1896–1918Iodine Spa
Wicker Chairs in the Artesian Bath's Garden, Novi Sad
Wicker lounge chairs line a formal garden in front of the Artesian Bath's domed pavilion, its chimney trailing smoke and young trees wrapped for protection nearby. The Hungarian and German only caption, with no Cyrillic, is consistent with the Austro-Hungarian era, though a copyright reference spanning 1916 to 1920 straddles the transition to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
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; Artézi fürdő; Artesisches Bad
- Date
- 1896–1918
- Coordinates
- 45.24982, 19.82854
- Source
- Zempléni Múzeum, Szerencs - képeslapok
- Credit
- Zempléni Múzeum, Szerencs
- Licence
- Public domain
- Size
- 2336 × 1537 px
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