Leuze mineral bath
The Leuze mineral bath ("Das Leuze") is one of the three large thermal baths in Stuttgart. Today's Leuze was built in 1983 as a total work of art by the Geier und Geier architecture firm in collaboration with the artist Otto Herbert Hayek .
overview
The roots of the pool go back to 1842, when Augustin Koch opened the first bathing establishment on the banks of the Berger Neckar . The bath water comes from the Stuttgart mineral springs , from which 43 million liters of mineral water gush daily. The current shape of the bathroom was designed in the early 1980s by the artist Otto Herbert Hajek and was awarded the Architecture Prize of the Association of German Architects in 1983 and the IAKS Award in 1989 for the functional architectural solution.
The water surface is almost 1800 m² and is distributed over nine mineral pools inside and outside. A 600 m² children's area (the "Kinderland") complements the offer for families with children. There is also an outdoor play area with a dry playground and a spray park.
The spacious sauna area with steam and sauna rooms at different temperatures, outdoor sauna, comfortable cooling pool and open-air terraces offers wellness, warmth and wellbeing on 3300 m².
With 670,231 visitors (as of 2018), the Leuze is one of the most visited pools in Germany.
Mineral springs
In the Leuze mineral bath, two highly carbonated medicinal springs and one mineral spring are used for swimming and taking a sauna.
Water analysis of the state-approved medicinal springs from July 17th, 2019:
| Island spring | Leuze source | |
|---|---|---|
| Mineral water type | Sodium-calcium-chloride-sulfate- hydrogen carbonate thermal acid |
Sodium-calcium-chloride-sulphate- hydrogen carbonate mineral acid |
| Withdrawal temperature | 20.5 ° C | 20 ° C |
| Dissolved free carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) | 2,090 mg / l | 1.4710 mg / l |
| Calcium cations | 750 mg / l | 542 mg / l |
| Lithium cations | 4.1 mg / l | 2.8 mg / l |
| Magnesium cations | 103 mg / l | 86.9 mg / l |
| Sodium cations | 1100 mg / l | 638 mg / l |
| Potassium cations | 88.2 mg / l | 53.1 mg / l |
| Iron cations | 3.2 mg / l | 2.0 mg / l |
| Chloride anions | 1620 mg / l | 963 mg / l |
| Sulfate anions | 1270 mg / l | 918 mg / l |
| Hydrogen carbonate | 1471 mg / l | 1068 mg / l |
history
In 1833, the Berger entrepreneur Ehrenfried Klotz drilled a mineral spring to drive the water wheel of his cloth and cotton factory. In 1839 Augustin Koch took over the source and opened the first bathing establishment in 1842. In 1851 Ludwig Leuze bought the bath, renovated it and reopened it in 1854. In the years that followed, the pool was constantly expanded and developed into a spa and spa hotel. In 1886, the previously offered baths were supplemented by a swimming pool.
During the First World War , the bath was used as a reserve hospital. After the First World War, the Leuze family sold the bathroom to the city of Stuttgart on November 20, 1919. In the following, the hotel was stopped and the rooms were used as a retirement home. The bathroom was almost completely destroyed in the Second World War. Nevertheless, the Leuze was able to reopen as an outdoor pool on May 18, 1945. In the 1950s, the pool was expanded into a medicinal and indoor pool with modern leisure facilities. These measures were ended in February 1961, since then the Leuze can be used all year round. At the end of the 1970s, the spa and spa office was commissioned to expand the Leuze. The new building was designed by Otto Herbert Hajek and was awarded the Architecture Prize of the Association of German Architects in 1983 and the IAKS Award in 1989 for the functional architectural solution. The Königstein spa , which was created by the same architects and artists, is similar in style. Since January 2006, a 600 m² children's area has been added to the offer for families with children.
art
In addition to the overall concept by Otto Herbert Hajek, there are other remarkable works of art in the Leuze:
- An ornamental fountain by Günther Neusel
- The mineral drinking fountain in the entrance area with enamel work by Walter Lochmüller
- The thick glass in the stairwell and the ceramic wall in Anton Stankowski's cold bathing hall
literature
- Wolfgang Kress: Stuttgart spa town: history, culture and modern bathing life . Markstein, Filderstadt 2006, ISBN 3-935129-26-2
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Otto Herbert Hajek: Leuze mineral bath / Roman memory - City of Stuttgart. Retrieved September 30, 2019 .
- ↑ Kinderland. Retrieved September 30, 2019 .
Coordinates: 48 ° 47 '54.3 " N , 9 ° 12' 39.3" E