Bad Dürkheim
- Location
- Rhénanie-Palatinat, Germany
- Water type
- sodium chloride
- Temperature
- 15 °C
- pH
- 7.1
Water profile
Stimulating — wakes the body and boosts circulation.
Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).
Dense, salty water — you float without effort.
Bad Dürkheim in the Pfalzerwald (Palatinate Forest) on the edge of the Rhine plain is a thermal spa town with the additional distinction of being Germany's largest wine village — not a contradiction but a pleasurable synthesis, since the town's position in the heart of the German Wine Route means that thermal bathing and world-class Riesling, Dornfelder and Spätburgunder are natural companions here. The chloride sodium sulphate springs, which emerge at around 33°C, have been used therapeutically since Roman times, and the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Quelle is the most notable of several mineral springs within the spa park. The annual Dürkheimer Wurstmarkt wine festival in September, claiming to be the world's largest wine festival, demonstrates that Bad Dürkheim takes its viticultural identity at least as seriously as its thermal heritage. The Palatinate Forest UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, with its mixed oak and pine forests rising immediately behind the town, provides beautiful walking territory.