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Jakob Badl rođen je u Rogaškoj Slatini, u tajkunskoj obitelji koja u Mariboru i okolici posjeduje velike plantaže vinograda. Trgovao je vinom i konjima, a njegov sin Antun postat će vlasnik Staudingerove tvornice kože u Mariboru.
Povjesnica kaže da je kroz šumu (danas zapuštena "park-šuma") u davna vremena bilo uređeno šetalište s klupama, od crkve Presvetog Trojstva do kapelice i mauzoleja Jakoba Badla na Magdaleninom brijegu.
Badl je u blizini Krapinskih Toplica kupio vlastelinstvo Dubrava, zatim 1857. kupuje u Toplicama gostionicu K janjetu, te Gospodsku i Pučku kupelj, a "s posjednici ostalih vrela gjom. groficom Oršićkom i g. pl. Kuhtićem sklopi ugovore. Pošto se je posljednji okanio svojih prevelikih osnova (zahtjeva, nap.a.), prodadoše oba ova vrela i tako postade Badl posjednikom svih vrela" za svotu od sto tisuća forinti.
Ruši stara kupališta, i već potkraj lipnja 1866., na početku austrijsko-pruskog rata, dovršio je izgradnju mondenoga europskog kupališno-lječilišnog centra. Gradnja je trajala samo sedam godina (1859 - 1866.), a "od strane vlade nedobi Badl u svom nastojanju oko podignuća kupelji nikakove podpore."
U ožujku 1859. položen je "pervi kamen" i blagoslovljeno je mjesto budućeg Lječilišnog doma (Curhaus) - zgrada današnje stare bolnice - koji je dovršen mjeseca studenoga 1861., sa "110 konformno uređenih, najbolje oslikanih i suhih soba".
Godine 1861. započeo je graditi bazen, a već u svibnju 1862. je uz najveću svečanost i blagoslov otvorena Marijina kupelj (bazen je dobio ime po Badlovoj ženi, bio je dubok jedan metar, a od površine vode do stropa visina je iznosila 9 metara). Tom prigodom položen je kamen temeljac za još jedan bazen, Jakobovu kupelj.
Jakob Badl was born in Rogaška Slatina, in a tycoon family that owns large vineyards in Maribor and its surroundings. He traded in wine and horses, and his son Antun will become the owner of Staudinger's leather factory in Maribor.
Badl bought the Dubrava manor near Krapinske Toplice, then in 1857 he bought the K janjetu inn in Toplice, as well as the Lord's and People's Baths, and "concluded contracts with the owners of other springs, Ms. Countess Oršićko and Mr. Kuhtić. of their excessive bases (claims, nap.a.), sold both of these springs, and thus Badl became the possessor of all the springs "for a sum of one hundred thousand forints.
It demolished the old baths, and as early as the end of June 1866, at the beginning of the Austro-Prussian War, it completed the construction of a fashionable European spa center. Construction lasted only seven years (1859-1866), and "Badl received no support from the government in his efforts to raise the baths."
In March 1859, the "first stone" was laid and the site of the future Curhaus - the building of today's old hospital - was blessed and completed in November 1861, with "110 conformally decorated, best painted and dry rooms".
In 1861 he began to build a swimming pool, and in May 1862, with the greatest ceremony and blessing, Mary's Bath was opened (the swimming pool was named after Badl's wife, it was one meter deep, and from the surface of the water to the ceiling the height was 9 meters) . On that occasion, the cornerstone was laid for another pool, Jacob's Bath.