Springs and the spring pavilions

In the surrounding area of the town there are over 160 mineral springs with around 50 in the town itself.

The first names of the Springs were recorded in 1766 by Johann Josef Zauschner:

• Ambroz Spring (After the Abbot Ambroz of Tepla)
• The Cross Spring (because of a carved wooden cross that stood beside the spring)
• Rudolph Spring (crown prince and heir of Franz Joseph I. - Rudolf)
• Mary Spring (because an image of the Virgin Mary hung near the spring).

6 of the Springs are recommended for their curative properties:

• Cross Spring
• The Rudolph Spring
• Karolina Spring
• The Forest Spring
• Ambroz Spring
• The Mary Spring, which gave the city its name, the spring bubbling up - carbon dioxide.

Freely accessible springs

• Antoníček Spring
• Parish Acidulous Waters
• Ferdinand Spring
• Prelát Spring
• Pirate Spring

All medicinal springs are cold mineral springs, whose temperature varies between 7 and 10 deg celsius. It has a relatively high content of divalent iron (10-40 mg / l). The fact that such differing springs bubble up in such a small area, sometimes right beside each other, is a balneological miracle.

The significant differences in the chemical compositions of the springs allow these Springs to be a curative treatment of a whole range of diseases of various organs. The amount of water prescribed for a curative drink depends on the diagnosis and the patient - usually 3/4 of a litre per day.

Mineral springs are also used for inhalations and mineral baths. Baths reduce blood pressure; improve heart and kidney function and improve blood circulation to the brain and lower extremities.

Související odkazy:

• Indications and Procedures
• Grouping of Springs by chemical composition

Other springs

Underneath where the Bat'a Shoe shop stands today  in the park there is a spring which was discovered in 1873. Alexandra Spring was named after the famous local guest Alexandra Meklenburska and Alfred after the Abott of Tepla, Alfred Clements, who was the abbott when they were discovered.

The springs in the Pottova valley, Prelát spring, which was discovered by Dr. Nehr. The name Prelat has been used since 1902, when the Springs were discovered by the Prelate of the monastery, Dr.  Helmer. Other springs later discovered in the Pottova valley have modern names Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta and only Putz and Schimer are apparently named after the people who found or drilled these springs.

Hamelika was previously named after the hill on which it rises. Hamelika is the oldest known local Czech name (Homolka) in the spa area, surviving from the Middle Ages.
The springs of the central spa were drilled in 1930 and are named after the places where they were found.

Many springs have disappeared. For example, Jateční Spring, Hamrnický Spring and also Drátenický Spring, perhaps connected with this, it was rediscovered a few years ago behind the garages on Chebska Street and called Barbora.