by July 1912Iodine Spa
The City Artesian Baths, Gardeners Before the Entrance Towers, 1912
A motor charabanc waits at the foot of the steps between the building's twin domed towers, pedestrians in dark clothing seated nearby. The German line of the caption names it specifically an artesisches Jodbad, an artesian iodine bath, rather than a plain bathhouse. Dated 31 July 1912.
About this place
Iodine-rich mineral water was struck here in 1897 during drilling for drinking water near the Futog forest. A spa was built from 1908 and opened in 1910, its Secession-style main buildings designed by the Budapest architect Imre Francsek. The complex, which included the Park hotel and a bathhouse, was enlarged in 1931 and remained a well-known resort into the 1960s; its central pool closed in 1977. The buildings today house the Special Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, the only specialised rheumatology institution in Vojvodina, and the whole ensemble is protected as a cultural-historical complex.
On the card
Újvidék Városi ártézi fürdő
- Date
- by July 1912
- Coordinates
- 45.24982, 19.82854
- Source
- Zempléni Múzeum, Szerencs - képeslapok
- Credit
- Zempléni Múzeum, Szerencs
- Licence
- Public domain
- Size
- 2291 × 1488 px
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