Lázně Bělohrad

3,700 inhabitants

Hradec Králové Region, Jičín District

History of the spa industry
1872: Prague industrialist Maxmilian Dormitzer, owner of the Bělohrad estate, had a wooden spa building with three baths for summer cleansing baths built on the left bank of the Javorka River.
1885: Countess Anna of Asseburg handed over the baths to Major Schubert and Dr Mindl, who began to use them for treatment with local peat.
1888: The healing properties of the Bělohrad peat were recognised.
1891: The first spa house named in honour of Countess Anna, the Slatinné lázně (Marsh Baths), was built, and the Bažantnice spa park was established around it.
1892: Bělohrad obtains spa status.
1901: An arsenic-iron spring called Annamariánský was drilled in the Bažantnice park.
1905: The town is renamed Lázně Bělohrad.
1936: The new Grand Hotel Urban is opened.
1937: Dr Josef Janeček founded the Hydrotherapy and Examination Institute.
1948: The spa is nationalised and gradually transferred to the Poděbrady spa.
1989: The Bělohrad spa became independent and the spa complex was returned to the Janeček family.
2009: The new Tree of Life spa house opens.

Interesting facts about the spa
The town, originally named Bělohrad, is located in the Podkrkonoší region and is the birthplace of the famous Czech writer Karel Václav Rais, whose museum was established in the winter orangery of the chateau. The town boasts a magnificent baroque chateau designed by Jan Blažej Santini.

What natural resources are used for treatment at the spa
High-quality sulphurous-ferrous peat, administered in the form of peloid baths and wraps.

What the spa helps with
The Bělohrad spa primarily treats patients with musculoskeletal disorders, including rheumatic diseases, Bechterew’s disease, arthrosis, root syndromes in spinal disorders, and post-operative conditions. The spa also helps with the treatment of scars after injuries and burns.

Who has been treated at the spa
Eliška Krásnohorská, writer
Karel Václav Rais, writer
Karel Jaromír Erben, poet
Adolf Wenig, writer
Josef Svatopluk Machar, poet
Antonín Švehla, Prime Minister during the First Republic
Josef Thomayer, physician and writer