# Hubertus Spring

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The old Hubertus fountain

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The **Hubertus Spring** ([German](/source/German_language): *Hubertusquelle*) is a "healing spring" (*Heilquelle*) in the [Harz Mountains](/source/Harz_Mountains) of central Germany whose waters contain [radon](/source/Radon).[1] It rises on [Hubertus Island](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hubertus_Island&action=edit&redlink=1) (*Hubertusinsel* or *Große Salzstrominsel*), which is about 2 hectares in area, near [Thale](/source/Thale), immediately at the exit of the [River Bode](/source/River_Bode) from the [Harz Mountains](/source/Harz_Mountains). It has been well known for about 500 years and, according to [oral tradition](/source/Oral_tradition), was first noticed by foresters and hunters, because [roe deer](/source/Roe_deer) satisfied their hunger for salt here.

## History

The first recorded mention of the spring was in 1584. That year the local landlord, Count Martin of [Regenstein](/source/House_of_Regenstein), granted the right to Augsburg citizens and a *Sudmeister* ("brine master"), Balthasar Becker, to establish a [saltworks](/source/Saltworks) on the site of the former Hubertus Baths. However, a combination of annual flooding and ice on the River Bode periodically damaged the works. As a result, salt production in the old parish (*Gemarkung*) of Behrensdorf (the territory between the present-day Wolfsburgstrasse and Roßtrappenstrasse) was moved and the brine was transported to the new site over wooden pipes. This saltworks initially prospered, but deteriorated after the death of *Sudmeister* Becker (he was sentenced to death in [Blankenburg](/source/Blankenburg_(Harz)), because he had killed a smelter in the course of a dispute) and the brine remained untapped.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Historisches - Das Hubertusbad"](https://www.bodetal.de/ihre-stadt-online/stadtarchiv/historisches.html?L=878). *www.bodetal.de* (in German). 2018-01-25. Retrieved 2023-08-11.

[51°44′32″N 11°01′40″E / 51.74222°N 11.02778°E / 51.74222; 11.02778](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Hubertus_Spring&params=51_44_32_N_11_01_40_E_type:waterbody_region:DE-ST)

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