Wender·Vista
Wiesbaden
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileGermany
across the Rhine from Mainz, at the foot of the Taunus

Wiesbaden

— — a city built on hot water.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“The capital of Hesse, about forty kilometres west of Frankfurt, set where the Taunus hills meet the Rhine. Twenty-six hot springs rise under the old town, and the city has been built around them since Roman garrisons first bathed at the Kochbrunnen. The Kurhaus on Wilhelmstrasse anchors the spa quarter, with its lawns running down to the colonnade. Above the town the Neroberg vineyard climbs to the gold-domed Russian chapel.

from the studio
Wiesbaden
— bring it home

Wiesbaden, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Wiesbaden

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

Wiesbaden is the capital of the German state of Hesse, set on the right bank of the Rhine at the southern foot of the Taunus range. The city sits opposite Mainz across the river and about forty kilometres west of Frankfurt. Its population is roughly 290,000, which makes it the second-largest city in Hesse after Frankfurt. The Roman garrison Aquae Mattiacorum was founded here in the first century for the hot springs, and the modern city has continued to grow around the same twenty-six thermal sources rising under the old town.

— informed by Wikipedia
— the water

Twenty-six hot springs feed the city, ranging from forty-six to sixty-six degrees Celsius and carrying a strong sodium-chloride content. The Kochbrunnen at the centre of the spa quarter is the most visible. A small octagonal pavilion stands over the spring on Kochbrunnenplatz, and the water steams in the open air even on warm afternoons. The Kaiser-Friedrich-Therme, a few streets away, has used the same water since 1913 in a tiled Jugendstil bathhouse. The Roman name for the place, Aquae Mattiacorum, names the water before the city.

— the stone

The Kurhaus on Wilhelmstrasse, designed by Friedrich von Thiersch and opened in 1907, anchors the spa quarter with a long Ionic colonnade and a domed central hall. Its lawns, the Bowling Green, run down to the twin colonnades that frame the front of the building. Above town on the Neroberg, the gold-domed Russian Orthodox Church of Saint Elizabeth was completed in 1855 by Duke Adolph of Nassau for his young Russian wife. The vineyard below the church is one of the few inside city limits in Germany.

— where
Germany · Wiesbaden, Hesse
— elevation
117 m · 384 ft
— position
50.0826° N · 8.2400° E
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
5 km S
Mainz
city
2 km N
Neroberg
hill
40 km E
Frankfurt
city
N
Wiesbaden
Mainz
Neroberg
Frankfurt
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Wiesbaden — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

Wiesbaden is the capital of the German state of Hesse, on the right bank of the Rhine. It sits opposite Mainz and about forty kilometres west of Frankfurt, at the southern foot of the Taunus hills.

Twenty-six hot springs rise under the old town, ranging from forty-six to sixty-six degrees Celsius. Romans bathed here at Aquae Mattiacorum, and the city has been built around the water ever since.

The Kochbrunnen is the most prominent of the city's hot springs, in a small octagonal pavilion on Kochbrunnenplatz. The water reaches sixty-six degrees Celsius and steams visibly in the open air.

The Kurhaus on Wilhelmstrasse is the social centre of the spa quarter. Designed by Friedrich von Thiersch and opened in 1907, it houses a concert hall, a casino, and a long colonnaded facade above the Bowling Green lawns.

The Russian Orthodox Church of Saint Elizabeth on the Neroberg, completed in 1855, was built by Duke Adolph of Nassau as a memorial for his young Russian wife. Five gilded onion domes rise above the slope.

Regional trains from Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof reach Wiesbaden Hauptbahnhof in about forty minutes. Frankfurt Airport is roughly twenty-five minutes away by S-Bahn on the S8 line.

— about the piece in your home

Yes. The Kurhaus and the gold-domed Russian chapel are immediate landmarks for anyone who lived in or near the city. A Small or Medium with a studio note carries well.

The architectural palette pairs cleanly with Modern Classic, Old-World European, and warm Minimalist rooms. It also works as an anchor in a wood-panelled study or a Jugendstil-influenced hallway.

Yes. City-portrait pieces have moved back into European interior styling, and a Wiesbaden tile reads as Belle Epoque without tipping into theme. It pairs cleanly with brass and oxblood leather.

A single Large reads well above a console table or a narrow sofa. For a longer wall, a four-tile Mural or a nine-tile Mural carries the Kurhaus colonnade at architectural scale.

Yes, on Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both resist moisture and scratch, and both work for backsplashes, vanity walls, and shower surrounds without dulling the colour underneath.

A microfibre cloth with plain water is enough. The colour lives in the ceramic surface under a thin glossy finish, so normal household cleaning will not fade it over time.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is original to the studio, painted in our stained-glass and alcohol-ink visual language. We do not license the work to other makers or print-on-demand services.

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