Thermalquellen Bad Wörishofen
- Location
- Bad Wörishofen, Germany
- Water type
- bicarbonate
- Temperature
- 12 °C
- pH
- 7.2
Water profile
Stimulating — wakes the body and boosts circulation.
Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).
Soft water — natural, classic buoyancy.
In 1855, Sebastian Kneipp arrived as a chaplain in this small Bavarian Allgäu village, where over the following decades, based at the local Dominican convent, he refined his approach built on five pillars: water, movement, diet, herbs, and a balanced way of life. This unassuming village became, in 1920, the world's very first officially recognized "Kneippheilbad," cementing its place as the birthplace of a natural-health method that would later spread far beyond Germany's borders.
Today, the local Therme draws on its own thermal spring, feeding an expansive landscape of mineral-rich pools set among tropical palms and complemented by an extensive sauna area. This blend of nineteenth-century heritage and modern thermal facilities makes Bad Wörishofen a natural stop for anyone tracing the origins of the Kneipp cure back to its source.