History

A front shot of the Hotel Quellenhof of the Grand Resort Bad Ragaz in 1242 in black and white.

Deep in the ruggedly picturesque Tamina Gorge beats the heart of the Grand Resort Bad Ragaz: the legendary spring that has provided us with body-temperature thermal spa water for centuries.

1242

Huntsmen discover the spring

From 1350

Wooden bath houses rest on beams over the Tamina

1630

Thermal water is funnelled 450 m in wooden channels to the outlet of the gorge – Old Bad Pfäfers is formed

1704-1718

Abbott Bonifaz Tschupp and Abbott Bonifaz of Gilgen establish the bath houses which are still partially preserved today

1840

Thermal water is funnelled in wooden channels to Ragaz

1858

The first railway reaches Ragaz

1868

The „Quellenhof“ hotel in Ragaz is built

1872

Europe’s first thermal water indoor pool was created

1936

Ragaz parish becomes Bad Ragaz spa town

1970

The Valens rehabilitation clinic is opened

1983-1995

Bad Pfäfers is restored in three stages

2015

Thermal water is funnelled in a new channel to Ragaz

2019

2019 is a big year for the Grand Resort Bad Ragaz: the Grand Hotel Quellenhof celebrates its 150th anniversary and in July it emerges from a five-month renovation period completely refurbished for the occasion

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