Bad Salzuflen

Sole-Aktiv-Bad in Bad Salzuflen in North Rhine-Westphalia draws on saline springs exploited since the 9th century, when Carolingian records first document salt production from the extraordinarily concentrated brines that emerge from Permian salt deposits beneath the Teutoburg Forest foothills. The chloride-sodium saline water, used therapeutically for rheumatic, cardiovascular and respiratory conditions, gives Bad Salzuflen its name — Salt-flow on the Bega river. The beautifully preserved half-timbered spa town centre, with its grand Belle Époque Kurpark and historic pump rooms dating from the 19th-century peak of German spa culture, creates an atmospheric historical context for the modern Sole-Aktiv-Bad. The Teutoburg Forest to the east — where Germanic tribes defeated three Roman legions in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD — provides a dramatic historical backdrop to the pastoral landscape of the Lippe region.