European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 29, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The towers that were built in the Only siege against Burg Eltz left and a View of the inner court. Glass or a wine probe. A Tours the Castle opens daily from 9 30 . To 5 30 . Group Tours Are conducted from april 1 to nov. 1. Tours begin about every 15 minutes. No photography is allowed inside the Castle. The Cost for a guided tour is 6.50 Marks for adults and 4.50 Marks for children and students. The Schatz Karmmer treasure room costs 2.50 Marks for adults and 1 Mak for children. The Treasury includes silverware jewelry objects of Art weapons and other implements acquired by the family Eltz. A Chuck Roberts travel Erst tips a getting there to drive to the Castle exit route 416 in Hatzen Portland follow the signs. It s about a 6-mile drive. Or visitors can also follow 416 to the next exit Mose Kern and follow signs to the parking lot where a Footpath to the Castle begins. From there you will have about a 30-minute walk. A local wine the Castle cellars offers wine by the amp amp the cure or quackery germans cling to time honoured tradition of visits at certified health resorts by Ian Johnson special to the Baltimore Sun her blood pressure a Little Low her Back aching and a office Job Boring Paula arrives Here in an ebullient Ood two years of constant nagging convinced her doctor to Send her away for four weeks of enforced taxation at this costly health resort. Quot i knew that if i lobbied hard enough i d get his emission Quot Paula says beaming with satisfaction. While anyone with enough Money can spend a cation in Baden Baden Paula is one of 1.7 million ermans this year whose insurance companies will cover four week visit to a Kur or cure a doctor supervised a in one of Germany s 226 certified health resorts Jeci Klizing in treatments of Thermal Springs mud Baths keep breathing and on the Side healthy Romance. Cures used to be popular in Many countries. Here the Ames of places invariably contain a bad for Bath. In Merica they tend to be attached to a Spring As in warm Springs hot Springs or Sulphur Springs. Same principle. Nearly 2 million germans take he cure at Sites like the Kuxhaus in Baden Baden Germany. A Small Liaison is the Only thing that can make a stay in a Bath bearable otherwise one would die of boredom a Johann Wolfgang v. Goethe but Over the past 75 years the natural cures have been overtaken by syringes a rays and Jacuzzi. Only germans have remained True cure believers out curing their closest competitor France by a rate of 31. After the family doctor and the Hospital the cure is the official Quot third pillar Quot of German Medicine. More than $35 billion is spent on them every year. Almost All of the continent s 1,100 known natural health resorts Are found in Central Europe. Cities like Baden Baden Aachen and Cologne owe their history to the warm water longings of roman and medieval emperors not to mention the new Rich. Other towns have acquired the coveted bad title later allowing them to open lucrative government approved cure resorts. For Many germans like Paula a visit to a health resort in a picturesque town has become a virtual necessity something she campaigns for As often As possible which for most people is every four years. Eventually she convinces the doctor of her need and her health insurance has to pay. Those with state health insurance usually get less Chic resorts but they still Cost upward of $2,000 a month including supervised treatment a special diet and a variety of aerobic sport and relaxation programs. All of this would be Well and Good but Many have their doubts that the experience is More than an extra month of vacation every few years while others think cures Are too Short to do any Long term Good. Adults on a cure play a or play around As it were a with activity that put the cures into some disrepute during the Middle Ages due to the spread of venereal diseases. It took the 19th-Century s romantic Back to nature movement to restore a measure of dignity to the cure sojourn with an emphasis on natural remedies. Still cures retain a slightly decadent reputation. Paula and most singles who arrive for their four week stay look foward to finding a Quot cure Shadow Quot something that even Germany s greatest poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe seemed to find a most important part of the whole experience. After visiting Karlsbad in 1795, he observed Quot a Small Liaison is the Only thing that can make a stay in a Bath bearable otherwise one would die of  october 29, 1992 stripes Magazine