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🇩🇪 Germany · Baden-Württemberg
Photo by Txllxt TxllxT, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
🇩🇪 Germany · Baden-Württemberg
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Commissioned 1981; built 1983-1985
✓ Verified on 2026-07-29
Caracalla Therme was commissioned in 1981 and built between 1983 and 1985 to designs by Freiburg architect Hans-Dieter Hecker, in Baden-Baden's Bäderviertel spa district next to the historic Friedrichsbad. It draws its water from the Friedrichstollen source and offers roughly 900 m² of indoor and outdoor thermal pools across two levels, plus textile-required and textile-free sauna areas. The facility is named after the Roman emperor Caracalla, associated with the town's bathing culture roughly 2,000 years ago.
Caracalla Therme was commissioned in 1981 and built between 1983 and 1985 to designs by Freiburg architect Hans-Dieter Hecker, drawing its water from the Friedrichstollen source in Baden-Baden's historic Bäderviertel spa quarter. The town's bathing tradition dates back roughly 2,000 years to the Roman emperor Caracalla, for whom the facility is named, and Baden-Baden was inscribed in 2021 as one of three German towns in UNESCO's 'Great Spas of Europe' World Heritage Site — a listing covering the town's historic spa ensemble, not this modern 1980s building specifically.
Caracalla Therme includes both textile-required and textile-free (nude) bathing and sauna areas, reflecting the mixed-nude sauna culture common in German spas; access to pool areas is restricted for children under 7, and children aged 7-14 require adult accompaniment.
Websitewww.caracalla.de
AddressRömerplatz 11, 76530 Baden-Baden, Germany