Our history and philosophy

The essence of our health facility in the Waldviertel region of Lower Austria

For almost 70 years, the NUHR Medical Center has been a place of health and positive change. Dr. Otto Nuhr founded the region's first health center in Senftenberg near Krems in 1954. Today, the NUHR Medical Center is an institution in the health and rehabilitation sector and sets new standards in individual therapy concepts.

Founded by an Austrian pioneer

Our founder MR Dr. Otto Nuhr is considered an Austrian pioneer in the field of high-frequency electrotherapy. Building on the focus on electrophysical medicine and hydrotherapy, the range of services was later expanded and an outpatient clinic with specialists in various rehabilitation fields was established. The development of the modified arsonvalization therapy and its success in curative application gave the innovative rehabilitation center in Lower Austria an excellent reputation early on. With new therapeutic concepts, outstanding service and a family atmosphere, we have repeatedly established new standards and opened up new paths over the decades. And we continue to follow this path in exactly the same way.

Progress in the third generation


After decades of steady growth and always in family hands, the newly designed NUHR Medical Center has been under the medical direction of Univ.-Doz. Dr. Martin Nuhr, MSc.

As a specialist in physical medicine and general rehabilitation, general practitioner and Master of Science for interdisciplinary pain therapy, it was he who founded the Karl Landsteiner Institute for Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine in the same year as part of the Karl Landsteiner Society. Here, one dedicates oneself entirely to modern medical research in the field of physical-rehabilitative medicine.

In the summer of 2018, the new NUHR Medical Center was opened. A rehabilitation center and health hotel that carries our rich history into the future. Under the medical direction of Univ.-Doz. Dr. Martin Nuhr, we offer our guests cutting-edge medicine that focuses on the needs of the individual. An innovative environment in which we continuously develop treatment methods and concepts. Not for the sake of novelty, but for the benefit of our patients.

Karl Landsteiner Institute for Physical-Rehabilitative Medicine


It was also Univ.-Doz.Dr. Martin Nuhr MSc, who in the same year founded the Karl Landsteiner Institute for Physical-Rehabilitative Medicine within the Karl Landsteiner Society, which is dedicated to medical research in this field. Here the focus is on the further development of methods to improve the well-being of patients.