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Bad Tatzmannsdorf is situated at an altitude of 341 m in southern Burgenland. The oldest document mentioning Tarcsa dates from 1378. The earliest mention of the mineral springs is found in the Regensburg chronicle of 1621. A bathhouse was erected in 1650 which marked the beginning of the spa. Count Lajos Batthyány obtained the spa in 1752. Under Count Ferenc Batthyány, Tatzmannsdorf (hungarian: Tarcsafürdő) became the most important spa in the Kingdom of Hungary. The predicate 'Bad' (spa) was awarded in 1926. The alkaline iron-containing waters and mud are used in the treatment of heart, circulatory and rheumatic diseases.

The mineral waters were obtained from the two springs  Maxquelle and Karlsquelle [right, no.542]. Moor was used for mud-baths since 1889. In 1964, the Marienquelle, also supplying mineral water, was found by drilling. In 1988 thermal water was found at a depth of about 1,000 m.