Solymar thermal baths

Entrance to the Solymar Therme in Bad Mergentheim

The Solymar Therme is a thermal bath with a sauna area, sports and family pool and spa area in Bad Mergentheim . It was created through general renovation and renovation of the Solymar bathing park, a leisure pool with a wave pool , which opened in 1975. The renovation from 2011 to October 2014 cost over 30 million euros; the city of Bad Mergentheim contributed 22 million euros. The first day of opening after the renovation was October 3, 2014.

The parent company of the Solymar Therme is the company Schauer & Co. GmbH from Überlingen on Lake Constance, which operates other baths / spa facilities in Germany and Switzerland ; the direct operator is Solymar Therme GmbH & Co. KG from Bad Mergentheim.

Subject areas

The Solymar Therme is divided into four subject areas: the sports and family pool, the vitality and brine pool, the sauna area and the spa area. Entry to each of the following stages includes entry to the preceding stages.

Sports and family pool

The water slide

The sports pool has six lanes with a length of 25 m, starting blocks and a diving platform with a 1-meter diving board and a 3-meter diving tower . There is also a 55 m² water play area, two water slides and a teaching pool with full-sided entry.

Vitality and brine bath

The vitality and brine bath consists of six pools filled with thermal water (five indoor pools and one outdoor pool) and a textile steam bath . The water is between 34 ° C and 37 ° C and is a treatment of the water of the Bad Mergentheimer Paulsquelle , a sodium chloride acid that is only used for bath therapy. Even though some of the pools have chemical elements in their names (" lithium bath", "dead sea in magnesium bath", " calcium bath"), the thermal water in them is always composed the same - the name is intended to reflect a different aspect of the healing properties of the Emphasize thermal water. Ions of the mentioned alkali and alkaline earth metals are abundant in the water of the Paulsquelle. On some days, free water aerobics take place in the vitality and brine pool up to three times a day .

Sauna area

The Solymar Therme has five saunas (two of which are outdoor saunas ), a steam bath and a sauna bar with food and drinks. The sauna area has been awarded 5 stars as a 'SaunaPremium' by the German Sauna Association.

Spa area

The spa area offers guests 20 to 90-minute treatments. All treatments in the spa area must be booked for a fee in individual consultation.

Further equipment

Access to the individual subject areas is enabled by means of turnstiles that respond to the access chip issued at the entrance. With this chip you also secure your locker and can 'pay' for all additional services in the thermal bath. When leaving the thermal bath, the chip identification is read out and the accrued costs are billed to the guest. In the spa there is a self -service restaurant that is accessible to all spa visitors .