Facts
History
In 1983, the village of Vals bought the Therme spa with the hotel: today the Hotel und Thermalbad AG (Hoteba) company is 100 % owned by the Vals community.
In 1986 the architect Peter Zumthor, from Haldenstein in Graubünden, was commissioned to build a new spa which was opened in 1996.
Only two years later the Therme was listed as a protected building. Photos of the Therme have been published around the world: "A lesson in courage and aesthetics", "a unique archaic bathing and therapy landscape replete with quiet sensuality", "a spa such as the has never been seen before".
The Felsen-Therme is a rectangular construction with stacked walls of Valser Quartzite quarried only two kilometres from the Therme. 60,000 stone slabs were used in the complex.
The Board of Management
Stephan Schmid president
Dr. Arnold Huber
Beat Josef Gehrig
Robert Bissegger
The Director
Vera Wichmann
The Committee
(Members are elected by the congregation)
Margrit Walker-Tönz, President
Nikolaus Berni
Othmar Berni
Urs Hubert
Othmar Illien
Ludwig Illien-Berni
Susanne Jörger-Kohlhage
Werner Jörger
Karl Kühne
Siegfried Peng-Berni
Konrad Schnider-Vieli
Adrian Vieli
Edgar Welti