Erich Klafs founded the company in 1928 in Stettin, initially making and selling medicinal bathroom facilities. In 1948, he reopened the business in Schwäbisch Hall. Here, soldiers returning from the front told him about the saunas they had seen in Finland and Russia. When he built his first sauna in 1952, he primarily designed it for medicinal purposes – but the demand from private customers quickly grew.

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