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| Františkovy Lázně | ||
| Region (kraj) | Karlovarský kraj | |
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| Residents | 5.461 (2020) | |
| height | 442 m | |
| Tourist info | 420-355 440 060 http://www.frantiskovy-lazne.info/de/1 | |
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The famous spa town Františkovy Lázně, "Franzensbad", spoken: frantʲischkowi laaßnʲä, IPA: [ˈfrancɪʃkɔvɪ ˈlaːzɲɛː] lies between Cheb, Aš and Bad Brambach at the foot of the Elstergebirge and is the corner point of the West Bohemian spa triangle.
background
Although the healing springs have been known since the Middle Ages, the city was only founded in 1793 by a local doctor. Franzensbad was a spa town of international standing as early as 1850. Beethoven, Herder and even Goethe were his guests.
getting there
By train
The Vogtland Railway drives the 1 Franzensbad train station
in local transport from Zwickau from via Plauen. There is also a daily RegionalExpress connection from Nuremberg as well as regional trains from Marktredwitz to Eger, where you then have to change trains.
- The EgroNet ticket.
the Euregio Egrensis applies in the counties Greiz and Saale-Orla in Thuringia, in court, Kulmbach, Bayreuth, Neustadt an der Waldnaab, Pastures, Tirschenreuth and Wunsiedel in Upper Franconia, in Saxony in the Vogtland, Zwickau and the Western Ore Mountains and in Czech Republic in the region Karlovy Vary. The day pass for the second class costs 24 € (200 Kč in the Czech Republic) (plus 2 € in Germany if you buy at the counter) for the first person. For the 2nd to 5th person the additional charge is 8 € (100 Kč). You can make any number of trips with the participating transport companies on the day of validity until 3:00 a.m. the following day. In addition, you are allowed to take 3 children between 6 and 14 years and any number under 6 years with you. One bike per person is also free of charge. The surnames and first names of all travelers must be entered in block letters on the ticket, identification must be carried.
In the street
You leave from the direction of Saxony Plauen from the highway 
via the B 92 to the Schönberg border crossing and then via the Czech trunk road 21. There the road meets trunk road 64 from Aš, where the road joins Same and the highway is connected in Upper Franconia.
Another option is to drive from Marktredwitz from the highway 
about Schirnding on the D6 (requires a vignette) to the north Eger, where you branch off onto the trunk road 21 to Franzensbad. The toll section can be bypassed if you turn off shortly before the start of the R6 to Pomezí nad Ohří and continue to Cheb. In Cheb, follow the course of the road and then come to a roundabout. You leave this at the second exit and then at the end of the village you get back on the trunk road 21. Coming from the direction of Upper Palatinate, drive from Mitterteich-Süd (A93, exit 17) on the B299 to Waldsassen and from there on the B299 towards the border crossing. In the Czech Republic, the connecting road 214 takes you back to the trunk road 21, which offers several options for the exit to Franzensbad.
mobility
The city center, which is well worth seeing, cannot be reached by car.
Sights
The Franzensbad, built almost entirely in the Empire style, has monuments of inestimable value.
- The boulevard 1 Ruská.
- 2 Franzensquelle
, the oldest spring from 1793, housed in a pavilion from 1832. - The 3 Glauber's salt source was opened in the 1920s and the pump room dates from the 1930s.
- The 4 New colonnades are equipped with a few smaller sales rooms.
- 5 City Museum Franzensbad, Dlouhá 194/4. Tel.: 420 354 544 309. Open: Tue-Fri from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Price: adults 35 CZK, children 15 CZK.. The exhibition includes around 7000 collection items on the history of the city and the spa.
- . The weather pillar (meteorological pillar) has existed in Franzensbad since 1882.
- The symbolic figure of the bath is the statuette created in 1923 7 František (German: Franzl) with a fish on a ball, which is considered a symbol of fertility. Tradition has it that women who want to have children Best piece touch vom Franzl, get pregnant within a year. The original of the statue is now kept in the City Museum.
