For a long time, however, the therapy was forgotten.
It was not until the naturopath Vinzenz Prießnitz and the priest Sebastian Kneipp rediscovered the beneficial effects of water treatments and added their own findings. Prießnitz's compresses and Kneipp's casts as well as his water treading became known worldwide. Hydrotherapy is still used today for the prevention and treatment of acute and chronic complaints.