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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 632 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WILDBAD , a watering-See also:

place of See also:Germany, in the See also:kingdom of See also:Wurttemberg, picturesquely situated 1475 ft. above the See also:sea, in the romantic See also:pine-clad See also:gorge of the Enz in the See also:Black See also:Forest, 28 m. W. of See also:Stuttgart and 14 E. of See also:Baden-Baden by See also:rail. Pop. See also:WILDE (1905) 3734. It contains an Evangelical, a See also:Roman See also:Catholic and an See also:English See also:church, and has some small manufactures (cigars, See also:paper and toys). Its thermal alkaline springs have a temperature of 90 -10o° Fahr. and are used for bathing in cases of See also:paralysis, See also:rheumatism, See also:gout, See also:neuralgia and similar ailments. The fact that the springs See also:rice within the See also:baths, and are thus used at the See also:fountain-See also:head, is considered to contribute materially to their curative value. The See also:water is used internally for affections of the See also:stomach and See also:digestive See also:organs, and of the kidneys, See also:bladder, &c. Wildbad possesses all the usual arrangements for the comfort and amusement of the visitors (over 15,000 annually), including large and well-appointed hotels, a Kurhaus, a Trink-See also:Halle and promenades. The neighbourhood is picturesque, the most attractive spot being the Wildsee, of which legends are told. See W. T. v.

Renz, See also:

Die Kur zu Wildbad (with See also:Guide, Wildbad, 1888), and See also:Weizsacker, Wildbad (2nd ed., 1905).

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