[Translate to Englisch:] ... am 17. Mai 1821 in Stephansried bei Ottobeuren. Als Sohn einer armen Webersfamilie arbeitet er ab dem 11. Lebensjahr acht bis zehn Stunden täglich im feuchten Keller des Elternhauses am Webstuhl.

He contracted tuberculosis and was considered a hopeless case. Kneipp cured himself by taking immersion baths in the Danube after reading "Instructions on the Power and Effects of Fresh Water on the Bodies of People, Especially the Sick" by Dr. Johann Siegmund Hahn.

Sebastian Kneipp was ordained a priest in Augsburg and became confessor at the Dominican convent in Bad Wörishofen on May 2, 1855.

Sebastian Kneipp becomes the parish priest of the local parish of St. Justina. The number of people seeking his help is constantly growing.

"My Water Cure" is published in its first edition. Kneipp's book is quickly translated into 14 languages ​​and distributed throughout the world. The foundation stone of the spa town of Wörishofen is laid.

On June 17th, Sebastian Kneipp died of cancer. At that time, Kneipp was one of the three most famous men in the world. News of his death spread around the globe, and tributes poured in from every country.

On December 4, 2015, the German UNESCO Commission included Kneipp's natural healing methods in the list of intangible cultural heritage.