 Franzensquelle |  Glauber's salt source |  New colonnades | .jpg/100px-Františkovy_Lázně_1_149_(11).jpg) Weather pillar |  František |
- . Approx. 2 km in the direction of the Soos nature reserve.
activities
- 1 Mini golf course. A few steps away from the Kurhotel Imperial.
- Camping America with rowing and swimming facilities.
- . Drive from the information center to the America Forest Park and back. Moves Not in rain or cold.
- 3 Auqaform, 5. května 19. Tel.: 420 354 206 500. Open: daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., sauna daily from 11 a.m. to 7.30 p.m.Price: 2 hours 130 CZK.. The parking fee will be deducted from the entrance fee upon presentation of the receipt. A total of 1570 m² of water surface, relaxation pool with water attractions, swimming pool, children's pool, outdoor relaxation pool, outdoor children's pool, indoor whirlpool and an outdoor whirlpool. The pools are closed for maintenance work shortly before the opening of the course season and for a few days before Christmas.
shop
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kitchen
- Rybářská bašta, Dlouhá 1 (near Swan Lake). Open: Daily from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., eight weeks at the turn of the year are company holidays.. Fish specialties with aquarium, fireplace and summer terrace.
- . Live music every evening
- 2 Cafe Austria (Cafe grandma), Pod Lipami 5.. Austrian specialities.
- 3 Restaurace U Fausta, Národní 11/5, 351 01 Františkovy Lázně. Tel.: 420 354 204 060. Open: daily 10 a.m. - 10 p.m.
nightlife
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- . Live music every evening.
- . Daily live music from 7.15 p.m.
accommodation
Cheap
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medium
- . Double room from € 44.-
Upscale
- . The luxury hotel is located in the center of Franzensbad and, like the city, dates from 1793. Famous hotel guests were J. W. v. Goethe, Prince v. Metternich or the poet Vítězslav Nezval. The hotel has 11 single and 18 double rooms.
health
- There are 24 springs in Franzensbad, half of which are used for drinking and bathing cures. The moor that is used for the Franzensbader moor springs comes from the nearby Soos.
- 4 SAWAN Royal Thai Massage, Americká 38/79.Registration required.
Open: daily from 1 p.m. to midnight.
Pharmacies
- 2 Benu Lékárna, Ruská 6, Frantiskovy Lázně. Tel.: 420 354 542 465, Email: [email protected]. Open: Mon - Sat 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Practical advice
- every year in May: official opening of the course season
- 3 Česká pošta, Lidická 445/8 (one-way street), 351 01 Franzensbad. Tel.: 420 354 541 173. Open: Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m..
- Mailbox color: orange
- Cellular: 3G network
trips
- The nature reserve Soos (Wikipedia) northeast of Franzensbad is a European rarity, where pure carbon dioxide escapes in so-called mofettes. There is a 1.2 km long nature trail that leads across the moor and is a bit reminiscent of Icelandic natural spectacles on a small scale.
- Skalná (Wildstein, 6 km north) - between Franzensbad and Plesná in the Elster Mountains located; Not far away is the Soos moorland.
- Cheb (Eger, 8 km south, trunk road 21) - the next larger town.
- Bad Brambach (12 km north, trunk road 21 / B 92) - Radon bath; the only health resort in Europe that uses radon as a natural remedy.
- Aš (Ash, 16 km northwest, trunk road 64) - across from Same border town in Bavaria.
- Komorní Hůrka (Kammerbuehl): youngest volcano in the Czech Republic (there's nothing to see there!).
- Skalka reservoir and Jesenice reservoir with fishing and swimming, rowing boat rental (near Cheb).
- Hrad Seeberg (Seeberg Castle), Poustka Ostroh 18, 350 02 Poustka. Tel.: 420 354595360. Open: from mid-March to mid-November, daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.Price: adult admission 90 CZK.. In Ostroh there is a Romanesque medieval castle converted into a country palace, only a few kilometers from Franzensbad.
- Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad) - world-famous spa town and corner point of the spa triangle; Capital of the administrative district of the same name.
- Marianske Lazne (Marienbad) - corner of the pool triangle.
literature
- Stanislav Macek: Františkovy Lázně. Bathing in the past and in the present. Městské Muzeum, Františkovy Lázně 1998
