Thermal baths in the Black Forest
Also spelled Schwarzwald
Thermal baths in Black Forest spa towns, from Baden-Baden, Gaggenau and Bad Wildbad in the north to Freiburg, Badenweiler and Bad Säckingen in the south, nearly all fed by thermal springs, with warm pools mostly at 32 to 36 °C. Sauna areas are textile-free at Caracalla Therme, Keidel Therme, Vita Classica-Therme and Palais Thermal among others, and Friedrichsbad in Baden-Baden is bathed without swimwear on five days a week. Several baths keep a women-only sauna day, among them Rotherma and Cassiopeia Therme on Wednesdays and Paracelsus-Therme in Bad Liebenzell on Thursdays.
- Baths13
- Water27 to 38°
- Hot rooms43 to 100°
Baths in the Black Forest compared
Entry, swimwear rules, age limits and ticket type, side by side.
| Bath | Entry | Swimwear and rules | Age | Tickets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aqualon ThermeBad Säckingen |
| Swimwear in the thermal area, which includes the Black Forest textile sauna (60 °C). One pool of the natural bath is reserved for textile-free bathing; the other saunas of the sauna world are textile-free. | none stated | Day ticket |
| Balinea ThermeBad Bellingen |
| Usual swimwear outside the textile-free areas (full-body burkinis allowed, no underwear as or under swimwear). The sauna park is textile-free, with a screened naturist lawn and naturist outdoor pool. | 3+ | Day ticket |
| Caracalla ThermeBaden-Baden |
| Swimwear made for swimming in the pools. The sauna area is textile-free. | 7+ | Day ticket |
| Cassiopeia ThermeBadenweiler |
| The sauna area and the Roman-Irish bath are textile-free; bring a large towel. Wednesday 10:00 to 15:30 is women-only in the sauna (not on holidays). | none stated | Day ticket |
| Dollina Wellness & Spa, Hotel DollenbergBad Peterstal-Griesbach |
| Not known yet. Official site · Know it? Tell us | 6+ | Day ticket |
| FriedrichsbadBaden-Baden |
| No swimwear on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday. Swimwear required on Wednesday and Saturday. No phones in the bath. | 14+ | Day ticket |
| Keidel Therme (Keidel Mineral-Thermalbad)Freiburg im Breisgau |
| The whole sauna area is textile-free and swimwear is not allowed; use a large towel in the saunas. A bathrobe, sauna kilt or towel is required in the sauna bistro. | none stated | Day ticket |
| Mineraltherme Bad TeinachBad Teinach-Zavelstein |
| Not known yet. Official site · Know it? Tell us | none stated | Day ticket |
| Palais ThermalBad Wildbad |
| In the thermal bath, including the textile sauna, bathing is allowed with or without swimwear, except on Tuesdays (textile bathing day), when swimwear is required in the bath's indoor pools. The sauna area is textile-free every day: swimwear must be taken off, and a large sauna towel is required. | 12+ | Day ticket |
| Paracelsus-Therme Bad LiebenzellBad Liebenzell |
| Usual swimwear without pockets in the thermal bath. The sauna area is textile-free, with separate rules in places such as the rest rooms and the restaurant. Thursday is women-only in the sauna (not on holidays or in Baden-Württemberg school holidays). | 5+ | Day ticket |
| RothermaGaggenau |
| Not known yet. Official site · Know it? Tell us | 3+ | Day ticket |
| Vita Classica-ThermeBad Krozingen |
| Usual swimwear in the thermal bath: swimsuit or bikini with top, trunks or shorts above the knee, no underwear beneath. The whole Saunaparadies is textile-free; Wednesday 09:00 to 13:00 is women-only (not on holidays or 24 December to 6 January). | none stated | Day ticket |
| Vital Therme Bad WildbadBad Wildbad |
| Not known yet. Official site · Know it? Tell us | none stated | Day ticket |
Every bath in the Black Forest
Open all year unless the hours say otherwise.
PantaRhei, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SAAqualon Therme
Thermal bath, Bad Säckingen
Bad Säckingen's thermal bath has six pools on about 1,000 m², including a 32 °C outdoor pool with a current channel and a Japanese pavilion with 34 °C water from the Fridolin spring, built as a tribute to the partner town of Nagai.
Balinea Therme
Thermal bath, Bad Bellingen · Indoor pool closed for maintenance 26 to 29 October 2026, with 3 EUR off entry on those days.
Bad Bellingen's first thermal spring was tapped on 28 November 1956, and three springs from 600 to 1,200 m now feed about 1,000 m² of pools at 34 to 36 °C with sodium-calcium-chloride water.
Caracalla Therme
Thermal bath, Baden-Baden
Baden-Baden’s big thermal pool complex, with more than 900 m² of water under a dome and outdoors, all fed straight from the springs at 32 to 38 °C.
Cassiopeia Therme
Thermal bath, Badenweiler · Wednesday women-only sauna 10:00 to 15:30.
A thermal bath beside the remains of what the operator calls the largest Roman bath north of the Alps, fed by an artesian spring of low-mineral thermal water.
Dollina Wellness & Spa, Hotel Dollenberg
Thermal bath, Bad Peterstal-Griesbach · Day guests Sunday to Friday only, by reservation by phone or email and on request; not on public holidays or bridge days. Massages cannot be booked ahead by day guests. No food or drink may be brought in.
