Origin and character
The founder of the private, family-run spa in Bad Driburg was Caspar Heinrich von Sierstorpff, a senior ducal Brunswickgovernment official who was later elevated to the rank of count. On one of his travels, he recognized the potential of the Driburg healing springs and acquired the rights to them in 1781. Shortly afterwards,
he began to lay out the park and build the first country-style bathing and lodging houses.
Caspar Heinrich Baron von Sierstorpff wanted to create a place of rural pleasure. He particularly had the enlightened upper middle classes and civil servants in mind as guests. As part of a cure, they were to enjoy an informal, rural stay in tasteful and modern surroundings, far removed from traditional court etiquette. He focused on an individual character and the versatile use of the healing waters. He also created one of the first mud baths in Germany in Bad Driburg. The basic concept of the facility, which dates back to 1825, has been preserved to this day.
Countess von Oeynhausen-Sierstorpff Group
Since 1995, Marcus Count von Oeynhausen-Sierstorpff and his wife Countess Annabelle have been running the company
in the seventh generation. In 2007, the count's family celebrated the 225th anniversary of the spa. 2007 also saw the reopening of the extensively modernized and expanded first-class hotel. The hotel has 135 rooms and
is one of the leading spa resorts in Europe. Other business divisions of the Oeynhausen-Sierstorpff Group (UGOS) are the three local Gräfliche Kliniken clinics and the "Bad Driburger Naturparkquellen" fountain company.
With around 1,300 employees, UGOS is the largest employer in Bad Driburg. The initiative for the "Bilster Berg Drive Resort" test and presentation track, which opened in 2013, also goes back to the count's family.
Count's Park
Under the leadership of Caspar Heinrich von Sierstorpff, the grounds developed into a small landscape park, which grew to its current size of 64 hectares by the end of the 19th century. Today, the park is laid out in the style of an English
landscape garden and impresses with its sweeping paths in manicured lawns, ponds and bridges as well as surprising views between old trees. The hedge and
rose garden behind the fountain arcades is particularly charming. The Gräflicher Park is a so-called anchor garden in the "European Garden Heritage Network", which only includes outstanding German, French and English gardens.
Since 2009, one of the few publicly accessible perennial and grass gardens in Germany by the renowned garden artist Piet Oudolf can be admired in the Gräflicher Park. It flows like a blooming river over the extensive lawns in the southern part of the park.
Image sources: Unless otherwise indicated,
the images originate from the archives of the town of Bad Driburg, Meiners, Herzog or Gehle.
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Directions & Parking facilities
Via the B 64, follow the signs for "Bad Driburg Kurbereich". Driving on Brakeler Straße, turn into the third street on the right, Brunnenstraße (look out for the signs "Marcus Klinik" and "Gräflicher Park"). You will now pass the Gräflicher Park on your left. Following the course of the road, the driveway to the Marcus Klinik is not far after the entrance to the Gräflicher Park. Please note that parking at the clinic is subject to a charge and you should register your license plate in advance.
Enter the address in your navigation system:
"33014 Bad Driburg, Brunnenstraße 1"
Arrival by train:
The easiest way to get to Bad Driburg station is by train. (If you are traveling by train, please indicate this when you register. You will then receive a cab voucher for the transfer from the station to the clinic with your registration documents).
You are also welcome to walk: It is about a 10-minute walk from the station to the clinic. At the station exit, turn right towards the city center along Bahnhofstraße. At the end of the street, turn right towards the railroad crossing (Lange Straße) and keep left behind it (Brunnenstraße).
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