Stimulating — wakes the body and boosts circulation.
Mineralisation
Restorative
LowHigh
Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).
Buoyancy
Standard buoyancy
LowHigh
Soft water — natural, classic buoyancy.
BicarbonatesSodiumCalcium
Therme Erding Munich East is located in Erding, northeast of Munich in Upper Bavaria, and is the largest thermal bath complex in Europe, offering over 52,000 square metres of bathing area across 35 pools fed by naturally iodine-rich thermal water drawn from 2,345 metres depth beneath the North Alpine Foreland — the same deep geological formation that also yields oil and natural gas across the Bavarian lowlands. The naturally warm iodine-enriched water emerges at 65°C from the deep Malm limestone aquifer of the Bavarian Molasse Basin — a geological structure of Cretaceous and Jurassic carbonate rock storing ancient seawater minerals beneath the Alpine piedmont. With over 1.5 million visitors annually, Therme Erding operates on a scale that makes it not just Germany's but Europe's single largest thermal spa facility, combining deep iodine-rich geothermal water with an extraordinary range of pool environments, water slides, sauna villages, and beach areas.
Insider tip — Therme Erding east of Munich is one of Europe's largest indoor thermal complexes, drawing bicarbonate-rich thermal waters from a depth of over 2300 meters in the Bavarian Molasse basin, where sedimentary sequences trap geothermal heat from the Alps. The water emerges at depth near 60°C and is cooled for use in the extensive pool landscape. Over 30 individual pools and slide towers spread across several hectares, drawing visitors from across the Munich metropolitan area. Weekdays offer noticeably lower attendance, making the therapeutic thermal pools genuinely relaxing rather than crowded.