Lohengrin-Therme
- Location
- Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany
- Water type
- bicarbonate
- Temperature
- 34 °C
- pH
- 8
Water profile
Stimulating — wakes the body and boosts circulation.
Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).
Soft water — natural, classic buoyancy.
Opened in 1999 on the eastern edge of Bayreuth, the Lohengrin-Therme takes its name from Richard Wagner's opera, a fitting tribute in the city that hosts the famous Wagner Festival. Its thirteen pools, covering roughly 1,000 square metres of water surface, draw on the Friedrichsquelle spring, a 20,000-year-old groundwater source discovered during drilling in 1990 and officially recognised as mineral water in 1993.
The name is more than a nod to local pride: water plays a central role in several of Wagner's operas, most notably Lohengrin, whose Swan Knight travels down the river. In Bayreuth, a city defined as much by its festival hall as by its waters, the baths bring together cultural heritage and bathing tradition, offering a quieter alternative to Germany's larger spa resorts.