Alexisbad

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Alexisbad is a small spa town of Germany, in the municipality of Harzgerode, and the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Unterharz, Landkreis Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt, lying in the outskirts of the Harz Mountains, 1000 ft. above sea level, on the narrow-gauge steam railway from Gernrode to Harzgerode. Pop. 42.

Alexisbad is celebrated for its medicinal waters, of which the Alexisbrunnen, an iron-rich spring, is used for drinking water, while the Selkebrunnen supplies the baths, which are of use in feminine disorders. It was founded in 1810 by Duke Alexius of Anhalt-Bernburg, and became fashionable in the laste 19th century

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Coordinates: 51°38′58″N, 11°07′01″E