It is the largest such facility in Europe. It stands in a famous Polish city and attracts tourists

Ciechocinek is located in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in the Aleksandrów County, near Bydgoszcz. It is famous primarily for its numerous health resorts. There is practically no industry there. Patients and tourists mainly use the impressive graduation towers located near the local nature reserve.

Ciechocinek has the largest graduation towers in Europe

There are three graduation towers in Ciechocinek. The construction of two of them was completed in 1828, and the last one in 1859. They are all located close to each other, arranged in a horseshoe shape. They were designed by Jakub Graff – professor at the Mining Academy in Kielce. About 7,000 were used for the base of the graduation tower. oak piles. There is a spruce and pine structure on them, which is filled with blackthorn – this is where the brine flows.

The graduation towers are 15.8 m high and their total length is 1,741.5 m. The brine reaches them from the fountain “Mushroom”then it is forced upwards into special troughs located at the top of the structure. Then it trickles down the walls of the graduation tower. Under the influence of wind and sun, water can evaporate and create a special microclimate rich in iodine. There are also viewing terraces on the graduation towers. One of them also has a brine inhalation room.

Who should use brine graduation towers?

Staying near brine graduation towers is especially recommended for people with weakened immunity, bronchial asthma, respiratory diseases, psoriasis, acne, skin allergies, joint pain, hypothyroidism or peptic ulcer disease. The brine solution that we can inhale while staying near the graduation towers contains numerous amounts of potassium, iron, sodium, bromine and calcium. Many specialists believe that visits near graduation towers are treated as visits to the Baltic Sea.