The Friedrichsbad Roman-Irish baths at Baden-Baden

1.   The Friedrichsbad Roman-Irish baths at Baden-Baden shortly after they were opened on 15 December 1877.

Costing 1,500,000 marks, they met the Grand Duke Frederic of Baden's wish that, in their 'utilisation of the hot waters, [the baths] should  surpass those known hitherto, and be in accordance with all the requirements of modern balneo-therapeutics.'

2.   These days, bathers at the Friedrichsbad Roman-Irish baths at Baden-Baden (built 1869-77) are recommended to spend fifteen minutes in the warm room at 136°F (58°C), followed by five minutes in a rather smaller hot room 154°F (68°C), but most bathers sensibly follow their own preferences. Bathers finish their visit with an undisturbed rest in the  cooling room.

< Engraving by Joseph Friedrich Weber reproduced from Baden-Baden, No.2 in the Illustrated Europe series published in Zurich by Orel Füssli & Co some time during the 1880s.

< Photos reproduced from a publicity leaflet in the collection of the Victorian Turkish Bath Project. Leaflet issued c.1997

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Introduction. Part 1: What is a Turkish bath?

The Victorian Turkish bath comes to London. Part 2: The first Turkish baths

Roman? Turkish? Middle class? Part 2: The Turkish bath as a facility

Women and Victorian Turkish baths. Part 2: The first Victorian Turkish baths

The Turkish bath as a facility

Women and the Victorian Turkish bath. Part 2: the first Victorian Turkish baths