BATH SPA

 

According to contemporary official records, notes in old newspapers / 1869-1900-1958 / The important result of the decades after 'The Compromise of 1867' was the development and establishment of Gyopárosfürdő near Orosháza./ 3 km. / A settlement-part on the shore of the lake was already populated: it was Orosháza-Gyopárhalma.According to the notes it was founded in 1846.The 'surplus' of the population of Orosháza village made up the inhabitants of this part.The boundary of Gyopárhalma: Rákóczitelep, the surfaced road, Szentetornya and Gyopárosfürdő.Its streets are the followings: Határ utca, Temető dűlő, Középlak, Csőszház dűlő, Kertészház dűlő.According to the official records this area belonged to Margit Károlyi countess- 'Common men' bought the distributed lands.It was used as a kitchen garden then it was planted with grapes.This latter is proved by the fact that in 1873 a leader of a community of wine growners was elected.According to the evidence of the contemporary official records in 1892 Gyopárhalma already had 736 inhabitants.When talking about Gyopáros lake I have to mention the curative effect of the water.The visiting bathers experienced this curative effect at the end of the 1960s.

The water of the lake was first used for retting of hemp and horse bathing by the inhabitants in the neighbourhood and the local peasants. Using the lake as a bath was initiated by Elek László, who was already an excellent doctor of Orosháza at that time.It was the year of 1869 when he started the development of high standard of the bath and he continued its organising throughout decades. On the basis of the above mentioned popular experiences his first action was the chemical analysis of the water.Quoted from contemporary notes:'...in this water there are particles that are so effective in cure that omission of it and not using it for the suffering mankind would be regarded as a deservedly sinful negligence.' In 1870 the building of the bath started. Unfortunately the body of the representatives of the village secluded itself from the expenses connected with the lake and they decided that ’Gyopáros would remain a rettery’. But they allowed the lake to be used for bathing,too.At that time contemporary media delt with the case of Gyopáros a lot.So in the 1880s Gyopáros became a visited and widely known bath.Orosháza and its neighbourhood , even the near inhabitants of the county increasingly realised the excellent curative effect of the water of the lake.The turnover of the bath quickened , therefore in 1885 the body of representatives of the village decided to have some dressing cabines made for women.

The water of the lake was sent to the National Analytical Institute for an advisory opinion.Under its influence a decision was made: ’ The body of representatives hereby declares the bath character of the lake.’ Between 1886 and 1893 the bath started an intensive development.

The next step was to separate retting and horse bathing.The turnover increased, new dressing cabins were built. Unfortunately in 1893 and in the next years the bath declined. Visits became few and far between.The surrounding of the bath was neglected.The reeds became numerous near the lake shore.It smelt.So the demanding guests started to disregard the bath-reported the contemporary media.The income from the bath decreased.The leaders of the village started to realise slowly but surely that although at the cost of investment but the situation needs improvement.As a ’popular’ bath it continued its prospering.The leaders decided to clear the reeds, to clean the lake bed and to landscape the area near the lake.Leasing-out was advertised.But there was no offer though the magistracy of the village ’hoped for money from the tenants.’The plan failed. In the first years of the century the village had the cleaning of the lake bed and the clearing of the reeds done .At last the magistracy devoted a considerable amount of money to Gyopáros.It took the bath in its own hands.It brought more serious income and this income was turned into development.The bath that now was in the hands of the village took on a character of high standard in 1906.

