Springs

The renown of Marianske Lazne is based on the abundance of natural medicinal springs. More than 200 years ago, the valley in which Marianske Lazne is situated was marshy and full of peat bogs with impenetrable woods spread all around. Waters of numerous mineral springs welling up in the location flowed away without any use. The monks of the Tepla monastery were familiar with the medicinal effects of the waters. They had chemical analyses of individual springs carried out, cleared the spring area and put it in operation so that the waters could be used for a drinking cure and mineral baths. In 1818, the location was declared a public spa town, the first visitors came and the fame of the spa began to spread all around the world.

In the wider area, there are more than a hundred mineral springs, while in the town proper, there are some forty of them.
Johann Josef Zauschner recorded the first names of the springs in 1776: the Ambrose Spring (after Ambrose, the abbot of Tepla monastery), the Cross Spring (after a wooden carved cross that stood by the spring), the Rudolph Spring (after Franz Josef I- Rudolph, crown prince and successor to the throne) and the Marian Spring (after a painting of Our Lady that used to hang near the spring).

All the medicinal springs in the area are cold acidulous waters, with the temperature ranging from 7 to 10°C. The content of bivalent iron is comparatively high (10-40 mg/l). It is a balneological rarity that springs that are so different are found in such a small area, quite often one next to the other. As a result of the distinctive differences in the chemical composition of the springs, the drinking cure by itself may often produce effects on the disorders or diseases of various organs. The quantity of water prescribed for the drinking cure is subject to the diagnosis and condition of the patient – typically three quarters of a litre per day. Mineral spring water is also used for inhalations and mineral baths. The baths are effective in decreasing the blood pressure, improving heart and kidney activity and promoting the blood circulation in the brain and lower extremities.

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION

  Rudolph Spring Caroline Spring Forest Spring Cross Spring Ferdinand Spring Ambrose Spring
Magnesium mg/l 122 110 105 92 141 21
Kalcium mg/l 233 83 105 148 200 46
Natrium mg/l 80 182 710 2.590 2.870 57
Hydrogen-karbonát mg/l 1.468 877 1.724 2.770 3.050 333
Sulfat mg/l 83 197 623 2.945 3.173 81
Chlorid mg/l 32 133 178 858 1.121 20
Free CO2 mg/l 2.444 2.600 2.631 2.896 2.510 2.420
Mineral content g/l 2,16 1,69 3,62 9,6 10,81 0,63

Rudolph Spring
Rudolph Spring

Caroline Spring
Caroline Spring

Forest Spring
Forest Spring

Cross Spring
Cross Spring

Ferdinand Spring
Ferdinand Spring

Ambrose Spring
Ambrose Spring

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