Milk fountain (Bad Soden)

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Milk, warm and Justus von Liebig fountains

The milk fountain (source I) is a state-recognized healing spring in the city of Bad Soden am Taunus . Its water flows, like that of the Justus von Liebig fountain and the warm fountain , into a fountain on Franzensbader Platz.

history

The source of the milk fountain was already known in the Middle Ages. However, it was forgotten by the Thirty Years' War until it was rediscovered in 1700. In the 19th century the water was led into the Nassauischer Hof and used for spa purposes. From 1887 this flowed like that of the warm fountain in the newly built drinking hall . In 1902 the source was redrafted. Since 1955 this has also been flowing on today's Franzensbader Platz.

application

The spring water is used for drinking cures and inhalations . It is a thermal sodium-calcium-chloride-hydrogen carbonate acid. One liter of the source covers 20% of the magnesium, 20% of the calcium, 20% of the iodine and 40% of the iron requirements of a person.

application areas

  • Diseases of the stomach and small intestine
  • Urinary tract infections
  • Stimulation of the digestive tract

literature

  • Joachim Kromer: Bad Soden am Taunus. Life from the sources. Waldemar Kramer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1990, ISBN 3-7829-0402-8 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Brochure Heilquellen und Brunnen, Magistrat der Stadt Bad Soden am Taunus (2007)

Coordinates: 50 ° 8 ′ 33.1 ″  N , 8 ° 29 ′ 56.9 ″  E