The building of the shore was started with the following steps:1.The lake was excavated to 2 metres deep. 2. A big landscaping and afforestation started. 3. The village hotel with 40 guestrooms was built.1906 is a notable date in the life of Gyopáros.The Orosháza-Szentes railway line was opened.It touched Gyopáros, too.It made the Orosháza-Gyopáros special train possible.In 1908 the village had an artesian well bored in the wooded park. In 1909-which was the next year- a small post-office was opened in Gyopáros.The bath doctor service was launched which paid a big attention to the sanitarian demands of the bath.This list increased the attendance of the bath by leaps and bounds.The popularity of the bath spread in the village and in its neighbourhood.It increased the income of the bath. Unfortunately the development was retarded by World War I.The building, expansion stagnated.From 1925 the development ran up again.Namely: 1. The light- railway was built from Orosháza small station to Gyopáros.2.The establishment of the so called’ Heros’ Park’ was started on the north part of the lake shore.Trees and bushes –one more beautiful than the other-were planted here.3. Nice holiday homes, villas were built on the south shore. But World War II caused a new retardation in the life of our loved bath.

In 1958 Gyopáros started a significant development again.The building of the new pool was started with the help of serious investments and it resulted in building of new cabins.

 

Parkbath

Orosháza-Gyopárosfürdő is situated 180 km from Budapest, 56 km from Szeged, 33 km from Békéscsaba and Szentes and 3 km from the centre of Orosháza. The bath complex lies on the shores of the lakes surrounded by a 20hectare forest park and its bath culture goes back more than 100 years. The water of Gyopáros was pronounced medical water in 1999 and nowadays it is recorded as an 'A' category spa of national importance.

The primary aim of the extension which started in the 1990s was to sustain development of Gyopáros, to protect its clean air and preserve its natural environment.This aim has remained until these days and will remain an aim in the future.So the bath and its holiday area with its short distance from the town, with its quiet and calm surroundings, the traditional medical water therapy and the growing number of services fulfil the requirements of guests longing for both physical and mental relaxation coupled with spectacular recreation. The holiday resort was built around a sodic lake formation which has a natural origin and is divided into three parts.The Gyopáros Medical Bath, Swimming-pool and Water Park goes back in time honoured tradition is a pleasant and attractive holiday resort .Its primary aim with its qualitative services is health care, improving health and of course entertaining.Besides the water table of Gyopáros lake -which is suitable for water cycling and boating -open and covered thermal water pools, a swimming-pool , a training-pool , an exterior thermal water pool , an adventure pool of streched water and a children's adventure pool all serve the demands of the guests.For the guests who take waters the exterior thermal pool, the covered curative pool and the two exercise pools filled with curative water are available.They are open all the year round.Two deep-bored wells provide the thermal water pools of the bath with water of 40-50 degrees Celsius.The natural alkali-hydrocarbonate water is suitable for curing several locomotor disorders, imflammations, rheumatic and gynaecological diseases. The Health Care Centre of the bath offers freshening services for the guests who want to relax and protect their health. In the area of the holiday resort there are facilities for guests to pursue several sports such as tennis, beach-volleyball, beach football.With regard to catering there are projects that provide services of high standard and satisfy every demand.

A car park and a bicycle-park are available for the guests at the entrance of the bath. The full, qualitative services of the Gyopáros Medical and Holiday Centre guarantee a pleasant stay for visitors.

 

Parkbath - Covered thermal pool

The oldest pool of the bath is the covered spa- pool which was esteblished with the assistance of the Orosháza Glass Factory and Dunai Vasmű /Duna Iron Mill 30 years ago.

Its measurements are:224m2, 257m3, with an average water depth of 110 cm and temperature of 35 degrees Celsius.It is open all year round.The pool contains the alcali-hydrocarbonate water of the bath and functions as a sitting-pool which is daily refilled with new healthy water.It is even suitable to hold under-water gymnastics lessons,too.This pool is due renovation which will probably start in 2005.

 

Parkbath - Exterior thermal pool

The pool started to operate in its restored condition in the season of 2004.Before the renovation it functioned as a family pool but now it is a spa-bath.The pool is open-air but it works all year round so the hot thermal water can be enjoyed even in winter near the heaps of snow.We recommend it to our guests longing for recovery, relaxation and recreation.It is suitable for watergymnastics which moves all parts of the body and can be done with the assistance of a skilled physiotherapist.There is a row of changing cubicles near the pool. Its features are:two neckshowers

The main data of the pool are:208 cm3, with the temperatures of 34-35 degrees Celsius and water depths of 80-120 cm.It has a streched water surface and it is a sitting spa-bath and it is daily refilled with new healthy water.

