Janské Lázně (; german: Johannisbad) is a spa town in Trutnov District in the

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of the

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. It has about 700 inhabitants. It lies in the Giant Mountains.

Geography

Janské Lázně is located about northwest of

Trutnov Trutnov (; german: Trautenau) is a town in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 29,000 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone. Administrative parts Trutnov is ...

and north of

Hradec Králové Hradec Králové (; german: Königgrätz) is a city of the Czech Republic. It has about 91,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Hradec Králové Region. The historic centre of Hradec Králové is well preserved and is protected by law as an ...

. It lies in the Giant Mountains, and its northern part lies in the

Krkonoše National Park Krkonoše National Park ( cs, Krkonošský národní park, often abbreviated as KRNAP) is a national park in the Liberec and Hradec Králové regions of the Czech Republic. It lies in the Krkonoše Mountains which is the highest range of the ...

. The highest point is the mountain Černá hora with an elevation of . The Janský Creek springs here and flows through the municipality.

History

According to the chronicle of Simon Hüttel, a hot spring was discovered here on 6 June 1006 by John of Chockov, after whom the town was later named. The name literally means "John's Spa". The hot water was originally used to drive the water wheel, which activated the

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. The first records of using the thermal spring for bathing is from the 14th century. In 1485, an accommodation house was built next to the spring. During 1675–1680 a village was founded here by order of Johann Adolf, Prince of Schwarzenberg. In 1881, it was promoted to a

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. In 1902, the spa was bought by the municipality. In 1965, Janské Lázně became a town. In 1928 the first funicular from Janské Lázně to the mountain Černá hora was built. In 1980 the old funicular to Černá hora was replaced by a new one with a different route.

Spa

The spa is focused mainly of treatment of

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. The water bath runs at a natural temperature of .

Sport

Janské Lázně is known for its

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and have a reputation of both summer and winter sports centre. It was host of the 1925 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and 1937 Workers' Winter Olympiad.

Sights

The Art Nouveau

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built in 1904 is the most popular sight in the town. There is also the Krakonoš statue from 1906. The neo-Gothic Church of Saint John the Baptist was built in the 1880s. To the west of the town, there is the Krkonoše Tree Top Trail, an important tourist destination. It is an educational trail with a total length of over . It is formed by a high tower.

Twin towns – sister cities

Janské Lázně is twinned with: * Polanica-Zdrój, Poland

References

External links

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Official tourist portal
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