Schlangenbad

Schlangenbad, one of the best-known spas of Germany, in the Rheingau district, stands in a beautiful wooded valley of the Taunus Mountains, 5 miles W. of Wiesbaden. The water of the baths (82°-90° F.) is of the character called 'indifferent,' is used for the most part externally, in baths, and is helpful in nervous diseases, for women's complaints, and for purifying the skin. Pop. 403. Visitors in the season, 2000. The place gets its name from a species of harmless snake (Coluber flavescens) which is found there.