About the bath
At the end of the 19th century the water of the various springs was captured, plans were drawn up for a new mineral bath and a hotel, and part of the surrounding marshes was drained to make a park. The new thermal bath was completed in 1902 and became the first modern bath facility in the country. It is a classical building designed by the architects Momchilov and Mayer. A new floor was added in 1940. It has symmetrical women's and men's sections, each with a large hot pool and a small cold pool (in the front corners), individual bathtubs, stone basins (kurni) and separate changing rooms. Additional rooms for treatments are on the upper floor.
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The water and its healing properties
The mineral waters of Slivenski Mineralni Bani rise in the middle of the plain. The springs differ in composition and temperature, and all have folk names – “Mochura”, “Zhelyaznoto Kladenche”, “Relsite”, “Izvor Bozhata Banya”, “Izvor Zhenskata Banya”, “Izvor Mazhkata Banya” and others. The Sliven mineral water is 48 °C, with a flow of 17 l/s. It is low in minerals (1.986 g/l), sodium/calcium-sulphate/hydrocarbonate, slightly fluoride (4.2 mg of fluoride per litre). It contains 27 mg of colloidal metasilicic acid per litre and is neutral (pH 6.8) because of its CO2 content (287 mg/l). The Sliven mineral water contains over 19 minerals and has a broad preventive and healing effect. It strengthens the body generally and reduces inflammation, improves blood circulation and removes toxins. It is suitable for treating diseases of the musculoskeletal system and the peripheral nervous system, and gastrointestinal, liver and gall bladder, and kidney and urological conditions. This was the only sanatorium in the Balkan Peninsula that offered the “subaqueous bath”, used for therapeutic irrigation of the intestines.
- Sections
- Separate men's and women's sections
- Built
- 1902 / rebuilt 1940
- Architect
- Petko Momchilov / Heinrich Mayer (Switzerland), architects
- Ownership
- Sliven Municipality
- Thermal Heritage register no.
- 47
- Information updated
- 01.2025
The bath's page at the Bulgarian Association for Thermal Heritage ↗