{"id":4721,"date":"2020-03-19T11:41:30","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T10:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metelka.cz\/uncategorized\/luhacovice-vraceji-hostum-zdravi-i-radost-ze-zivota\/"},"modified":"2022-11-09T21:43:31","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T20:43:31","slug":"luhacovice-vraceji-hostum-zdravi-i-radost-ze-zivota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metelka.cz\/en\/moravia-en\/luhacovice-vraceji-hostum-zdravi-i-radost-ze-zivota\/","title":{"rendered":"Luha\u010dovice restores health and joy of life to its guests"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you first come to Luha\u010dovice, you will get the feeling that this place will be indelibly stamped in your memory. The picturesque town in the valley of the \u0160\u0165\u00e1vnice surrounded by steep wooded hills is simply predestined to strengthen its visitors\u2019 bodies and spirits. The largest of the Moravian spas, and also fourth largest in the Czech Republic, is visited mainly by people suffering from respiratory tract illnesses, with digestive problems or suffering from obesity. It owes its fame mainly to the mineral springs, the most important and best known of which is Vincentka. But the spa procedures, springs and countryside are not the only things that attract increasing numbers of visitors to Luha\u010dovice and ensure that they are happy to return. The architect Du\u0161an Jurkovi\u010d (1868\u20131947) played a wholly fundamental role in ensuring that the spa between the Vizovice uplands and the White Carpathians has an abundance of what is termed \u201cGenius loci\u201d. Thanks to his unique collection of buildings in the style of the folk art nouveau erected at the start of the 20th century Luha\u010dovice differs from other important European spas, whose architectural expression is more or less unified, cosmopolitan and based on the classical Roman tradition.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"All of Du\u0161an Samo Jurkovi\u010d\u2019s buildings, not only the ones in Luha\u010dovice, combine motifs of regional folk art with the decorative principles of the art nouveau and influences of the English Art and Crafts movement, which at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries in protest against the simplicity of workmanship in industrial products promoted well-executed decorative designs returning to the craft skills of medieval masters. And so Jurkovi\u010d created wholly original, harmonic work, in part due to the highly sensitive placing of buildings in park-like valley landscape. The architect, by origin from Slovakia, completely complied with the idea of a spa \u201cSlavic in spirit and form\u201d that arose from the debates of Brno intellectuals: the school head Franti\u0161ek Mare\u0161, the writers Josef Merhaut, Aloise and Vil\u00e9m Mr\u0161t\u00edk, and the doctor MUDr.\u00a0Franti\u0161ek Vesel\u00fd (the first director of the new Luha\u010dovice Spa Joint-Stock Company) and several others. According to Doctor Vesel\u00fd, a visit to Luha\u010dovice was meant to give guests back their health as well as their joy in life, and art and architecture were meant to contribute to this. And it truly succeeds in this thanks to Jurkovi\u010d\u2019s buildings. We strongly recommend that you come and verify the truthfulness of this assertion in person!<\/p>\n

Jurkovi\u010d\u2019s House<\/strong>
\nOne of the first buildings which Jurkovi\u010d created in Luha\u010dovice. It was created by the reconstruction of the classicist Jan House from 1822. The house was at first named after Count Jan Serenyi, and in 1947 it was renamed after Du\u0161an Jurkovi\u010d. The architect added a timbered storey to the building and a new roof and arranged the layout around two courtyards and a two-story entry hall. The fa\u00e7ade and interiors are richly decorated with ornaments and colourful painting. When the house was created, it earned the nickname \u201cthe colourful fairy story\u201d. Today it is the dominant feature and most beautiful building in Luha\u010dovice, and it is all the more radiant that in 2002 a reconstruction was completed which, with the aid of restoration research and period photographs, restored Jurkovi\u010d\u2019s House to something like its original state, In the spa part you can even use the original functional elements of the fitting designed by Du\u0161an Jurkovi\u010d – the original couches, mirrors, coat racks, seats, chairs, table, bench, plant pot stand, dressing table with mirror or small tables with ceramic slab.<\/p>\n

\"\"Villa Chaloupka<\/strong>
\nDu\u0161an Jurkovi\u010d himself paid for the conversion of the original Kitchen House from 1851 into a romantic \u201cCottage\u201d on the wooded slope above the Jan House. The architect combined the brick ground floor with a timbered upper extension with balconies. On the ground floor he added doors with an arched porch motif typical for south Moravian folk architecture. We can view this collage as an expression of the blending of the ethnographic areas in the Luha\u010dovice forest region- Vala\u0161sko, Slov\u00e1cko and Han\u00e1. The original spa guest house with spa caretaker’s apartment now serves as an intimate spa villa. Today\u2019s form of the Villa Chaloupka with two stylish suites is the result of a comprehensive refurbishment in the years 1995-1997.<\/p>\n

\"\"Villa Jest\u0159ab\u00ed<\/strong>
\nThe small free-standing villa is of extraordinary significance for the urbanistic character of the spa\u2019s centre and was created as a new-build based on Jurkovi\u010d\u2019s project. The building has the character of a block with transverse wings on the sides and is virtually symmetrical. It currently serves as a comfortable spa hotel with stylishly furnished single and double rooms. The building underwent a comprehensive repair in 2000. The exterior corresponds with the original architectonic intention, and the interior approximates to it in terms of style.<\/p>\n

