Iron spring

The iron spring of Bad Ratzes was one of two significant healing springs in the area, alongside the sulfur spring, which has currently dried up. Both springs played an important role in the past in the healing treatments offered in Bad Ratzes. Bad Ratzes was built around 1723 by the young surgeon and bath attendant Anton Schedler and opened as a spa facility. The spa operations were first interrupted during World War I. The spa was permanently closed in 1938, shortly before the outbreak of World War II. Since the early 1950s, Bad Ratzes has been operated exclusively as a hotel.

In contrast to the sulfur spring, known for its typical smell, the iron spring was characterized by its iron-rich taste. The iron in the water comes from the geological composition of the area: the water flows through iron-rich rock layers, where it becomes enriched with this element and is thus classified as sulfate-, iron-, and lightly mineral-rich water. The water here emerges at a
temperature of about 6.5°C. This iron spring was almost completely buried by a rockslide at the turn of the millennium and was recaptured by the Office of Nature in 2024 and brought near the Kneipp facility in Ratzes.

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