The Domina Park Hotel in Bad Kreuznach has "nursing center " attached to it's name. I do not know what to expect in spa towns in Germany. My wife and I would like to sit in a nice thermal pool and sit in a nice saunThe hotels in the spa towns like the one I mentioned have these amenities - are they less for the old and sick and more for the guest. And what would we encounter at the Kurhaus in a town like Bad Kreuznach. Thank you

Don't know but i'd strongly look at Baden-Baden, one of Europe's oldest spa towns - you have all the things you're looking for plus a very pleasant park-like town to loll around in. Also a good base for short trips to Strasbourg, Freibourg and Black Forest, Heidelberg, etc.

There are two good spas in Berlin. Therman at Europa Center has an indoor/outdoor swimming pool, ten saunas, 4 warm pools and two cold pools. Almost all men and women are nude. Blub is the other one. It is located south of the city.

My understanding of spas is that they are not necessarily for the old and sick. There was a time when people would go to a spa for a month, to relax and escape the stress of their lives.

There are some whose purpose is to treat some specific ailment, but I wouldn't hesitate to go to one just to relax.

I've read that one reason Germany has so many spas is that many workers, maybe all, are guaranteed a few weeks stay in spas at government or employer expense and of course they take it - maybe not correct but i've read this several times. Controversial policy with German industry/social welfare network needing to reduce costs to remain competitive. Already i think stats show Germans work the least of any country per year - even a high productivity can't offset the perhaps too ample vacations in this day and age. Where's Karl Marx when we really need him?