\"\"Band stand<\/strong>
\nYou can find a small structure for a spa orchestra not far from the Villa Jest\u0159ab\u00ed, but it originally stood on Spa Square at the Jan House. The bandstand, clearly related to the spa glorietes or summer houses of the 19th century yet still clearly linked with Jurkovi\u010d\u2019s folk architecture inspiration, appears to be standing on a \u201cchicken leg\u201d. At one time musicians performed in it every day. And during the summer season it is used for this purpose to this day.<\/p>\n

Hydrotherapy spa<\/strong>
\nJust like the Jurkovi\u010d House and Chaloupka, the older house Jest\u0159absk\u00fd Mill from 1710 served as the basis for the Hydrotherapy Institute. During the reconstruction Jurkovi\u010d did not interfere to any great extent with the essence of the existing construction, which had a stone ground floor and steps made of dried bricks, but he raised the first floor with a timber-framed extension and used a roof to unify the structure. The interior of the two-storey rest area (originally without changing cubicles) is the most remarkable interior that Jurkovi\u010d created in Luha\u010dovice. The Luha\u010dovice Spa is planning to rebuild the entire complex as a modern hotel complex with wellness facilities and spa services.<\/p>\n

River and Sun spas<\/strong>
\nThe Sun spa consist of an entrance building with open cabins with white canvas curtains along the sides of the pool. On the terraces of the pool, into which the stream \u0160\u0165\u00e1vnice flows, there were once wooden loungers, and an area had been created next to the spa institute for volleyball and ping-pong, also including gym equipment and a children\u2019s roundabout. Famous swimming competitions are held here. The pool no longer serves its original purpose, mainly due to strict hygiene regulations that prevent swimming in untreated river water. The entry construction and the changing rooms have historical building protection and are preserved. In the summer there are viewings of this unique construction.<\/p>\n

Villa Vlastimila<\/strong>
\nIt was built by the architect Du\u0161an Jurkovi\u010d in 1903 and was one of the first buildings to inspire the construction of the Prague Quarter. Jurkovi\u010d built it for his acquaintance, the masseur F. Posp\u00ed\u0161il. In Jurkovi\u010d\u2019s works Vlastimila meant a miniature model for the building of his own villa in Brno-\u017dabov\u0159esky. In 1904\u20131905 Leo\u0161 Jan\u00e1\u010dek came up with his opera \u201cFate\u201d in Vlastimila. He spent several days in the villa after the outbreak of the First World War. In 1916 he visited the villa with the opera singer Gabriela Horv\u00e1tov\u00e1, and a year later he wrote the \u201cNotebook of the Disappeared\u201d here. The Prague Quarter was his favourite and also most fruitful place during his summer stays in Luha\u010dovice.<\/p>\n

Dairy<\/strong>
\nIt was built in 1902 based on the project of D. Jurkovi\u010d. It combines a masonry foundation wall with timber structure of the construction. Jurkovi\u010d utilised the decorative effect of bent wildwood and branches for the construction of the arches and panels of the banister. In its place the Guthova Dairy, today\u2019s Theatre Restaurant (arch. Kop\u0159iva) was built in 1926.<\/p>\n

Original timber inhalation pavilion<\/strong>
\nThis was built according to the project of Du\u0161an Jurkovi\u010d at the start of the 20th century, in 1922-1923 the building was demolished and a new inhalatorium with gargle rooms, inhalation rooms and pneumatic chambers (arch. Sk\u0159iv\u00e1nek) was built. With its services it became one of the best facilities in Europe.<\/p>\n

Not implemented Jurkovi\u010d projects<\/strong>
\nIn 1906 Jurkovi\u010d drafted a plan for the construction of the Slovak House and a sketch for a summer theatre arena. Unfortunately, these plans were not implemented. The most interesting design of all the unbuilt Jurkovi\u010d projects for Luha\u010dovice is the Adolf Polenka caf\u00e9 from 1903, with interiors featuring a hint of the exotic combining with art nouveau and the orient. But this was not the only remarkable project. Jurkovi\u010d\u2019s competition design dealing with the spa centre is also noteworthy. The core of the project was a grand spa house that was to be the social centre of the spa (it would also include a casino). The individual springs were to be covered by a light timber framed pavilion and were to be linked together.<\/p>\n

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In addition to Jurkovi\u010d\u2019s buildings, other evidence of the well-planned urbanistic development of Luha\u010dovice at the start of the 20th century consists of, for example, the Bed\u0159ich Smetana House, built by the builder J. Schaniak according to the design of the engineer Emil Kr\u00e1l\u00edk in 1908 to 1909. The hotel is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful and remarkable buildings of the spa. The free-standing, four-storey building is considered the only pure art nouveau buildings in Luha\u010dovice. But this is not wholly accurate – in reality it combines elements of the art nouveau and cubism. It has been a cultural monument since 2000.<\/p>\n

Source: www.lazneluhacovice.cz<\/a>, www.luhacovice.cz<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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