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Gasteinertal seen from Burg Klammstein
Sankt Preims Kirche
The Evangelic Church
A villaHealth Spas
Bad Gastein owes its status as one of Europe's leading spa resorts to two factors: firstly, there are the 17 thermal springs, emerging 1,000 meters above sea level at the foot of the Graukogel, with a temperature of between 45 and 51degreesCelsius and a volume of 5 million liters per day - then, there are the Thermal Galleries in Böckstein, a former gold mine which is now the setting for rest cures in a super-heated.
And the secret of its success:
radon, an inert gas producing mildly radioactive emissions. Because of its ultra short decay period ( 30 minutes) and its inherent inert-gas characteristic of not forming a chemical bond with any other elements, it only resides in the body for a short period of time, during which, however, it has a healing, regenerative effect on tissue, whilst stimulating the metabolic processes. The waters of the Gastein Thermal Springs and the air of the Thermal Galleries are the only natural radon occurrences of this intensity in Central Europe! It has even been bottled as mineral water and exported throughout the world.
The most unusual spa is the healing mine in Böckstein; it’s an abandoned gold mine with very special air.
