Major Eduard Gaupp (1851): Letter Witten 1906, IN Entlassenen Kurarzt Jordanbad

You are bidding on one letter from 1906 out of Witten (Ruhr).

Written by the major and district officer Eduard Gaupp (* 9. September 1851 in Karlsruhe).

Dated Witten, 20. October 1906.

Addressed to his spa doctor Wilhelm in the Kneipp health resort Jordanbad in Biberach ad Riß, who had recently been released.

Excerpts: "Dear, good Wilhelm! Just as I sent you a card yesterday to express my utmost astonishment at the completely unforeseen end of your Jordanian activities, today I can still express my indignation at the ingratitude that you have inflicted (!). It hardly seems believable! [...] you, who was always ready to serve, attentive and always friendly when carrying out his job, who took on all the unpleasant missions for the institution, managed and supervised all buildings and other undertakings and took on the inconveniences associated with them, that is what counts you put the chair in front of the door - just run away! [...] I am very sorry that she, who helped so many sick people and sacrificed so much strength and effort to develop the institution, has to give up the job and position that she loved in order to look for a new existence and that it falls just at the time of your marriage. [...] Is it true that you built a house in Ummendorf? What are you doing with it now? If you find a position like this in another bath, I'll come there - the Jordan won't see me again. It will be a big disappointment for some spa guests if they can no longer find you there - because you don't get used to strangers so easily. [...] I am sending this letter straight (!) to Wörrishofen, I think you will receive it. Wishing you all the best and beautiful things for the future, your grateful patient Gaupp sends you warm greetings."

Scope: four pages (17.3 x 13.2 cm); without envelope.

About the author:Edward Ernst Gaupp was born on the 9th. September 1851 in Bretten (Karlsruhe) as the son of the senior district judge Carl Philipp Gaupp (* 15. October 1803 in Ambon, Indonesia, died. 20. November 1881), a son of the officer in the "Cape Regiment" Philipp Jakob Gaupp (1764-1852), and Maria Carolina, née. Buhlinger (1814-1895) was born. At 16. October 1888 He married Gertraude Cardinal von Widdern (* 20. March 1869 in Berlin, died. 1951 in Hildesheim), a daughter of the military historian Georg Cardinal von Widdern (1841-1920).

Children were Georg Ludwig Albrecht Gaupp (* 24. November 1889 in Neisse), Maria Justina Margaretha Gaupp (* 16. June 1891 in Neiße) and Ernst Wolfgang Gustav Gaupp (* 5. April 1896 in Witten).

Eduard Gaupp attended schools in Durlach and Karlsruhe and entered the 1st World War as an avant-garde in 1869. Baden Life Grenadier Regiment No. 109, was a second lieutenant in the 5th in 1870. Baden Infantry Regiment No. 113, took part in the Werder Corps in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71, became premier lieutenant in 1878, and was transferred to Infantry Regiment No. 1884. 23 to Neisse in Upper Silesia, 1886 captain, 1892 district officer in Katowice. In 1893 he was transferred to Witten (Ruhr) and promoted to major in 1894. In 1916 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Zähringer Lion.

Condition:letter folded; strong paper browned and water-stained. Please also note the pictures!

Internal note: Corner 23-10 Autograph Autograph Folder Mehle

About the Jordanbad (source: wikipedia):

The Jordan Baths is a state-recognized Kneipp spa in Biberach an der Riß in Upper Swabia, operated by the St. Elisabeth Foundation.

Geographical location: The Jordanbad is located about four kilometers southeast (outside) of the core town of Biberach an der Riß and around one kilometer north-northwest of the center of the core town of the municipality of Ummendorf. It is located on the southern slope of the Jordan Mountain (638 m above sea level). NN) at around 540 m altitude. About 650 m west-northwest, the Umlach, which flows past the Jordanbad not far to the southwest, flows into the Riß, which comes from the south.

History: In 1298, Counts Diepold and Ulrich von Aichelberg donated the “Wasacher Hof” (the “Jordan”) to the Biberach hospital, which Helwig von Essendorf had previously had as a fief from them. The “Spitalbad” was first mentioned in a document in 1470. In 1889, the Franciscan Sisters of Reute opened the first medically run Kneipp hydrotherapy facility in Germany. In April 1945, up to 400 homeless Jewish children of Holocaust victims were housed on the site of the Jordan Baths before they began their journey from the then French occupation zone to Palestine.

The spa has had an indoor swimming pool since 1968. In 1982, drilling discovered thermal water containing sulfur and fluoride. The thermal bath was put into operation in 1984.

Today, the four-star park hotel, which was completely modernized in 2003 and has a large thermal bath and new sauna area, is owned by the Catholic St. Elisabeth Foundation, founded in 1999. Since April 2004, it has been possible to take an adventure trip with 70 hands-on stations in the newly built “Sinn World” on 1,500 m², which is didactically based on Maria Montessori and Hugo Kükelhaus.

Transport connections

The Jordanbad can be reached via the first side road on the B 312, which is about 600 m behind or east of the intersection with the B 30. The intersection of these federal roads is around 300 m south-southeast of the confluence of the Umlach and the Riß.