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Mariánské Lázně
Mariánské Lázně (Czech pronunciation: [ˈmarɪjaːnskɛː ˈlaːzɲɛ]; German: Marienbad) is a spa town in Cheb District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 14,000 inhabitants. The town proper is located on the border between the Teplá Highlands and Podčeskoleská Hills, in the Slavkovský les Protected Landscape Area. Mariánské Lázně is a railway junction and a popular holiday resort.
Most of the town's buildings come from its Golden Era in the second half of the 19th century, when many celebrities and top European rulers came to enjoy the curative carbon dioxide springs. The town centre with the spa cultural landscape is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument reservation. In 2021, the town became part of the transnational UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name "Great Spa Towns of Europe" because of its springs and architectural testimony to the popularity of spa towns in Europe during the 18th through 20th centuries.
Mariánské Lázně consists of six municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):
Both the initial German name Marienbad and the Czech name Mariánské Lázně mean 'Mary's spa'. It was originally the name of a mineral spring, near which the pious people hung an image of the Virgin Mary.
Mariánské Lázně is located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) southeast of Cheb and 55 km (34 mi) southwest of Karlovy Vary. The municipal territory extends into three geomorphological regions: the eastern part lies in a hilly landscape of the Teplá Highlands, the southwestern part with most of the built-up area lies in a flat area of the Podčeskoleská Hills, and the northern tip lies in the Slavkov Forest. Most of the territory lies in the Slavkovský les Protected Landscape Area.
The Teplá River originates in the woods in the northeastern part of the municipal territory. The stream Kosový potok flows through the southern part of Mariánské Lázně. Its tributary, the stream Úšovický potok, flows through the town proper.
German settlers were called into this region by Bohemian rulers from the Přemyslid dynasty in the 12th century.
Although the town itself is only about two hundred years old, the locality has been inhabited much longer. The first written mention is from 1273, when there was the village of Úšovice. The springs first appear in a document dating from 1341 where they are called "the Auschowitzer springs" belonging to the Teplá Abbey. It was only through the efforts of Josef Nehr, the abbey's physician, who from 1779 until his death in 1820 worked hard to demonstrate the curative properties of the springs, that the waters began to be used for medicinal purposes. The place obtained its current name of Marienbad in 1808; became a watering-place in 1818, and was promoted to a town in 1868.
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Mariánské Lázně
Mariánské Lázně (Czech pronunciation: [ˈmarɪjaːnskɛː ˈlaːzɲɛ]; German: Marienbad) is a spa town in Cheb District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 14,000 inhabitants. The town proper is located on the border between the Teplá Highlands and Podčeskoleská Hills, in the Slavkovský les Protected Landscape Area. Mariánské Lázně is a railway junction and a popular holiday resort.
Most of the town's buildings come from its Golden Era in the second half of the 19th century, when many celebrities and top European rulers came to enjoy the curative carbon dioxide springs. The town centre with the spa cultural landscape is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument reservation. In 2021, the town became part of the transnational UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name "Great Spa Towns of Europe" because of its springs and architectural testimony to the popularity of spa towns in Europe during the 18th through 20th centuries.
Mariánské Lázně consists of six municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):
Both the initial German name Marienbad and the Czech name Mariánské Lázně mean 'Mary's spa'. It was originally the name of a mineral spring, near which the pious people hung an image of the Virgin Mary.
Mariánské Lázně is located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) southeast of Cheb and 55 km (34 mi) southwest of Karlovy Vary. The municipal territory extends into three geomorphological regions: the eastern part lies in a hilly landscape of the Teplá Highlands, the southwestern part with most of the built-up area lies in a flat area of the Podčeskoleská Hills, and the northern tip lies in the Slavkov Forest. Most of the territory lies in the Slavkovský les Protected Landscape Area.
The Teplá River originates in the woods in the northeastern part of the municipal territory. The stream Kosový potok flows through the southern part of Mariánské Lázně. Its tributary, the stream Úšovický potok, flows through the town proper.
German settlers were called into this region by Bohemian rulers from the Přemyslid dynasty in the 12th century.
Although the town itself is only about two hundred years old, the locality has been inhabited much longer. The first written mention is from 1273, when there was the village of Úšovice. The springs first appear in a document dating from 1341 where they are called "the Auschowitzer springs" belonging to the Teplá Abbey. It was only through the efforts of Josef Nehr, the abbey's physician, who from 1779 until his death in 1820 worked hard to demonstrate the curative properties of the springs, that the waters began to be used for medicinal purposes. The place obtained its current name of Marienbad in 1808; became a watering-place in 1818, and was promoted to a town in 1868.
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