Bad Kohlgrub spa history

The spa tradition that has grown since 1870 and the sustainably harvested, thick mountain pine raised moor has made the place one of the first addresses for those seeking healing and relaxation for decades - a Garden of Eden for health and holistic living.

There was a man to whom Bad Kohlgrub owes its spa history and who believed in the small village with its unique natural healing treasures: The Attorney Dr. Simon Spengel from Munich, who came in May 1870 on the advice of August Kienzerle at the royal Schongau district office received a request to set up a mineral water, whey and herbal juice facility Curanstalt too Cabbage pit under the direction of the spa doctor Dr. Liegl submitted. 10 days later, approval was granted and the CUR story of the moor village began - an eventful history characterized by lows and highs.

August Kienzerle As a reliable, largely self-sufficient organizer, he makes himself indispensable in the spa that is to be built. He sends water samples to the pharmaceutical-chemical institute at the University of Munich, he fills steel water into bottles and ships them, he helps install the bathing cabins and the small drinking hall in the old smelting house has bath tubs made, he finally provides his daughter with the bath linen and gives her her first baths and becomes the first lifeguard.
The ones back then Conditions in the bathroom are described by chroniclers as primitive. The bathing cabins were made of raw spruce wood, the hot water needed for bathing "had to be dragged from the kitchen in the front of the house in large ports to the tubs in the bathhouse at the back, which was always very funny to see...". There was a spa hall on the first floor of the spa building, and there were eight large rooms on the ground floor, which were not yet habitable due to a lack of furnishings.
Dr. For this reason, Spengel had 1870 rooms in the village “researched” in 61. The first guest who was able to stay in the Kurhaus was Dr. Badstieber, the director of the Bavarian Eastern Railways.

So there were the first attempts in 1869, there was a first timid season in the war year of 1870, there was a first, modest but definite beginning in 1871, and above all, a few months before his death, was the decisive assignment to Prof. Dr. Reichardt from Jena for an expert opinion on Kohlgrub.
Spengel no longer saw this report, but it contained, among other things, the recommendation to use the moor for therapy. - A new era began in Kohlgrub.