The spa of the five-star Hotel Dollenberg above Bad Peterstal-Griesbach in the Black Forest, where non-guests can buy a day ticket.
Friedrichsbad
Thermal bath, Baden-Baden · Mixed bathing without swimwear on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday; swimwear only on Wednesday and Saturday
A Renaissance-style bathhouse from 1877, built over Roman baths, where you move through a set circuit of hot rooms, steam baths and thermal pools from 36 °C down to an 18 °C plunge.
Keidel Therme (Keidel Mineral-Thermalbad)
Thermal bath, Freiburg im Breisgau
Freiburg's municipal thermal bath in the Mooswald forest has drawn mineral thermal water from its own spring for over 40 years, in a 34 °C leisure pool, an outdoor area, a lap pool and a 38 °C spring pool.
Mineraltherme Bad Teinach
Thermal bath, Bad Teinach-Zavelstein · Day tickets Monday to Friday only, bought in the online shop before the visit. The Panorama Spa is for hotel guests, and so is the bath after 21:00 on Fridays. Locker key deposit 10 EUR in cash.
The mineral thermal bath of the Hotel Therme Bad Teinach, on the site where King Wilhelm I of Württemberg had a bathhouse, drinking hall and hotel built in the mid 19th century.
€19.50As of Oct 2026
Andreas Praefcke, Wikimedia Commons · CC BYPalais Thermal
Thermal bath, Bad Wildbad · From 12 only; the rooftop outdoor pool needs the sauna ticket; no cameras
A historic bath in Moorish, Oriental and Art Nouveau style with 12 thermal pools at 32 to 38 °C under painted domes, three Fürstenbäder (princes' baths) and a Moorish Hall the operator modelled on the Alhambra in Granada.
Paracelsus-Therme Bad Liebenzell
Thermal bath, Bad Liebenzell · Thursday women-only sauna.
A mineral thermal bath in the Nagold valley, fed mainly by the Reuchlin spring, with a 32 °C indoor pool, a 34 °C therapy pool and a 300 m² outdoor pool at 33 °C with a 36 °C whirl bay.
Baden de, Wikimedia Commons · CC BYRotherma
Thermal bath, Gaggenau · Wednesday is women-only in the sauna park (except holidays). From May to September there is no limit on the length of stay.
A thermal bath in the spa park of Bad Rotenfels with water the operator describes as rising from the red Rotliegend rock, in two indoor pools, a whirlpool and an outdoor pool at 32 to 36 °C, plus a caldarium-style steam room at 40 to 48 °C.
Baden de, Wikimedia Commons · CC BYVita Classica-Therme
Thermal bath, Bad Krozingen · The Musikhalle and Dünenhalle are multi-purpose pools and not always open for public bathing. Some pools and saunas close for cleaning on set days through the year.
Bad Krozingen's thermal water was struck in 1911 at 580 m by drillers looking for oil, and now fills six indoor and three outdoor pools with over 1,300 m² of water at 29 to 36 °C.
Vital Therme Bad Wildbad
Thermal bath, Bad Wildbad · Wednesday is women-only in the sauna (not on holidays).
Bad Wildbad's town-centre thermal bath has Wildbad thermal water in a 32 °C indoor pool and a 34 °C outdoor pool in the park, on about 2,000 m² of water landscape.
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Questions about the Black Forest
Do you need swimwear at the Black Forest thermal baths?
In the pools at most baths, yes, though Friedrichsbad and Palais Thermal let you bathe without it. Caracalla Therme, Balinea Therme and Vita Classica-Therme require swimwear in the thermal pools, while their sauna areas are textile-free. Friedrichsbad goes without swimwear on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday, and at Palais Thermal the pools are swimwear-optional except on Tuesdays, when swimwear is required in the indoor pools.
Can children go to the Black Forest thermal baths?
Yes at most of them, from an age each bath sets. Rotherma and Balinea Therme admit children from 3, Paracelsus-Therme in Bad Liebenzell from 5 with an adult, the Dollina spa at Hotel Dollenberg in Bad Peterstal-Griesbach from 6 and Caracalla Therme from 7, while Palais Thermal starts at 12 and Friedrichsbad at 14. In Bad Wildbad, families with younger children are pointed to the Vital Therme.
Which Black Forest thermal baths have women-only sauna days?
Rotherma and Vital Therme Bad Wildbad keep their saunas for women on Wednesdays, Cassiopeia Therme in Badenweiler on Wednesday until mid-afternoon and Vita Classica-Therme in Bad Krozingen on Wednesday mornings. At Paracelsus-Therme in Bad Liebenzell it's Thursday. Public holidays are excluded at all of them.
Can you reach the Black Forest thermal baths by train?
Many of them, yes. Bus 205 runs from Baden-Baden station to Caracalla Therme, 2 minutes on foot from Friedrichsbad, and the S6 Stadtbahn from Karlsruhe or Pforzheim ends at the Kurpark in Bad Wildbad for Palais Thermal. The S8 and S81 stop at Bad Rotenfels for Rotherma, and for Cassiopeia Therme you take the train to Müllheim and bus 650B to Badenweiler. Bad Krozingen station has regional trains from Basel and Freiburg. For Hotel Dollenberg, the Ortenau S-Bahn runs from Offenburg up the Rench valley to Bad Griesbach in about 50 minutes, and the hotel stands on a hill above the town.