It is about 4 km northwest of Dieren, in the municipalities of Rheden and Brummen.

In 1850, the Priesznitz monument was revealed to honour Vincenz Priessnitz, the founder of hydrotherapy.

After World War II, it started to become neglected and closed in 1970.

The local Rotary Club had its own room, but in 1976 decided to leave as well.

[6] The 19th Century writer and journalist Paulus Adrianus Daum died there in 1898.