Stone bath
Steinabad is a former spa and today a guest house in the Steinatal and belongs to the town of Bonndorf in the Black Forest . The settlement is located in the valley floor to the left of the Steina, a little below the Steinamühle or Steinasäge .
history
In the early days of the founding , many Black Forest locations tried to develop into curorts . Bonndorf also joined this trend, possibly stimulated by the nearby spa town of Bad Boll in the Wutach Gorge . Josef Wiel , a doctor practicing in Bonndorf, particularly pursued this idea. The owner of the Steinamühle, Benedikt Vogt, built a small spa building opposite the mill in 1870 and named it Steinabad, although there was no thermal or healing spring to be found anywhere. Since the health benefits of the cold bath ( Pastor Kneipp ), the cures in whey or milk etc. had been recognized in the meantime, one could cure without the presence of a thermal or healing spring. In order to underline the character of a bath, Vogt had a river bathing establishment with swimming pool built on the Steina.
Health resort
In 1873, Wiel published a book in collaboration with the Swiss spa doctor Meyer-Ahrens with the title Bonndorf and Steinamühle, two climatic spa stations in the Black Forest . On the one hand, this book describes the area, climate and sights, restaurants and bars and the medical indicators for the new spa stations. The efforts to found the spa center had an effect and the stone bath received guests from all over the world. The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche was probably the most prominent visitor to the former spa hotel. From July 16 to August 12, 1875, he stayed in the stone bath and sought healing and relief for his chronic stomach problems. As in nearby Bad Boll, the spa business declined sharply at the turn of the century and came to a complete standstill in the First World War.
Takeover by the district of Karlsruhe
After the First World War, the association "Badischer Heimatdank" (War Disabled Welfare) took over the Steinabad and took in war disabled and war survivors to relax. In 1925, at the instigation of the Lord Mayor of Bruchsal , Karl Stritt (1862–1941), the Karlsruhe district acquired the entire property for a purchase price of 55,000 Reichsmarks . The district renovated the buildings and built a rest home for children in need of rest. From July 1926, the first 75 children were admitted for recreation. The house usually took in children who were generally weak, at risk of tuberculosis or malnutrition for six weeks. In the following years the occupancy increased to 420 children and the district expanded the former mill building for a further 50 children at a total cost of 80,000 Reichsmarks. The youth welfare of the district of Karlsruhe met with widespread recognition with its concept and the children's and youth rest home enjoyed great popularity. From 1938 to 1945 the National Socialist People's Welfare took over the management of the home, whereby the district continued to pay off the loans and pay for the costs. Several attempts to sell failed. From 1942 to 1945 it served as an auxiliary hospital and then came under the administration of the French military government for two years.
School camp
In 1947 the Steinabad again became the property of the Karlsruhe district. The concept of a children's and youth home was initially taken up again. In 1955, the district decreed in its statutes that “the Steinabad Children's Recreation Home exclusively and directly pursues charitable and benevolent purposes ... by granting medical treatment, medical care, accommodation and food to children in need of recovery and those at risk of health.” In 1962, the occupancy numbers fell significantly and it became more difficult to attract skilled personnel. In 1966 the usage concept was changed and the Steinabad was continued as a school camp for the district of Karlsruhe. In 1980 the district invested around 1.4 million DM in renovation measures. The occupancy rate, however, decreased continuously and in 2008 was only 30%. The district therefore wanted to part with its school campus and was looking for a buyer for the property.
Steinabad guest house
The administrator of the Steinabad school camp took over as a tenant on May 13, 2011 and bought it on August 6, 2012. Since then, he has been operating it as a "Steinabad guest house" with 10 holiday apartments and two guest houses - the utility building and the Karl-Stritt building.
literature
- Contributions to the history of the district of Karlsruhe. Vol. 3. Ed. From the district archive of the district of Karlsruhe. 2001, ISBN 978-3-89735-158-5 .
- Martha Weishaar: Bonndorf: Children enjoyed the good food. Badische Zeitung , August 8, 2013, accessed on April 14, 2016 .
- Peter Gast, Arthur Seid (Ed.): Friedrich Nietzsche's Collected Letters. First volume. Schulte and Löffler, Berlin / Leipzig 1900, full text in the Google book search USA
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Coordinates: 47 ° 48 ′ 10.3 " N , 8 ° 19 ′ 13.6" E