The oldest thermal baths in Wiesbaden

!The Schützenhof drinking point is out of service due to pipework!

The bath-loving Romans founded the first thermal baths for soldiers there. Later, spa guests from Gaul on the left bank of the Rhine built a small Sirona sanctuary on this site. A memorial stone to the Celtic spring goddess Sirona can be found today in the Roman section of the State Museum.

In the Middle Ages, the Schützenhof spring was part of an estate. The bathing physicians of the time valued the water, which was described as mild and curative. The fountain is named after the medieval owner of the associated bathhouse, Baron Gottfried Schütz von Holzhausen. In 1631, the property passed into the ownership of Count Johann von Nassau-Idstein. However, the name ‘Herrschaftliches Bad zum Berge’ did not catch on, but rather ‘Grafenbad’. It remained popularly known as the Schützenhof.

Technical data of the Schützenhof spring