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Gustav-Adolf (Gaggerlas) Spring

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    July 6, 2020

    The spring is popularly called "Gaggerlasquelln" because of its sulfur content. "Gaggerla" is Franconian for eggs, so it smells like rotten eggs.

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      January 6, 2023

      The drilling was carried out in the years 1901 to 1903 parallel to the exploration at the city limits for the development of coal and potash salts. The 726.9 m deep well was originally named "Böhner-Quelle" after its owner. The spring water mixes from two mineral water inflows of different depths. In addition, after the addition of more carbonic acid, the water was offered commercially as the "Gustav Adolf spring". The health value was rated very high. It was possible to drink the medicinal water on site, but no spa was built.

      In the area of the spring area, a pool (33.3 x 13.15 m) with changing rooms was built in 1935 by the Otto Kriegbaum company, which called itself "Tiefbohranstalt und Pumpenbau" and fed with the thermal water, but it was used more as a swimming pool. , because as a medicinal bath. The facility – it was the first outdoor swimming pool in Fürth – suffered bomb damage during the war. After the damage had been repaired, bathing was resumed in July 1952, but the authorities closed it to public use in 1953 due to hygienic concerns about the nearby water intake of the municipal utility. After that, Kriegbaum continued to run it as a “private pool”. After his death in 1980, the property went to the city of Fürth. Remains of the basin can still be seen in the terrain today.

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        July 29, 2020

        The Gaggerlas source can be found on Buckweg. The water is not designated as drinking water according to the signage.

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          Location: Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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