Hévíz

The spa town of Hévíz [he ː vi ː z] ( German: Heuwies ) is a small town in Hungary with approximately 4500 inhabitants in Zala county. The village is located about five kilometers northwest of the town of Keszthely and from Lake Balaton.

History

Finds of Roman coins from the lake suggest that you also appreciated the healing properties of the water already almost 2000 years ago.

Research shows that Germanic and Slavic tribes at the time of migrations also took advantage of the waters.

Hévíz is in 1328 as a locus vulgariter Hewyz dictus ( called popularly Hewyz place ) first mentioned.

The cure in its present form with the bath water is now operating for over 200 years. In 1795 Count FESTETICS had converted the place to spa by he built bathhouses and spa facilities. The thermal bath was built in the years 1964 until 1968. In 1987 it was damaged by a fire. Recently there has been renewed structurally in 2006.

Since 1 May 1992, the place is run as a city.

Today, the site visit per year about 900,000 visitors. There are approximately 10,000 guest beds.

Thermal

The thermal lake in Hévíz, with an area of around 4.4 hectares, the largest natural and biologically active thermal lake in the world. This is fed by a thermal spring from a crater 38 meters in depth. The source is 410 liters per second so productive, that the water is completely exchanged within 48 hours.

The specific components of water are sulfur, radium, carbon dioxide, calcium, magnesium and hydrogen and it has slightly radioactive properties. The thermal water thus helps to relax the body and thus to success in the treatment of rheumatic and locomotory diseases. The water is also used for stomach ailments and digestive problems for drinking cures. Furthermore, in winter, the area above the water level to a huge open air exercise, because there is a strong steam. These vapors have a beneficial effect on the vocal cords.

Also, the sludge from the bottom of the lake is used for physiotherapy. It contains both organic and inorganic components, the most important of these solutions, sulfur and radium salts.

The water temperatures of the lake in the summer be about 33 to 36 ° C, in winter about 23 to 25 ° C. This is a year-round bathing is possible under the open sky. The spa is open daily. A stay in the water should continuously be no more than half an hour.

Public transport

• Bus to Keszthely

Twinning

• Herb Stein, Germany since 1995
• Pfungstadt, Germany since 2005

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