the Kochbrunnen temple was moved to its current location. In the 1990s, a glass front was added to expand the restaurant.
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Remarks
- ↑ The name is also explained by the fact that numerous gas bubbles continuously rose in the earlier open spring version, so that it looked as if the water from the spring was boiling.
- ↑ The transition between the squares directly next to each other runs at the level of Spiegelgasse. From there in the direction of Webergasse / Langgasse lies Kranzplatz and, bounded by Saalgasse / Taunusstrasse / Georg-August-Zinn-Strasse, Kochbrunnenplatz. Both places were separated by the Alte Hotel Rose until 1908. Today, contrary to the official name, the Kochbrunnenplatz is often viewed as part of the Kranzplatz.
Individual evidence
- ^ Well girl at the Kochbrunnen in Wiesbaden. Historical image documents from Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- ↑ Kochbrunnenwasser in the thermal bath Aukammtal
- ^ Reopening of the Kochbrunnentrinkhalle in Wiesbaden, June 29, 1949. Historical photo documents from Hesse. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- ↑ WK 1955/35. 11.2.
Coordinates: 50 ° 5 ′ 10.8 ″ N , 8 ° 14 ′ 30.9 ″ E