Badenweiler - Hotel Römerbad

The Romans discovered thermal water here and erected temples and an imposing bathhouse. After Germanic had taken over the Roman buildings fell into disrepair and served as a welcome stone supplier for new buildings. Even Margrave Karl Friedrich von Baden had stones removed from the ruins the renovation of his local office, but he rediscovered the Roman bath and stopped the misuse. This slowly started the career of Badenweiler as a spa. In 1875 the first public "marble bath" was built and balneological therapies were offered. Doctors were enthusiastic about the beneficial effects of a cure here and sent their patients here to convalesce. Badenweiler developed into a glamorous health resort, that attracted international visitors.

The Hotel Römerbad exists since the mid-1820s but it was small and got enlarged several times over the next decades. So in 1880, a great rebuilding was undertaken according to the plans of Swiss architect Horace Edouard Davinet. Since then the exterior of the Hotel Römerbad (a 5 * "Leading Hotel of the World") has this splendour facade.