Life of Sebastian Kneipp
1821
1821
Sebastian Kneipp is born
... on May 17th, 1821 in Stephansried near Ottobeuren in Bavaria. As the son of a poor family of weavers, he worked eight to ten hours a day on the loom in the damp basement from the age of 11
1848
1848
Sebastian Kneipp is studying
He falls ill with tuberculosis and is considered a hopeless case. Kneipp heals himself through plunges in the Danube after reading "Lessons of the Power and Effects of Fresh Water in the Bodies of People, Especially the Sick" by Dr. Johann Siegmund Hahn.
1852 - 1855
1852 - 1855
Sebastian Kneipp becomes a priest
Sebastian Kneipp was ordained a priest in Augsburg and became a confessor in the Dominican convent in Bad Wörishofen from May 2, 1855.
1881
1881
Sebastian Kneipp becomes pastor of St. Justina
Sebastian Kneipp becomes pastor of the local parish of St. Justina. The number of ill people seeking help from him is growing steadily.
1886
1886
Book "My Water Cure" is published
"My Water Cure" appears in the first edition. Kneipp's book will be translated into 14 languages within a short period of time and distributed all over the world. The foundation stone of the health resort in Wörishofen has been laid.
1897
1897
Sebastian Kneipp dies
Sebastian Kneipp dies of cancer on June 17.
1949
1949
Bad Wörishofen is officially designated a City and Spa destination
The Bavarian Ministry of State makes Bad Wörishofen a city, in the same year it becomes Kneipp-Spa.
2011
2011
World record with arm bath
1135 people take part at the "Longest Arm Bath in the World". World record!
2015
2015
Kneipp treatment becomes world heritage
On December 4th, 2015 the German UNESCO Commission added Kneipp's Naturopathic Treatment to the list of intangible cultural heritage.