Sebastian Kneipp
GERMAN CATHOLIC CLERGYMAN, NATUROPATH AND HYDROTHERAPIST (1821-1897)
Kneipp therapy; Kneippism; Kneipp bathing pool; Kneipp cure; Kneipp medicine; Kneipp hydrotherapy; Kneipp treatment
Sebastian Kneipp (17 May 1821 – 17 June 1897) was a German Catholic priest and one of the forefathers of the naturopathic medicine movement. He is most commonly associated with the "Kneipp Cure" form of hydrotherapy (often called "Kneipp therapy" or "Kneippism"), the application of water through various methods, temperatures and pressures, which he claimed to have therapeutic or healing effects, thus building several hospitals in Bad Wörishofen.