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In Europe millions of people each year go to health spas, “Bads,” or water resorts and take a water cure. Over 3,000,000 people in West Germany alone visit Bads each year.
The water cure is an old tradition in Europe. Cities have been built around mineral-rich springs. You have only to take a quick look at the German map to notice hundreds of towns and cities with the prefix “Bad” (spa) to its name, like Bad Neuenhahr, Bad Pyrmont, Bad Homburg, or with a suffix like Wiesbaden or plain Baden-Baden. Only when spring waters are medically recognized as being of therapeutic value may the town add the prefix Bad to its name. Some of these are big cities, like Wiesbaden, with a population of 260,000; some are just small villages with a few hotels for the water cure guests.
People travel to these spas on their own or on the recommendation of their doctors. Most Bads have several clinics and sanatoriums where medical doctors give an examination and advise on drinking waters from certain springs and/or using various other water cure facilities: baths, packs, swimming, steam inhaling, etc. The pleasant atmosphere of a typical beautiful resort town with many parks and lakes for walks and recreation, adds to the overall curative and health-restoring atmosphere.
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