Tim Mitja Zagar

Rebuilding the birthplace of natural healing.

Villa Rikli, Kursalon 1895, Bled, Slovenia

I grew up near Bled. As a kid, I used to walk past a villa that was slowly falling apart. That villa is the Kursalon, built in 1895 as the central hall of Arnold Rikli's sanatorium. Rikli was a Swiss pioneer of natural healing who spent fifty years shaping Bled into a leading European health resort. He died in 1906. The sanatorium carried on for a time, but two world wars and the century that followed buried both the building and the story.

I acquired the villa in 2024.

Bled

Villa Rikli

Full reconstruction of the 1895 Kursalon.

Mallner Center

One of the most central locations in Bled, sitting above historic Mallner Inn where Rikli launched his sanatorium. Best position in town, worst execution for decades. Acquisition underway.

Villa Bellevue

Located in the core of Rikli's original sanatorium complex, between his residential villa and the Kursalon. To be included in a contemporary Rikli center.

Rikli's "Natural Healing" (1905), translated

Translated Rikli's principal work from the 8th German edition into English. 1,500 paragraphs on atmospheric therapy, light, water, diet, and movement. A 120-year-old book that reads like it was written yesterday.

Arnold Rikli, Natural Medicine and Sun Baths, translated book cover

Arnold Rikli, Natural Medicine and Sun Baths, 1905 edition translated to English

Technology

Sivix

Real-world price measurement. Users scan products on store shelves. The system verifies, aggregates, and builds a live inflation index from the ground up. 360K+ products tracked. Because official statistics shouldn't be the only version of reality.