The enthusiast bather may be interested to know that
Gross Barmen is classified as being a 'Very Hot Spring'. The
waters bubble up from a depth of 2500 meters
having an exit temperature of about 65 c. The smell of sulphur is due to the dissolved
hydrogen sulphide gas in the water. The relative high mineral content
and high temperature of the spring is of therapeutic value. Beside sodium
the water also contains concentrations of Potassium, calcium, magnesium,
sulphate, chloride, carbonate and fluorite and other
dissolved minerals.
The water temperature is usually maintained between 38
- 42 c. This is where you can boil yourself in the therapeutic waters
until you're as pink as a lobster. The Gross Barmen thermal pool is equipped with hydro
jets, so you can even treat yourself to a hot water massage. When you
feel you're cooked enough you can creep ashore and have a nice quiet
sleep on one of the comfortable beds that are spaced around the pool.
