Badenweiler
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Badenweiler is a climatic and balneological health resort in the Black Forest region of Germany, situated 425 meters above sea level. The resort features thermal acratotherms containing lithium, a moderate forest-mountain climate, and is used for treating nervous and pulmonary diseases, anemia, obesity, and rheumatism.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
BADENWEILER, a climatic and balneological resort in Germany (Baden, in the southwestern Black Forest), 425 m above sea level and 226 m above the Rhine; permanent residents about 800, visitors up to 6,000. Moderate forest-mountain climate. Average annual temperature +8.7°, January -0.5°, July +17.9°; precipitation 870 mm per year. Acratotherms (lithium) 26-28°, discharge 1,600,000 liters per day; bathhouse, swimming pools, mud therapy, terrain cure (66 km). Season April-October. Indications: nervous and pulmonary diseases, anemia, obesity, rheumatism.
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“Badenweiler.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/badenweiler/