 

Parkbath - Children's pool

The pool was declared open in 2002 and serves the entertainment demands of the youngest age-group.The small slide, the mushroom and the three neckshowers of the pool offer a pleasant pastime for children.The pool is designed for children under 6 so staying in the pool for adults is not allowed.The colourful, decorative design of the pool gives a delightful visual experience and it suits the above mentioned features well.

The pool is open in summer only.

The main data of the pools are:

18 m3, with the temperatures of 28-30 degrees Celsius and water depths of 40-60 cm.It has a streched water surface, the water is tempered and rotated.

 

Parkbath - Tower pool

The renovated pool was declared open for the guests in 2002.Before it the water used to be daily refilled with new healthy water but now it operates as an exterior adventure pool with water which is kept at the same temperature and it has a rotated system.As the pool is situated at the base of the water tower right next to the lake on the peninsula of the Gyopáros lake the bathers can take delight in the sight of the beautiful Gyopáros landscape while having a bath.Besides the four neckshowers and three springs of the pool its other speciality is that guests can sunbathe lying in 2-3 centimetres of water in a one metre wide stripe at the edge.The pool is open seasonally, only in summer.

The measurements of the pool are:

224 m3, with a temperature range of 28-30 degrees Celsius and water depths of 90-110 cm.It is a pool with streched water surface and has a rotated system.The water is kept at the same temperature.

 

Parkbath -Training pool

The training pool is situated near the competition swimming-pool. It has a rotated system and operates in the summer season only.Children can attain the basics of swimming here but besides it they can just splash about and enjoy themselves, too. A large area for sunbathing is waiting for the bathers near the pool.

The main data of the pool are: 123 m3, with the temperature of 25 degrees Celsius and a water depth of 90 cm.It has a streched water surface and the water is tempered and rotated.

 

Parkbath - Swimming pool

 The building of the 50-metre competition swimming-pool of the bath started about 18 years ago so that it could support the water sport of the town.Serious social labour played an important part in the realization of the project.The completed project proved to be very popular. The swimming-pool, which has eight lines, 1150 m2 area, 2451 m3 capacity, water depth of 210 cm and a temperature range of 23-26 degrees Celsius, is still the scene of well-known competitions.From a technical point of view it is a pool of filtered-rotated character where the filter-system is continuously being updated and renovated. An even bigger renovation is probable. According to the results of the water examinations it guarantees one of the best water qualities of any bath.

 

Therapy

The Orosháza-Gyopáros Medical Bath, Swimming-pool and Water Park is has an independent therapeutic section of a very high standard with excellently trained specialists.The Physio-and Balneotherapeutic Centre welcomes visitors and guests with up-to-date therapeutic equipment and efficient therapeutic methods.The specialists assure individual, complex therapeutic treatment that depends on the patient's condition and the type of disease. The recommended length of the Gyopáros therapeutic treatment is 2-3 weeks.During it the natural effect of the Gyopáros water is increased by several therapeutic treatments as well as by methods of homeopathy..The functions of the Physio- and Balneotherapeutic Centre are diagnostic-namely to recognise problems and the available illnesses which are beginning to take shape, as well as the application of therapeutic treatments and curative work.The Gyopáros medical water contains sodium, calcium-carbonate,iron, iodine, lime and different minerals.That is why it is suitable for curing locomotor disorders,gynaecological and skin diseases.

All kinds of physiotherapeutic treatments can be found in the Physico- and Balneotherapeutic Centre:balneotherapeutic, electrotherapeutic and mechanotherapeutic treatments are available in the pleasant building-complex.The several balneo- and hydrotherapeutic medical treatments increase the excellent curative effect of the water.Thanks to the special composition of the Gyopáros medical water, taking water is extremely suitable for curing rheumatic pains, arthritis, muscle- and tendon inflammation and neuritis.It can be applied successfully in post rehabilitative treatment of sprains, dislocations, fractures and in restoration of damaged functions.

