Did you know that there is a Fountain of Youth in Austria?
Ancient people groups including the Celts discovered relief from their gout there. They entered the waters crippled and came out with their youth restored.
Roman soldiers came and saw their potentially life threatening wounds heal with astonishing speed.
During the Middle Ages (about 1200) the therapeutic effect of Neydharting Moor was “officially” known. There is a “moswisen, moorbach…von einer wisn bey dem prunn und der Padstuben…” ( a Moor ground near the fountain and the bath huts…) says Abbot Thomas von Lambach 1364. This is the first written testimony of an existing Bath – Spa in Neydharting. The medieval Bath tub which was found in 1968 is the oldest Spa existing in the world.
The physician of Nature and theologian Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, called PARACELSUS was in Neydharting and writes about 1500, that he seems to have found the “Quinta Essentia” in a “gemös” (Moor) near “Veste Neydhärding”.
It is written that about 1582 many sick people came to the “fountain of youth” at Neydharting and were “filled with magic power”.
Louis XIV, Napoleon and Josephine all became Moor devotees, indulging in its precious gifts. Neydharting was quite famous in the Habsburg Monarchy, and many members of the Court visited the Spa frequently.
More recently there has been a healing spa there. Originally visited by Napoleon, it was purchased in 1945 for scientific research. At that time, the spa had 8 bedrooms. Today it has over 400 rooms and is booked out 2 years ahead. Nine International Scientific Congresses have concluded that the Neydharting Moor is the only therapeutic medicinal moor. Treatments there are available on the government health care systems of Austria, Germany, France, Italy and Switzerland.
Today, you too can enjoy the benefits of the Moor by using the world-famous range of Moor products. The Moorlife range of products can be purchased from IC Sports Therapies, either at the Clinic or from our on-line store. Our special Moor Pack is now available at a discounted price as a Pre-Christmas Special for you.
