Preblauer

Preblauer Heil- und Mineralwasser GmbH
legal form	Company with limited liability
founding	1869 (legal form since 2008)
Seat	Prebl, preblue 73
management	Heinz Josef Huss (managing director and 100% shareholder)
Number of employees	9
sales	approx. € 550,000
Branch	Trading in primary beverages
Website	preblauer.com
Last updated 2012

Preblauer is a mineral water brand of Preblauer Heil- und Mineralwasser GmbH in the small town of Prebl in the municipality of Bad St. Leonhard in Lavanttal , Carinthia . The mineral water is represented throughout Austria in food retailers and restaurants.

history

Preblauer-Brunnen, Prebl-Brunnen, Preblau [-Sauerbrunn] ( Rotte )
Basic data
Pole. District , state	Wolfsberg  (WO), Carinthia
Judicial district	Wolfsberg
Pole. local community	Bad St. Leonhard im Lavanttal   ( KG  Twimberg )
Locality	Prebl
Coordinates	46 ° 55 '40 "  N , 14 ° 48' 9"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 55 '40 "  N , 14 ° 48' 9"  E
height	828  m above sea level A.
Postcodes	9461 Prebl
prefix	+ 43/04353
Statistical identification
Counting district / district	Graves-Prebl -Nord (77011 005)
Property owned by Preblauer Heil- und Mineralwasser GmbH Source: STAT : Directory of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; KAGIS

Coin finds prove that the Romans and Celts were already familiar with the Preblauer springs. The healing springs have been documented since around the year 1000. In the 13th century, the water was delivered in sealed clay jugs to the court of the bishops of Bamberg , who owned the upper Lavant valley including Prebl. In 1538 Paracelsus characterized the water with the words "... endowed with excellent medicinal powers". The first documentary mention of the Preblauer Sauerbrunn comes from the monastery register of the Beyerhofen rule in 1575. The source is recorded in a map of the Duchy of Carinthia from 1612.

In the middle of the 17th century, the doctor Freisinger-Mistuzzi carried out "Lavanttaler Cures in conjunction with Preblauer Water". The water was used for diseases of the digestive, kidney and urinary tract.

It was Albine Farlatti from Klagenfurt who recognized the great economic opportunity. Farlatti teamed up with Dominik Bancalari, Alois Hussa and Josef Steinhäubl, founded a company and in 1869 bought the mineral springs and all associated properties in Preblau (the Carinthian state parliament, which had replaced the Estates landscape, had decided to sell) for around 43,000 guilders . As early as 1871, 100,000 bottles of Preblauer water are said to have been sent to all parts of the monarchy. In 1879 there were already twice as many. In 1892, when a new fountain house was built, the proud number of a million bottles shipped could already be referred to.

But the bathing and spa business in Preblau also experienced an upswing at that time. Above all, the railway line between Zeltweg and Wolfsberg , which opened in 1900, gave many Viennese the opportunity to reach Preblau. In summer, a Fiaker waited day after day at the Preblauer Bahnhof for guests from all parts of the monarchy. Even War Minister Franz Bilau-Rheidt was so impressed by the success of a cure in Preblau that he is said to have induced his officials to order Preblauer mineral water for all military hospitals. Because the demand increased steadily under these conditions, a second spring in the floodplain began to be bottled soon afterwards.

The end of the spa business only came when the end of the Danube monarchy was just around the corner. The wealthy guests from the big cities, who had made Preblau a posh spa, stayed away now. The sanatorium had to close in 1918, and the former sanatoriums soon began to fall into disrepair. In the meantime, the Preblauer Wasser had developed into one of the most famous mineral and medicinal waters in Europe, and is still bottled today and sold to all parts of the world.

The water

Preblauer Classic
ingredient	Milligrams per liter
Cations
calcium	177
potassium	42
magnesium	25th
sodium	646
Anions
fluoride	0.2
chloride	52
Bicarbonate	2212
sulfate	105
Non-electrolytes
m- silica	67
o- boric acid	9
dissolved solids	3336
Carbon dioxide	around 3000

The three springs arise from the mica slate rock in the Saualpe area . The waters come to the surface with their own carbon dioxide.

The most important source is the Paracelsus spring at 828 m above sea level with a discharge of 5.7 liters per second. The water is marketed under the “Preblauer Classic” brand.

The composition according to the 1998 control analysis by the Federal Institute for Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research is shown in the table opposite. The water is used especially for catarrhic-inflammatory diseases of the renal pelvis and the urinary bladder, stomach and intestinal diseases, diabetes and catarrhic diseases of the respiratory tract.

The spring bottling Sunshine has a lithium content of 1,400 milligrams per liter, which covers around half of the human daily requirement of three milligrams. This brand is only sold in pharmacies and by dropship.

literature

• Siegrid Hirsch, Wolf Ruzicka: Holy springs in Styria and Carinthia . Freya Verlag, 2004, p. 181f. ISBN 3-902134-31-3
• Werner Thelian: Bad St. Leonhard - city with history and culture . 1995, p. 94ff.
• M. Wutte: The history of the Preblauer Sauerbrunnen . 1932

Web links

• Company website
• Detailed history of the Preblauer Heilwassers , lovntol.at
• Preblauer Sauerbrunn , kleindenkmaeler.at
• The Sauerbrunn from Preblau , legends from the Lavanttal, lavanttaler.at
• Entry via Preblau on Burgen-Austria

Individual evidence

• Company Preblauer Heil- und Mineralwasser GmbH . Commercial register data Creditreform / firmenabc.at

1. ↑ Preblauer-Brunnen in the ÖK currently at AMAP (BEV) and in the directory  2001, Prebl-Brunnen in the ÖK at KAGIS , Preblau is the address, Preblau-Sauerbrunn is the name of the stop of the Lavant Valley Railway