Mšené-lázně
village · České středohoří
A small, quiet spa founded by the Kinský family in 1796 in a green valley south of the Ohře — its jewel the Art Nouveau Dvorana pavilion of 1905 by Jan Letzel, architect of Hiroshima's A-Bomb Dome.
Mšené-lázně is one of the small spas nobody abroad has heard of: founded in 1796 by the Kinský estate, tucked into a green stream valley, and still treating joints and spines today. Its architectural surprise is the Dvorana — the spa’s dance-and-dining hall of 1905–06, an ornate Art Nouveau timber pavilion by Jan Letzel, the Czech architect whose later Industrial Promotion Hall in Hiroshima became the A-Bomb Dome. The murals inside are by Viktor Oliva of Café Slavia fame. The village has a railway stop, which makes the spa a natural end point for walks through the low country between the Ohře and Říp.
Hikes passing here
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From Peruc to the Spa
A 28.5 km walk through the low country south of the Ohře — Peruc, the little Stradonka lookout with its Hazmburk view, Libochovice château and a spa-village finish at Mšené-lázně.