"Soldatenbäder" Roman Bath Ruins - Baden-Baden
N 48° 45.780 E 008° 14.582
32U E 444371 N 5401386
These ruins are showcased in-situ in a museum below the ground level of the Friedrichsbad. They extend between the Friedrichsbad and the old Nunnery of the Holy Tomb. They were discovered in 1846 and underwent conservation in 1900.
Waymark Code: WM16FY
Location: Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Date Posted: 01/31/2007
Views: 49
Photography is not permitted.
The former use of this bathing facility remains uncertain to this day. One supposes that a sauna facility was located here. All known and accessible rooms were heated. The floor heating (hypocaustum) is unusually well preserved and together with the hollow tiles (tubuli) of the wall heating transformed the building into a gigantic reservoir of heat.
The furnace room (praefurnium) with its completely preserved barrel vaults gives a rare impression of a complete room.
Two rooms were heated with lukewarm air (tepidarium). The steambath (caldarium) contained a bathing pool (alveus). Another room served as a sauna. Nothing is known of the date of construction.
Most Relevant Historical Period: Roman Empire > 27 B.C.
Admission Fee: €2.50
Opening days/times:
Open between March 16 and November 15 only.
11:00 - 13:00, 14:00 - 17:00
Web Site: [Web Link]
Condition: Partly intact or reconstructed
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