Sulfur bath (Grünthal)
The former sulfur bath was located in Grünthal , a current district of Olbernhau . After the discovery of two cold, sulphurous springs in 1813, the old customs house , which was built in 1612 on the border between the Electorate of Saxony and Bohemia , was converted into a spa . First, the old customs house , which had lost its function after the construction of the new customs house in 1812, was bought by the Olbernhau pharmacy manager Meerheim, who also arranged for the official assessment of the mineral water found . In 1837 the bathhouse was expanded and modernized after a change of ownership. With the purchase of the old customs house by the carpenter Höffner from Olbernhau, he was also given the right to use the mineral springs.
At the end of the 19th century, the building was expanded again and the new owner, Dr. Stieglitz created a small spa park . In 1898 Karl May visited the sulfur bath in Grünthal several times.
However, the sources were only used sporadically. At the end of the 19th century, only 90 to 100 spa guests visited the spa each year . The yield of the sources was staggering, enough to fill 650 to 1,120 baths. By 1926, 6,200 spa guests from Germany and abroad had visited the spa.
The sulfur-containing meadow and pond source was used for drinking cures and baths . Rheumatism , neuralgia , lead poisoning , anemia and skin diseases were treated in the sulfur bath in the summer months . In the December and January months, the spa was reserved for winter sports guests.
In 1935 the productivity of the sulfur spring should be increased and the bathing establishment expanded to become a border bath . However, these plans did not materialize. After the Second World War , when a spring ran dry, swimming was further restricted.
After the bathing operations ceased in 1960, the building was sold to the Magdeburg Railway Directorate . From 1964 the house was used as a company holiday home and children's holiday camp.
After reunification , the property went into private ownership and was initially used as a holiday property. In 1991, exploratory drilling was carried out again in the vicinity of the hut pond in order to develop the mineral water resources again. After the wells found what they were looking for, the expansion failed for financial reasons. During the floods in 2002 , the vacant building complex was devastated, so that it had to be demolished in 2005 .
In April 2014, the Erzgebirgszweigverein set up a bilingual information board at the location of the bath.
Individual evidence
- ^ Albert Schiffner: Handbook of Geography: Statistics and Topography of the Kingdom of Saxony . Friedrich Fleischer, Leipzig 1839, p. 250 .
- ^ Christian Heermann: Karl May in Olbernhau-Grünthal . In: Karl-May-Haus (ed.): Karl-May-Haus information . tape 2/3 . Hohenstein-Ernstthal 1990, p. 21-26 .
- ↑ Klara May: The sulfur bath in Grünthal. An episode from the life of Karl May. In: Karl May Yearbook . tape 1924 . Karl-May-Verlag, Bamberg – Radebeul 2008, p. 316-322 .
- ↑ Ewald Dietrich & Friedrich Reichel: Representation of the healing springs and cur = and bath = places of the Kingdom of Saxony . Dresden 1824, p. 111
- ↑ Robert Flechsig: Baths Lexicon. Representation of all known baths, healing springs, hydropathic institutions and climatic health resorts in Europe and northern Africa in medical, topographical, economic and financial relationships. For doctors and those in need of a cure , Leipzig 1889, pp. 398–400
- ^ Ernst Frey: Recipe pocket book . In: Eduard Müller (Hrsg.): The therapy of the general practitioner . 2nd Edition. tape 2 . Julius Springer, Berlin 1923, p. 510 .
- ^ Rolf Morgenstern: Chronicle of Olbernhau for the 750th anniversary . Ed .: City administration Olbernhau. Olbernhau 2010, p. 207 .
- ↑ olbernhau.de From the customs house to the sulfur bath in Olbernhau - Grünthal . Official Journal 11/2014, p. 3f. ( Memento of the original from December 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 50 ° 38 ′ 58.1 ″ N , 13 ° 22 ′ 14.9 ″ E