Home / Travel planner / Mineral baths
Guide · Mineral bathsBeneath Stuttgart lie the second-largest mineral water reserves in Europe. Here is the overview of the city's thermal baths, mineral baths and sauna complexes.
Stuttgart is a car city, a valley city and a wine city. It is also a bathing city. Directly beneath the center lie the second-largest mineral water reserves in Europe, behind only Budapest. Around 44 million liters of mineral water, roughly 11.6 million US gallons, rise from the springs in Bad Cannstatt and Berg every day. Nineteen springs are on record, and 13 of them are officially recognized as healing springs. They feed public drinking fountains and three genuine mineral and thermal baths.
The water takes about 15 to 20 years to travel: it seeps in as rain and comes back up through the Upper Muschelkalk limestone, picking up a heavy load of mineral salts along the way. The healing effect was already known to the Romans, who settled in Cannstatt. What you do with it today is simpler: soak, sweat, switch off.
Stuttgart runs three municipal mineral baths, all of them using real thermal water from the city's own springs. That is the core of Stuttgart bathing culture, and it is a fact rather than a marketing term.
The experience bath sits directly on the Neckar in the district of Stuttgart-Ost, right next to the Mineralbad Leuze. Generous indoor and outdoor pools of warm mineral water, plus a sauna complex of its own.
Leuze is the best known of the three and correspondingly busy on weekends. If you want quiet, come early.
Formerly known as MineralBad Cannstatt, now SoleBad Cannstatt. Four officially recognized healing springs feed the pools.
Its sauna complex carries the five-star SaunaPremium seal from the German Sauna Association, so it is a destination in itself rather than an add-on. Centrally located in Bad Cannstatt and easy to reach.
The smallest and the most old-school of the three. Mineralbad Berg is closer to a classic swimming bath than a wellness temple, with outdoor pools and a view back toward the city.
Regulars like it precisely because it skips the experience-bath machinery. If you want the honest mineral-water version, this is it.
If what you want is a pure sauna and wellness landscape, the SchwabenQuellen in the SI-Centrum in Möhringen is the address. More than 7,000 square meters, about 75,000 square feet, of themed saunas, infusion sessions, bathing lagoons, steam rooms and quiet zones. In summer there is an outdoor area with a beach feel.
Unlike the municipal baths, this one is predominantly textile-free, meaning nude, which is the normal German sauna convention and can catch American visitors off guard. Individual days have textile or women-only hours. Check the rules on the official site before you go, because they shift with the season.
Alongside the mineral baths, the Stuttgarter Bäder operate several outdoor and indoor pools spread across the city. Family-friendly, with pools for every age:
Which pool is open when, and what it costs, changes with the season. Current hours and prices are always on the official Stuttgarter Bäder site. We deliberately do not quote day rates here.
All mineral baths · Bad Cannstatt · Möhringen · Parks and views · Stuttgart with kids
Three municipal mineral and thermal baths with genuine healing water: DAS LEUZE, SoleBad Cannstatt and Mineralbad Berg. On top of that, the SchwabenQuellen is a pure sauna and wellness complex.
Yes. Stuttgart sits on the second-largest mineral water reserves in Europe after Budapest. Around 44 million liters, roughly 11.6 million US gallons, emerge daily from 19 springs, 13 of which are recognized as healing springs.
The outdoor and indoor swimming pools such as the Höhenfreibad Killesberg, which have children's pools and lawns. The SchwabenQuellen, by contrast, is an adults-only wellness world.
Yes, at several public drinking fountains in Bad Cannstatt and Berg. The water is considered mineral-rich and has traditionally been used for drinking cures.
The right tours and tickets for every itinerary.
Affiliate note: if you book through this widget we earn a commission. The price stays the same for you.
Bad Cannstatt puts the springs, the Wilhelma and the fairgrounds on your doorstep. Compare live rates.
Prefer Trip.com? Compare Stuttgart hotels on Trip.com →
Affiliate note: bookings through the map earn us a commission - the price stays the same for you.