At the western foot of the Kühbergl, in what was once the independent commune of Reischach, is the Kresswasserl, also known as the Kressbründl. This spring is believed to have been important back in antiquity. The first proven settlements of the Roman Sebatum station were situated barely a kilometre away.

The Kresswasserl first became important as a tourist destination in 1860. This was the year that Maria Stemberger, the widow of the landlord of the Sonnenwirt and beer brewer Franz Steger, received permission to set up a beer cellar and small licensed premises near the Kressbründl.  The town had a track laid at its own expense, using prisoners as a source of labour. The licensed premises developed into a popular destination.

In 1894 the Waldheim Inn was built in the immediate vicinity. In 1910 the restaurant gained an annexe and a veranda. So many walkers and daytrippers were to be found on the Waldheim track that people wanted to forbid cycling on it. In 1911 the Lienzer Zeitung newspaper reported that, “The brewers drays that race along the promenade at speed are not among the more relaxing features of this pleasant walkway.” 

Tourism came to an end with the outbreak of World War One. But in 1919 daytrippers began once again to return to the Kressbründl, and Waldheim remained a flagship attraction for tourists in Bruneck until the 1970s.