Ķemeri Bathhouse Complex

A town with history. Interesting buildings, beautiful park and not far to the national park.

Documentary evidence indicates that the springs at Ķemeri first became known for their curative properties in 1796, the first chemical analysis of the spring water being performed in 1818. The residents of the nearby town of Sloka began to build houses for the patients. In 1825, the first public building was built for spa guests. Bad Kemmern was founded as a resort in 1838, when the emperor Nicholas I of Russia gave this land for building the first bath-house with mineral water. From then onwards people started to come here for treatment. The round mud treatment complex was built in the beginning of the 20th century in the style of classicism and was designed by Ernest Stahlberg.