In 2008, will Mariánské Lázně celebrate the 200th anniversary of its foundation. Let’s take a little walk back in history and remind ourselves how Mariánské Lázně became a world-famous spa town.
Since the 1197, the land of today’s spa town was in the possession of a monastery in Teplá. The monks were the first to discovered the healing power of the springs in the local forests, but their surroundings still remained uninhabited. Later, at the end of the 18th century, crucial changes was began resulting in foundation of Mariánské Lázně. In 1779, the monastery doctor Johann Josef Nehr proved and was actively promoting the healing effects of the springs. Consequently, the first baths and spa pavilions build-ups were initiated thanks to the abbot of the Teplá monastery Karel Kašpar Reitenberger, at the beginning of the 19th century. In 1808, this small settlement was named as Mariánské Lázně.
- Mariánské Lázně (1808 - 2008) 200-year anniversary of the existence of the town
