This charming, small spa town was founded in 1793 by the Cheb doctor Dr. Bernhard Adler on the site of an old curative spring.
The centre of the spa town is a large promenade, flanked by elaborate spa buildings. Most of the typical spa architecture dates back to late 18th and the early 19th centuries – Classicist and Empire buildings, period pavilions, parks, as well as religious monuments (such as the Orthodox Church of St. Olga, as a remembrance of the Russian clientele with whom the spa was rather popular); yet other buildings, reminiscent of various historical styles, date from a later period .
The spa town is mainly famous for rich sources of sulphur-ferric peat and mineral springs (such as Louisa’s Spring, Glauber´s Springs etc.), used for the cure of heart and vascular diseases, gynaecological diseases and disorders of the motor system (the spa houses Rubeška, Imperial, Esplanade, Belvedere).
