Sanatorium Dr. Barner

The sanatorium was founded in 1900 as a clinic for internal medicine and psychotherapy, by a physician who championed the link between body and mind. His friendship with an architect who stayed there as a patient shaped the building: from 1905 the two worked together on the entrance hall, a villa, an elevated wooden hut and, by 1914, the extension and complete interior of the central house.

Today a clinic for psychosomatic medicine, it is one of the most significant surviving Art Nouveau buildings in the country, almost unaltered inside and out, and records a century of sanatorium culture and the decorative arts of its time.

In 2007 the British design team was asked to draw up a masterplan for its restoration and refurbishment, based on continuous maintenance and gentle repair so the buildings could stay in use. A conservation strategy set out the guidelines and all necessary measures, and since 2010 coherent phases have been carried out each year. The work received a European heritage award in 2018 for the care given to the monument while it remained a working hospital.