Wandelhalle, Pump room in Bad Kissingen, Germany

The Wandelhalle is a 90-metre-long pump room in Bad Kissingen, built as a three-aisled basilica with a high, light-coloured central nave and two lower side aisles separated by arcades. Its 70-metre transverse wing houses the Brunnenhalle, where daylight falls through a coloured leaded glass roof nine metres above the bronze pipework dispensing the spa waters.

The Wandelhalle was built in 1910/1911 by Munich architect Max Littmann in just eight months, using mass concrete, a material then still little tested. It replaced an earlier cast-iron pump room. The opening on 1 May 1911 featured the Wiener Konzertverein and Wagner's Meistersinger prelude. American occupation troops later used the hall as a repair workshop for tanks.

The name Wandelhalle comes from the German word for strolling, and the 90-metre hall was designed for walking exercise during the cure. Since 1 May 1911, "Brunnenfrauen" have served the healing waters twice daily, and the 13-member spa orchestra plays concerts here, sometimes three times a day with an evening performance.

The hall is entered from the Kurgarten side; the transverse wing facing the Fränkische Saale holds the fountain hall, where the Brunnenfrauen serve the healing waters twice daily, in the morning and the afternoon. The 90-metre-long nave with its turning stage opens onto the Kurgarten in good weather. The building is a listed monument and barrier-free.

Four different mineral springs flow inside the hall, including the Rakoczy Spring, which visitors can tap directly. This makes it a place where you can immediately taste and compare the distinct flavors of the local waters.