Wilhelmsbrunnen (Schleusingen)
Wilhelmsbrunnen is a historic Sauerbrunnen near the town of Schleusingen .
About one kilometer west of Schleusingen's Gottfriedsberg district, the Wilhelmsbrunnen spring, which still exists today, is located on the corridor border on the northern slope of the Mittelberg. This flows as a spring stream in a northerly direction in a narrow valley to the lock, which is barely three kilometers away, and at the edge of the valley passes the "Brunnenberg", which is a spur to the west.
The rural and urban physicist Samuel Steurlin came up with the idea of using the medicinal water commercially at the beginning of the 18th century; in 1709 , he submitted plans for the construction of a building complex to accommodate bathers to Duke Moritz Wilhelm (Saxony-Zeitz) . The Duke was positive about this matter; it was particularly important to him that his own treasury did not incur any additional expenses. The construction of the first bathhouse was financed from the alms fund. At the Easter fair in 1710, a printed leaflet published in Leipzig invited people to use the Wilhelmsbrunnen, the effect of which is said to be greater than the hot springs in Karlsbad and Eger . Friedrich Hoffmann , the discoverer of the mineral springs in Bad Lauchstädt , had tested the water positive. Duchess Maria Amalia von Sachsen-Zeitz visited the fountain in 1709 and was convinced of the effects of the water.
But the high expectations were not fulfilled. After an initial boom, more and more guests stayed away, so there was no expansion of the spa and drinking cure facilities. After the relapse of the duchy of Saxe-Zeitz at Electorate 1718 Wilhelm Well located observance barely, as it possessed in the Electorate of Saxony enough other spas and therefore held no financial support on the part of the state government.
Coordinates: 50 ° 28 ′ 45.1 ″ N , 10 ° 44 ′ 28.9 ″ E
Individual evidence
- ↑ Prussian regional survey: TK25 - sheet 5530 Hildburghausen , Berlin 1856 (and following editions).