Romans, Imperial Flair and Modernism

Back in 50 a.d. the Romans were already bathing in the sulphur springs and had founded the spa resort of "Aquae". In the 18th century, the town began to cultivate the ancient tradition of taking the waters and developed unparalleled politics for health resorts. At the beginning of the 19th century, Emperor Franz I made Baden his summer residence andin turn took his court, the high aristocracy and the world of art - including such illustrious names as Grillparzer, Mozart, Schubert, Strauss and Beethoven - to the town in the breathtaking Helenental Valley. And that's how the town's first Golden Age as the "noble health resort" of the Austro-Hungarian Empire began.

Emperor Franz I set a milestone in the spa resort tradition in the town to the south of Vienna by purchasing the Mariazellerhof, which was founded by the monks of the Benedictine Monastery of Klein-Mariazell in 1278, and by opening it up to bathing guests for the first time in 1805. At this time people were already aware of the curative and healing powers of the sulphur springs. Over the years, treatment methods were adapted to correspond with medical research. Many people have found relief from their ailments and diseases by taking the sulphur spring water in the form of baths, mud treatments or drinking cures.

In 2001 the former operator of the Mariazellerhof, the municipality of Baden, decided to find a private partner from the Harbach Group. And in 2004 the long-serving Kielmannsegg wing of the Mariazellerhof was finally pulled down. The ground-breaking ceremony was then held for the new ****Health and Treatment Hotel Badener Hof and the hotel was officially opened on 21 October 2005.