MARIANSKE LAZNE

ALTITUDE ABOVE SEA LEVEL: 600 m

NUMBER OF INHABITANTS: 15.000

TOWN: Marianske Lazne is the second biggest town in the triangle of the West Bohemian spas. It is world-famous by the results of the cure and excellent quality of the natural sources. The town is situated in a charming valley surrounded by well-kept green woods. There are around 100 springs of cold ferrite acidulous water of various chemical consistences. The first sources have been known since the 16th century. The dominant architectural style of the town is Neo-Classical. A real architectural jewel is the Colonnade, built in 1889. Uncommon experience brings the music and light productions of the contemporary "Singing Fountain".

NATURAL HEALlNG SOURCE: cold mineral sources (in the environs over 140, in the town over 40). The lact th.~t there are such different sources in a little area is a balneological rarity; natural CO2 gas, mud (peatbog); excellent climate due to the town's position in the greenery on the slopes 01 the Slavkov Forest.

INDICATION: disorders 01 the locomotor system, diseases of the digesthte tract, kidney and urinary tract diseases, women's diseases, non-tuberculous diseases 01 the respiratory tracl, metabolic disorders, cancer, kidney and urinary tract diseases, women's diseases in children and teenagers aged from 3 to 18, gynaeco- logical disorders in girts aged from 3 to 18

TREATMENT: Treatment is based on the usage of natural mineral springs, which are the source of natural acidulous water containing carbonic acid and ferric. The cures also use the presence of peat and natural gas.

ACTIVE RELAXATION: Golf courses, the second oldest in Europe, founded by Edward VII, King of England, minigolf, tennis courts, swimming pools, solariums, fitness, horse riding, yachting, sport equipment rentals, fishing, skiing, tourist and cyclist routes.

CULTURE: The Chopin's Festival (first in 1950), the Mozart's Festival, concert halls, theatre, gallery, cinema, dancing cafes, casinos, clubs

TRANSPORTATION: The international railway connection Nürnberg - Plzeò - Praha and the main road Cheb-Plzeò.

TOURIST SIGHTS:

Fryderik Chopin Memorial (Památník Fryderyka Chopina)

Life and work of Fryderyk Chopin, partly directed on his stay in our country.

Anglican Church (Anglikánský kostel)

Edward VII. - a newly installed permanent exhibition about the visits of the English king Edward VII here. Exhibitions of visual arts.

Municipal Museum - Geological Park (Mestske muzeum - Geologicky park)

Geological park - free exposition in the open air on the area of about 10 ha (Mlýnské údolí (valley), about 200 m far from the museum building).

Miniature park

Neo-Baroque cast-iron colonnade

Municipal Museum (Mestske muzeum)

History of the town and region (Cloister Teplá, Foundation of the town, Period of the 1st development, Grant of coat of arms, Town in the period of its greatest development, Period after WWI till the present days) - Balneology, use of mineral waters (development and state of cure at a spa, outstanding spa doctors) - Folk ceramics and sculptures, tin dishes, porcelain, glass - Johann Wolfgang Goethe (newly outlined exposition open in 1999) - Natural sciences (Origin and geological development of the region, Mineral waters, Mining of minerals, Mineralogy, CHKO Slavkovský les (Protected landscape area Slavkov forest)) - Famous visitors of the town - Geological park in Mlýnské údolí (Mlýnské valley) (about 200 m far from museum).

TOURIST SIGHTS IN THE VICINITY:

Kladská - natural preserve
Jesenice - water damp with observation sailing by boat
Lazne Kynzvart - spa with a chateau
Tepla - Premonstratensian monastery with valuable library
Becov - castle and chateau
Kladruby - monastery