During the medical water treatment under-water jet massage as well as hydromassage is used to stimulate the injured muscles.In the case of a slipped disc, diskopathy, spinal column calcinosis and other disorders of the spinal column the weigh-bath is an excellent therapy.

Electrotherapeutic treatments make up the other group of treatments in the Gyopáros Physio- and Balneotherapeutic Centre.In the course of them the specialists use the mechanical and heat effects of different current strengths to cure several diseases.These electrotherapeutic treatments are excellent supplements of the bath cure as well as the balneo- and hydrotherapeutic treatments.Without aiming at completeness we list some typical electrotherapeutic treatments:galvanic-type treatments, TENS, interference treatments, iontophoresis, magnetotherapy, kryotherapy, infra- and Evolite- light therapy and laser-acupuncture therapy.Mechanotherapeutic treatments help the guests' fast recovery in the Physio- and Balneotherapeutic Centre. A basic treatment is physiotherapy.The lack of exercise is not the only reason but at the same time can be an aggravating factor in case of locomotor disorders.Physiotherapy is a special kinesitherapy, which people learn individually with the help of a physiotherapist.The aim of the treatment is to restore the active functions and to set up a plan for regular exercise.There is dry, underwater, active and passive physiotherapy and the patients take part in the individual programmes according to the type and measure of their diseases in the centre.Several massages complete the effects of the electrotherapeutic treatments and the treatments that are based on the medical water.Massage restores the elasticity of the skin, helps the absorption of roughage from the under-skin connective tissues and has a general analgesic and sedative effect.

The full service is as important in the Physio- and Balneotherapeutic Centre as the standard of curative treatments.To assure the guests a pleasant stay a swimming-pool, a sauna and solarium are available during and after the treatments.

 

Therapy-Hydrotherapy

This treatment works on the body by using the physical energies of water such as its temperature, lift, pressure and drag.The guests can find the tangentor-underwater stream-massage- the weigh- bath, the arm-, leg and complete- body hot-bath and the eddy-bath among our available treatments.The tangentor is a type of massage carried out in a bath filled up with mineral water.A technician carries out the massage with a stream whose pressure is adjustable and which comes out of a pipe which has a control head with an adjustable diameter.

The flow of the mixture of water and air into the complete-body hot-bath works on the basis of an adjustable programme.The adjustable programme which increases from the periphery towards the heart and is repeated in waves is highly recommended and the most popular form in this bath.

The arm-and leg hot-bath treats either the forearm and hand or the calf and foot selectively.So treatments of these parts of the body can be carried out even in cases when the guests are not allowed to go into the pool because of their blood-pressure or heart problems.

The weigh-bath is a treatment in the pool which was established especially for this reason.Here the guests hang down on the point prescribed by a doctor.There is also a prescribed counterweight attached to the guest fixed to the waist or ankles.The guests hang into the pool without holding and it assures the desired stretching effect.

 

 

Therapy-Balneotherapy

These treatments try to use the curative effect of the healthy water.This effect is based on the chemical composition of the water.In the first place we use the high mineral content of the water extracted from deep underground but we also create our own mixes such as the carbonic bath.Besides the medical water pools it is also possible to have a bath in the tub-bath. It creates an opportunity to treat guests who can not go into the public pools because of their diseases.

The natural mineral water is extracted from 500 m depth and has temperatures of 40-50 degrees Celsius.This water is released into the pools after cooling to 35-36 degrees Celsius. This temperature which is similar to the body temperature is ideal for a pleasant bath.Even exercise can be done without any burden at this temperature so the positive effect can intensify the freshening up and  healing process.

The hydrogen-carbonate salts of alkali- and alkali earth metals are important constituents in the composition of the mineral water.These salts have an intensive effect on the body and gives the mineral water its curative properties..Because of its sodium content the water is suitable for curing gynaecological diseases but it also eases rheumatic complaints.

