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Great Spa of Bad Kissingen – Attribute Attribute Pumprooms Attribute Accommodations Until today, the Maxbrunnentempel and the Pump Hall Around 1900, almost every third house offered UNESCO property aera guard the three spa gardens springs. The main brine accommodation for spa guests in Bad Kissingen. source, the Runde Brunnen (round fountain), was once Some of the traditional hotels, spa villas and sanatorias Candidate for World Heritage (UNESCO) The plan shows the limits of the protection area as again designed to be effective in the recent refurbishment. are still guesthouses. indicated in the nomination dossier. It includes all the essential zones and buildings for a great spa. There is a multitude of laws and ordinances that help the great Old Town, Spa District and Gardens unite this aerial photograph. Attribute Internationality spa of Bad Kissingen to be conserved „unique, authentic (Hajo Dietz) Of cosmopolitanism, Bad Kissingen’s great Church and of integrity“ for the future. The protection area is Buildings tell: The Catholic Church of the Sacred Imprint surrounded by a „buffer zone“. In it, planned changes Heart, the Protestant Church of the Savior and the are checked to see if they could affect the protection. Attribute Gardens and Parks City of Bad Kissingen Russian Orthodox Church of Sergius of Radonezh. The Bad Kissinger gardens and parks are still World Heritage Coordination and Site Management Site map of characteristic of the cityscape. They offer the possibility Temple of the Max spring. (Dr. Michael Imhof ) Referat Archiv, Kultur und Bildung the Property and of socializing as well as private retreat. the Buffer Zone Attribute Leisure Promenadestraße 6 of Bad Kissingen Attribute Buildings for Drinking From Bad Kissingen’s time as world famous 97688 Bad Kissingen, Germany (Map: Manfed Wolf ) Cure Treatment spa come the Regentenbau, the spa theatre Email: [email protected] Promenading always belonged to the drinking cure; and the concert shell. They are still used in the Phone: +49 (0) 971 807-1201 even now guests can go up and down being weather original sense. The casino is now located in protected under the arcades or in the pump hall while Fax: +49 (0) 971 807-1209 Luitpoldbad-Casino. drinking their medicinal water. www.badkissingen.de

© Cover Picture credit: Flavio Burul Spa garden. (Dr. Fred Kaspar) Attribute Sports The panorama of people forming the background of The English sports of tennis, golf and horseback the information boards was taken from the printed riding were operated on the European mainland work of Ludwig von Passauer, Die gold‘ne Chronik Attribute Spa landscape first in the great spa towns. Tennis court, golf course, von Rakoczy. La Grande Histoire du Rakoczy. The 110 km promenade and hiking trails of the historical tournament and Tattersall have a history of up to Golden Chronicle of Rakoczy, Munich 1849. „spa landscape“ are still maintained in the city area of 100 years in Bad Kissingen. Bad Kissingen. They run along the Saale and open up Arcades. (Dr. Michael Imhof ) Here you will find further information: Attribute Municipal Structure to the surrounding heights. Bad Kissingen has the characteristic structure of a Attribute Infrastructure spa that has grown over centuries: in the old Town Attribute Bathhouses Bad Kissingen still owns many facilities of the technical Transnational serial nomination concentrated service, at the springs a loosely built spa Bad Kissingen still owns two of the former three large infrastructure from the time around 1900. Particularly district, large hotels near the spa facilities, a ring of spa bath houses. They could be preserved for the future notable are slaughterhouse and Lindesmühle, because for inclusion on the quarters with residential buildings. The city is equipped by careful measures according to the specifications for they were deliberately designed with regard to the spa UNESCO World Heritage List with a number of gardens and parks and is surrounded monument preservation – refurbishment of the guests artistically-aesthetically: the slaughterhouse as a by a landscape that is suitable for the spa. historic building fabric and conversion for a new use. basilica, the Lindesmühle as a castle.

Excursion destination Altenbergtempel. (Dr. Giselher Wall) UNESCO-World Heritage Great Spas of Europe – Františkovy Lázně (Czech Republic) Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic) Mariánské Lázně (Czech Republic) Bad Kissingen (Germany) Great spas, like a metropolis, already had a city Great Spas made the surrounding landscape usable Great spas have representative baths, either with In Great Spas there are special buildings for the drinking At the request of a state, sites can obtain the title Nomination structure in the 19th century with socially and by promenade and excursion destinations for the single cells or with large swimming pools. cure such as drinking halls, arcades and pump rooms. UNESCO World Heritage Site, whether buildings, functionally different neighborhoods. spa industry. places or cultural landscapes. The nomination must fully For centuries, the balneology in Europe has been of demonstrate the global importance of the site according paramount importance to a large part of the population. to the UNESCO criteria „unique, authentic [genuine] It promoted Democratic developments, spurred tourism, and integer [intact]“. UNESCO regards such sites as yes led to a special type of town: the „spa town“. valuable for the history of mankind and wants to know The nomination „Great spas of Europe“ brings together them permanently protected. eleven world-famous spa towns from seven states. They are great spas because they founded the „spa town“ In 1978 the list of World Heritage with twelve names The spa district of Františkovy Lázně is surrounded by gardens. The roofs of the viewpoints protrude from the green. Luxurious bathcabinet. Grand foyer of 1912. was opened. Today it comprises 845 sites in 122 states, model in the 18th and 19th centuries and still embody (Roman Knedlik) ( Jan Prudik) (Lubomir Zeman) (Alexandra Nadler, Stadtarchiv Bad Kissingen) 19 of which are transnational, i.e. have been assigned to it in an outstanding manner today. They are connected more than one state. to each other in terms of well-known visitors as well as architectural styles and building types. Montecatini Terme (Italy) Bad Ems (Germany) Baden-Baden (Germany) Great spas – like big cities – had the most modern In the great spas, sacral buildings of different faiths Great Spas offered guests a variety of Great Spa of Bad Kissingen – facilities of technical infrastructure. testify to visitors from all over the world. entertainment options. Individual contribution

Great Spas of Europe – Bad Kissingen’s special contribution to the nomination is based on three pillars: Candidate for World Heritage (UNESCO) Candidate Cities A Geat Spa is characterised by a number of features • The buildings of the Spa Gardens Ensemble are that originated in the past and are still clearly visible very well preserved in their structure and function. today. Each of the eleven spa towns has all of these Max Littmann‘s pump hall and Regentenbau represent outstanding examples of the architecture of the early features. Here the features are assigned as an example Funiculars like these from 1898 were very popular at Spas for some Russian orthodox church. Casino. to a candidate city. time. (George Tatge, Archivio Provincia di Pistoia) (Dominik Ketz) (Iris Geiger-Messner, Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Baden-Württemberg) 20th century. • The 1738 created Spa Gardens was the first such plant