Lázně Letiny
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Plzeňský kraj | ||||
| District : | Plzeň-jih | ||||
| Municipality : | Letiny | ||||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 32 ' N , 13 ° 27' E | ||||
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Lázně Letiny (German Bad Lettin ) is a locality of the Letiny municipality in the Czech Republic . It is located ten kilometers southwest of Blovice and belongs to the Okres Plzeň-jih . The place was a famous Bohemian spa town.
geography
The place is located at 474 m above sea level. M. at the foot of the hill Rampich on the right of the Podhrázský potok. Lázně Letiny is located one kilometer south of Letiny on the state road 117 from Blovice to Klatovy .
Neighboring towns are Letiny and Kbelnice in the north, Částkov, Svárkov and Buč in the southeast, Březí in the south, Skašov in the southwest and Týniště and Újezd in the west.
history
The establishment of the place goes back to the landlord of Letiny , Rudolf Pikhart von Grüntal, who had a small castle built below the Rampich hill in 1700.
After the ferrous Gunther spring was found, the hunting lodge was converted into a bathhouse in 1766. For the treatment of respiratory diseases, rheumatism or skin diseases, mud baths were administered here. In 1799 a larger health resort was built. In 1856 the chapel dedicated to St. Gunther was built.
When Vojtěch Mrázek took over the management of the spa at the end of the 19th century , Lázně Letiny became a well-known Czech spa town. A hunting lodge was built in the spa gardens in 1882 and Villa Anna was built in 1900. In 1901 the New Kurhaus was built, which was connected to the old baths by colonnades.
Spa guests during this time included František Xaver Šalda , Karel Klostermann , Alois Jirásek , Karel Čapek and Karel Matěj Čapek-Chod , Pavel Ludikar , Pavel Josef Šafařík , Jan Koštlivý and Miroslav Horníček .
After the Second World War, public bathing was stopped and the spa facilities were used as a post- spa facility by the Pilsen Škoda-Werke hospital from 1945 . Lázně Letiny has been affiliated with the Dobřany Psychiatric Institution since the 1980s . In 1988 the old bathroom, which was last used as a kitchen building, was demolished.
Attractions
- Chapel of St. Gunther, built in 1856
- On the northeastern hill Jezevčí skála ( badger rock ) are the remains of a late Stone Age settlement and ramparts as well as a chapel dedicated to St. Rosalia.
- Spa facilities