Sprudelhof Therme

Published in sb 3/2025

The Sprudelhof Therme, which opened in December 2023, is part of the overall urban development plan for the Sprudelhof district and is the largest investment project in Bad Nauheim’s history. The entire complex consists of the new spa building, the new spa hotel, the refurbished Bathhouse 2 and an underground car park. With its simple yet elegant architecture, the thermal spa blends seamlessly into the historic and important Art Nouveau ensemble. The new spa welcomes visitors with a varied bathing environment and views of the spa gardens.

Bad Nauheim is a spa town in the Wetterau district of Hesse with a population of around 33,000. It is located around 30 km north of Frankfurt am Main, on the eastern fringe of the Taunus mountains. The town’s history is strongly influenced by salt min­ing, and the salt works in Bad Nauheim were among the most modern and largest facilities of their kind in Europe.

Spa activities have played an important role here for around 150 years. The first brine bathing facility, known as Bathhouse 1, open­ed in 1835. After the building of the spa resort and spa gardens in the 1850s, Nauheim was granted the title of ‘Bad’ meaning ‘spa’. At the beginning of the 20th century, six further bathhouses, spa facilities, the Sprudelhof and the drinking spa were built as part of an overall urban development plan. Salt extraction ceased in 1959, but the remaining graduation towers, which dominate the skyline, are still used today for inhalation therapy.