Salt and Spas
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008The name of some European spas — Bad Salzdetfurth, Bad Salzungen oder Bad Salzuflen — indicate that salt is an important part of the spa’s programme.
Visitors to those European spas and others immerse themselves in healing, briny water containing a minimum of 1.45 percent salt. The salt springs on which the spas are built are found nearly everywhere in Germany. They are especially common on the northern border of Saxony, Brandenburg, Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Beyond its use in spas, salt no longer plays an economic role,” said Schmidt. But recreational enthusiasts follow the tracks of salt’s story when they travel the “Salt and Brine Wellness Route” in the Swabian Alb region northward to between the Neckar and Hohenlohe districts where there are abundant underground salt deposits.
Bathing in salt water can lift one’s well-being. Water containing 3 percent salt gives the body buoyancy, allowing the muscles to relax. The higher the salt content in the water, the greater the relaxation.