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The historical clock
in Hotel BAD
In the middle of the 19th century the owner of the clock was Johann Baptist Beha. He was the great grandfather of today's hotel manager's mother, and was a well known clock maker well over the borders of the Black Forest. He build Cuckoo clocks in large series. With his excellent handwork and sense for business he was a critical to the growth of the Black Forest clock industry. His connections to English traders brought both himself and family to considerable wealth.
J.B. Beha, however, did much more than just build cuckoo clocks. He spend much time and energy with problems in the art of clock making. An excellent example of this is the world time clock which is now found in the restaurant of the Hotel BAD. The pendulum is 2.5 meters long, weights 65 kilograms, and hangs on floor higher than the clock itself. J.B. Beha used for this clock a compensations pendulum. This was a sensation in the Black Forest at this time of its creation. The pendulum plate has a diameter of 50 cm. The clock is build into a wall, so that it is visible from two sides. You can read the times from London, Petersburg, Paris, Constantinople and New York.
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The history of the Hotel BAD
Today's Hotel-Gasthof BAD in Eisenbach has a long history. Determining the exact date the house was build is now impossible, however, according to the files from the Fürstlich Fürstenbergischen Archive in Donaueschingen it can be estimated that the house was built between 1570 and 1662. From these files it is also possible to determine the house was used from the very beginning as a locality. In the beginning it was, however, not named "BAD" rather "Brückle".
The name "Brückle" probably stems from the fact that the Eisenbach brooks flows under a bridge right next to the house. This brook served, until 1846, as the border between Eisenbach and the city of Bräunlingen, wich lies 15 kilometres away. This border was also the Austrian border until 1806, and was first bureaucratically noted in 1561.
Between the brook and the street is a small field that, in 1570, due to a conflict over lease interest, became a point of contention between Fürstenberg and Austria. The conflict was decided when the Archduke of Austria himself intervened in Bräunlingen, to his benefit, of course. The guesthouse can be found in a detailed list of lease interests from 1662. At this time in Eisenbach were 22 full farms and 3 half farms.
And where did the name "BAD" come from?
The name "BAD" is clearly based on the wellness business in the house that began over hundred years ago. Offered at that times was a mineral water spring, with high iron content, and spruce needle bathes. This wellness aspect was set underway by the owner of the time, a doctor named Staerker. According to local folk history from local citizens, however, there were guests who travelled to the house as early as the 18th century for a health cure.
The source of the spring and mineral water production:
The tunnels, from which the spring stems, is over 200 meters long. Eisenbach thanks it's name to the mining of iron ore. Beginning in 1520 iron ore was mining in grand style took place for 150 years. More than 60 miners worked in the tunnels.
From 1904 until 1969 the Hotel- Gasthof BAD operated a mineral water production. Numerous assessments from certified specialists declared the unique chemical and water quality and purity, several times as even the best among over a thousand Black Forest mineral water springs.
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