Odenwald-Therme

The Odenwald-Therme stands at Elisabethenstraße 13 in Bad König in the Hessian Odenwald and is operated by Kurgesellschaft Bad König GmbH. Here the word Therme is backed by a spring. Two springs were discovered at the end of the nineteenth century, an iron- and manganese-bearing chalybeate spring and a 32 °C thermal spring named the Odenwaldquelle; both were first used for drinking cures. The operator publishes its own spring analysis, which sets out cations and anions in milligrams per litre, including lithium, sodium, potassium, ammonium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, manganese and iron, and fluoride, chloride, bromide, iodide, nitrate, sulphate, hydrogen phosphate, hydrogen carbonate and carbonate. The operator names sodium, potassium and magnesium as the principal constituents with a high proportion of hydrogen carbonate, sulphate and chloride. No borehole depth is published.

The bathing area is a connected indoor and outdoor thermal pool at 32 °C with a wild-water channel, massage jets, bubble loungers and a water cannon, plus a whirlpool at 36 °C, a therapy pool at 34 °C used for individual and group treatment, and a children's paddling pool at 32 °C. The therapy pool carries a standing caveat that rheumatism-league sessions can restrict or close it. There is also a sauna outdoor pool at 29 °C. Alongside the pools are a textile Vitalsauna at 70 °C, a solarium and an infrared cabin.

The Saunaland occupies over 1,300 square metres and holds, by the operator's own count, four saunas at different temperatures plus a steam and aroma bath with changing scents: the Odenwald-Sauna at 90 °C with regular infusions, a herb sauna at 80 °C, a bird sauna at 80 °C, a Sanarium at 60 °C and the steam and aroma bath at 40 °C. The area also has a roof terrace, experience showers, a foot pool, an infrared lounge, a plunge pool, a rest room, a sauna restaurant and an outdoor swimming pool. Entry to the sauna landscape is restricted to those aged 16 and over unless accompanied by an adult. There is also a sea-salt grotto and a Meeresklimaraum, along with physiotherapy, massage and cosmetic treatment.

The bath opens daily from 9:00 to 22:00. The Odenwald-Therme, with its 32 °C thermal water and sauna landscape, opened in 2000.