Lázně Fořt
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Královéhradecký kraj | ||||
| District : | Trutnov | ||||
| Municipality : | Rudník | ||||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 35 ' N , 15 ° 42' E | ||||
| Height: | 432 m nm | ||||
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| Postal code : | 543 72 | ||||
| License plate : | H | ||||
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| Street: | Arnultovice - Čistá | ||||
Lázně Fořt , popularly mostly Lázně , (German forest bath ) is a settlement of the municipality Rudník in the Czech Republic . The former spa is five kilometers north of Hostinné and belongs to the Okres Trutnov .
geography
Lázně Fořt is located in the middle of a forest area in the Giant Mountains. The settlement lies in the basin of the Lázeňský potok, which flows south of Lázně into the Čistá ( Silberbach ). To the north rises the Spálov (506 m), in the east the Pastvina (502 m), south the Planinka ( Scheibenberg , 495 m), in the west the Čihadlo ( Koppen , 525 m) and to the northwest the Malá Sněžka (499 m).
Neighboring towns are Čistá v Krkonoších in the north, Bolkov in the northeast, Rudník in the east, Terezín and Arnultovice in the southeast, Prosečné in the south, Malý Lánov in the west and Dolní Lánov and Fořt in the northwest.
history
The existence of a sulfur spring in the forest between Forst , Proschwitz and Hermannseifen has been known since the 18th century . After the spring was said to have miraculous properties, the owner of the Forst feudal estate, Ignaz Dominik Chorinsky von Ledska, had a Lady Chapel built there in 1754 and later a wooden bathhouse that was leased out. In 1794 Chorinsky sold the property to Wenzel Berger von Bergenthal, whom his son Ignaz later inherited. In the first half of the 19th century, the forest spa developed into a popular excursion destination. In addition to the pilgrimage chapel and the bathhouse, an inn was built, which also included a separate wooden dance floor. Until the middle of the 19th century, the Forstbad was always subject to the combined Lehngut Forst and Allodialgut Studenetz .
After the abolition of patrimonial rule, the Forstbad formed a district of the municipality of Forst / Foršt in the Hohenelbe / Vrchlabí district authority from 1850 . In 1864 a new brick inn was built in place of the dance floor. Karl Berger von Bergenthal had the bath expanded in 1880. Instead of the wooden bath house, a new brick building was built. The old inn had to give way to a large spa house and a wooden colonnade was built in place of the billiard room. The new Forsthaus ( Myslivna ) inn with a tower and chapel house was built on the slope above the chapel in the Swiss style , which gave the impression of a forest castle opposite the bath. The entrepreneur Franz Kluge, who bought the property in 1886, had the two-tower Villa Maria built next to it, which dominates the entire bathroom. Due to the increasing number of spa guests, a post office was set up in Forstbad, which was only open during the season from May 15th to September 31st. In addition, a spa doctor practiced in the forest pool during the season. Mainly neurasthenia, neuralgia and migraines were cured in the forest bath, furthermore, the spa doctor Marie Kluge, née Rotter, also treated patients with sciatica, asthma, gout, anemia, arteriosclerosis, obesity and weakness by means of classic hydrotherapy and steam baths and showers. A resin aromatic bath made from spruce needles was offered as a specialty. The decline of the spa business began at the beginning of the 20th century, when the spa guests mainly turned to the prosperous spa towns of Špindlerův Mlýn and Janské Lázně . The final decline was brought about by the construction of the artificial silk spinning mill of the First Bohemian Artificial Silk Factory in Theresienthal in the valley below the baths in 1921. The chemical factory had fatal consequences for the neighboring spa, and in 1922 the spa in the forest was stopped. As a result of the Munich Agreement , the Forstbad and Forst were annexed to the German Reich in 1938 and belonged to the Hohenelbe district until 1945 . During this time the bath was reopened as a KdF home. After the Second World War, the place came back to Czechoslovakia. Immediately after the end of the war in 1945, a collection camp for the deportation of Germans from Okres Vrchlabí was set up in Lázně Fořt . After it was closed, the bath buildings served as an orphanage and then as accommodation for workers from the Terezín Chemical Factory. After the dissolution of the village of Fořt, Lázně Fořt was incorporated into the village of Rudník in 1961. At the same time, with the abolition of the Okres Vrchlabí at the beginning of 1961, the settlement was assigned to the Okres Trutnov.
spa
Along with Janské Lázně, Lázně Fořt was one of the two real spas in the Giant Mountains, which had a bath house, a pool and colonnades. In addition, there were numerous other climatic health resorts in which only sanatoriums existed.
Attractions
- The baroque chapel of the Mariä Wiegenfest is the oldest building in the village and was built in 1754 at the instigation of Ignaz Dominik Chorinsky von Ledska, a brother of Mathias Franz Chorinsky von Ledske . It has an oval floor plan.
- Former bathhouses in the Swiss style
Individual evidence
- ↑ rudnik.cz ( Memento of the original from August 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Jiří Louda: Na památku z lázní.