Tour of the spa park

Go on a guided tour through the Hausberger Kurpark. QR codes are placed at 10 stations to provide information about the Kurpark. Simply scan them with your smartphone on site and listen:

Station 1 - House of Guests: A spa town must provide facilities for guest care and recreation by law in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. There were long-standing plans for a House of Guests, which were successfully completed on March 26, 1981, with the opening of the House of Guests. Responsible for planning and construction was the architect Hans-Werner Lachwitz, who won against 27 competitors in a previous architectural competition. The House of Guests has hardly changed externally in the 34 years of its existence. However, the surroundings have changed, as the large paved parking lot has now come very close to the House of Guests. At the inauguration, it was announced that the construction of the house cost 1.9 million DM, with the state covering about a third of these costs. The investment paid off, as figures presented 10 years later showed: The number of spa guests increased from 9,000 in 1980 to 48,000 spa guests in 1990, which naturally meant significant revenue from the spa tax. On average, around 2,500 people, locals and spa guests, attended events at the House of Guests each year. There were slide show presentations, film screenings, creative courses (including silk painting, pottery, batik, peasant painting, enameling), health lectures, and gymnastics courses in the gymnasium. After the decline of the spa area in the late 90s, there was a discussion about how the House of Guests could be used in the future - should it become a youth center or should it accommodate the city library? Initially, the house was used as a temporary location for the treasury and other specialized departments when the town hall was being renovated in 2004 and 2005. Subsequently, the House of Guests, returning somewhat to its original purpose, became the seat of the municipal department of economic development and tourism, with the Tourist Information as a point of contact for all tourist matters.

For a few years now, the Volksbank has occupied the House of Guests as a temporary location until the new Volksbank building opposite the city savings bank on Kirchsiek Straße is completed.

Station 2 - Parking Lot: The Kurpark, Hausberge's green and recreational area, was completed after a good year of construction and officially inaugurated on May 8, 1980. The conversion of the extended Faulensiek into the Kurpark cost 2.2 million DM, with 75% of the costs provided as grants from the state, federal government, and district. In addition, companies, associations, and individual citizens donated a total of 49,500 DM for benches for the park. The facilities in the Kurpark such as water features, event forum, shelters, rest and play areas have been accepted and used by the citizens, young and old, as a leisure and recreational area up to the present time. Especially older citizens enjoy the old tree stock of the park as a substitute for the steep mountain forest on Jakobsberg which is no longer accessible to them.

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