Marienbad

MarienBad is the municipal leisure bath of Bad Marienberg in the Westerwald hills of Rhineland-Palatinate, run by MarienBad GmbH at Bismarckstraße 65, 56470 Bad Marienberg. It is not connected with Mariánské Lázně, the Czech spa town whose German name is also Marienbad. The operator makes no claim of a thermal or mineral spring and publishes no water analysis: this is a heated freshwater leisure bath, not a spa on a source. The only water temperature it states is for the main hall, and it states it as an energy-saving measure — “Die Wassertemperatur im Aktivbad beträgt 29 °C”.

The indoor bath is subdivided into basins the operator lists individually rather than totalling: the Aktivbad, a Bewegungsbad for gymnastics, an Außenbecken and a Babybecken, with a Textilsauna (a Sanarium for sauna beginners) attached to the swimming hall. The Aktivbad is described as a water world with indoor and outdoor basins and attractions including a 12-metre double slide for adults and children, a current channel and a parent-and-child area, with massage and neck jets, a sun terrace and a lawn. The outdoor basin is out of use for the whole of 2026: “Das Außenbecken bleibt 2026 geschlossen!”, because a comprehensive general refurbishment with a planned extension is due and repairs to the outdoor basin are being bundled into it. The rest of the bath remains open.

The sauna area is presented as a sauna landscape on three levels with an indoor section and a Finnish sauna village, and the operator gives its extent as more than 3,000 m² (“genießen Sie auf über 3.000 m² die Entschleunigung der Zeit”), with original Kotas in the open-air part. The cabins named are a Kelo sauna, an infusion sauna described as a Löyly sauna, a Sanarium, a steam bath, a Kota sauna and a Salzscheune running a banya ritual; the operator gives no individual cabin temperatures. An infusion schedule is offered for download. Alongside the water there is a wellness and day-spa department with massages and cosmetic treatments, a restaurant, a sauna bar, and a motorhome park next to the bath.

Regular hours: the swimming pool opens Tuesday to Sunday and on public holidays 09:00–21:00, while on Mondays it runs 09:00–13:00 and is then reserved for the DLRG lifesaving association. The sauna village opens Tuesday to Friday 13:00–22:00 and at weekends and on holidays 09:00–21:00; Tuesday is a women's sauna day, and as a further energy measure “Das Saunadorf bleibt montags geschlossen.” Lane swimming on roped-off lanes is offered Tuesday to Friday from 18:00 and at weekends and on holidays from 19:00. The operator also runs the separate FreiBad Unnau, an outdoor pool open in summer.