Besides the mineral salts the iodine content of the water shows a great effect in the remission of locomotion.

The calcium-, magnesium hydrogencarbonate salts of the water have shown positive results against the diseases of circulatory organs.The effect of them is intensified and completed by the lime content of the water.

Because of its iron content it can be well applied in case of chronic gynaecological inflammations and because of the strong skin-stimulating effect of the iron it is suitable to cure dermatosis, too.Because of its common salt content it has a strong stimulating effect on the skin so it can aid the several functions of the body through the nervous system.

 

Therapy - Electrotherapy

The curative effect of the electric current is extremely widely used in our baths.Hundreds of programmes are available within the scope of the treatments of low- medium- and high frequency so that in cases diagnosed by doctors the best types of currents can be produced.With the help of the physiotherapeutic assistants almost all types of treatments are available in our baths for the guests looking to recover their health..

 

Therapy-Therapeutic gymnastics

The professional therapeutic gymnastics is one of the methods whose main ambition is still the oki-therapy in modern rehabilitation. Physiotherapists graduated from the Health College are available for guests in need of treatment.They personalize the treatment, determine the special groups for the gymnastics and say whether there is need for an individual treatment.The therapeutic gymnastic lessons are held in well-equipped gyms and the pools.The gyms are equipped with mirrors, wall-bars and several modern therapeutic instruments. Hand instruments, Bobath-balls, exercise bikes, weigh machines, suspension bars and a Bobath-bed are available..We also use pieces of gymnastic apparatus and wall-bars in the water.

 

Therapy-Massage

Several massage treatments are available for the guests in our bath where the medical curative massage is the most expansively applied rehabilitative method.Qualified medicinal masseurs are available for people longing for therapy.

These forms of treatments can be subject to financing by the National Health Insurance Office or other private insurance companies if they are prescribed by specialists and are entitled to it.

The curative massage is a 15-minute treatment for which guests have to make an appointment with our dispatcher.The bath provides the base which can be powder or perhaps some cream of neutral combination, but our masseurs also carry out the treatments with other creams and oils which are brought by the guests.Treatment gowns in several colours can also be bought on the spot.This gown is practical, easy to wash and pack and can be used while doing gymnastics or during electrotherapy.We can offer additional massage treatments such as refreshing- and sportmassage and a slimmimg and form-shaping massage done with a special cream.

According to the claims the masseurs who are qualified for it do reflex zone massage on the soles and the palms or perhaps on special points.Massage treatments which are not subject to financing by the social insurance are available for payment.They can be 15-minute partial massages, 30-minute full massages or in special cases -for example the form-shaping massage- it can take even an hour.The guests can buy several special massage creams and oils in our bath. They improve the efficiency of the massage treatments with their natural active ingredients.

Almost every masseur of the bath has an OKJ massage qualification.This is the qualification that gives the widest view and knowledge in this field assuring the most professional service.Our bath considers that updating the knowledge of the team is very important and for this reason we aid the ancillary workers' participations in further training and professional conferences.

 

Accommodation - possibilities

Hotels of a high standard are available for guests who fancy comfort and pampering:The Hotel Napsugár, The Hotel Flóra, The White Swan Guest-house, The Tópart Guest-house, the Fortuna Guest-house and the Youth- and Tourist Hostel are all in the pleasant surroundings on the shore of the Gyopáros Lake.The closed, heated corridor, which joins the Hotel Napsugár and the curing and catering buildings makes the autumn, winter and spring use of the medicinal services, which are available all year round,- easy and comfortable. There is accommodation for the guests of the bath in the comfortable and well- equipped wooden houses which are in the forest park surrounding the bath.Guests who like camping can use the services of the high standard two-star Gyopárosfürdő Camp, which is situated near the swimming-pool.There are also several independent facilities and the Students' hostel of the Kodolányi College is available for tourists in the area of the holiday resort.

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