History

On the slope of the Elbe in Kuks, there used to be mineral springs. In 1692 - 1696, F.A.Špork, the owner of the county, directed three of them at one place and built a simple spa. When the healing effects of the water got proven by Professors of Charles University and experts from Baden-Baden, F.A.Špork extended the spa in 1707 - 1722 with a octagonal Church of Holy Trinity, a Hospital, theatre and other buildings in Baroque style. Interiors and exteriors have been decorated with Baroque sculptures by Matthias Braun, most famous Virtues and Vices. The Elbe River (Czech Labe   listen?, Sorbian/Lusatian Łobjo, Polish Łaba, German Elbe, Hungarian Elba) is one of the major waterways of central Europe. ... Events February 13 - Massacre of Glencoe March 1 - The Salem witch trials begin in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony with the charging of three women with witchcraft. ... The year 1696 had the earliest equinoxes and solstices for 400 years in the Gregorian calendar, because this year is a leap year and the Gregorian calendar would have behaved like the Julian calendar since March 1500 had it have been in use that long. ... The term spa, derived from the Belgian town of Spa, is traditionally used to mean a place where water that is believed to have special health-giving properties occurs. ... A professor is a senior teacher, lecturer and researcher, usually in a college or university. ... The Charles University of Prague (also simply University of Prague; Czech: Univerzita Karlova; Latin: Universitas Carolina) is the oldest and most prestigious Czech university and among the oldest universities in Europe, being founded in 1340s (for the exact year, see below). ... Map of Germany showing Baden-Baden Baden-Baden is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Events January 1 - John V is crowned King of Portugal March 26 - The Act of Union becomes law, making the separate Kingdoms of England and Scotland into one country, the Kingdom of Great Britain. ... Events Abraham De Moivre states De Moivres theorem connecting trigonometric functions and complex numbers Publication of the first book of Bachs Well-Tempered Clavier Fall of Persias Safavid dynasty during a bloody revolt of the Afghani people. ... A church building is a building used in Christian worship. ... A physician visiting the sick in a hospital. ... Serge Sudeikins poster for the Bat Theatre (1922). ... Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens: dynamic figures spiral down around a void: draperies blow: a whirl of movement lit in a shaft of light, rendered in a free bravura handling of paint In arts, the Baroque (or baroque) is both a period and the style that dominated it. ... Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens: dynamic figures spiral down around a void: draperies blow: a whirl of movement lit in a shaft of light, rendered in a free bravura handling of paint In arts, the Baroque (or baroque) is both a period and the style that dominated it. ... Ancient Greeks depiction of ideal form of the body is expressed through sculptures such as this one. ... Matthias Bernard Braun (Czech: Matyáš Bernard Braun, 24 February 1684 in Sautens near Innsbruck - 15 February 1738 in Prague) was a sculptor and carver active in the Czech lands, one of the most prominent late baroque style sculptors in the area. ... Virtue (Greek αρετη; Latin virtus) is the habitual, well-established, readiness or disposition of mans powers directing them to some goodness of act. ... Vice is the opposite of virtue. ...

F.A.Špork died in 1738 and his heirs were not interested in maintaining the spa. A flood in 1740 destroyed most of the infrastructure and put the spa out of business. The Hospital (now called Kuks Castle), Church, Pharmacy with historical furniture and Matthias Braun's statues in a park have however remained to the present days and are considered a masterpiece of European Baroque style. Events January 1 - Bouvet Island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier. ... Look up Flood on Wiktionary, the free dictionary A flood (in Old English flod, a word common to Teutonic languages; compare German Flut, Dutch vloed from the same root as is seen in flow, float) is an overflow of water, an expanse of water submerging land, a deluge. ... Events May 31 - Friedrich II comes to power in Prussia upon the death of his father, Friedrich Wilhelm I. October 20 - Maria Theresia of Austria inherits the Habsburg hereditary dominions (Austria, Bohemia, Hungary and present-day Belgium). ... A physician visiting the sick in a hospital. ... Pharmacy (from the Greek φάρμακον = drug) is the profession of compounding and dispensing medication. ... Matthias Bernard Braun (Czech: Matyáš Bernard Braun, 24 February 1684 in Sautens near Innsbruck - 15 February 1738 in Prague) was a sculptor and carver active in the Czech lands, one of the most prominent late baroque style sculptors in the area. ...

After Munich Agreement until the end of World War II, the territory of Kuks became the border area of Nazi Germany. Railroad Pardubice - Jaroměř - Turnov, which goes through Kuks, crossed the border four times in about 40 km. See scanned image of the relevant page from 1944 German timetable here. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that engulfed much of the globe... Look up Nazi in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Pardubice  listen? (German: Pardubitz) capital of the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic on the Labe river. ... Jaroměř is a town in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. ... Turnov is a town in the Czech Republic, in northern Bohemia, Liberec Region, on the Jizera river, in the heart of nature-reserve Bohemian Paradise (Český ráj). ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... A timetable is an organized list or schedule, usually set out in tabular form, providing information about a series of arranged events: in particular, the time at which it is planned these events will take place. ...

Surrounding

More Baroque statues from Matthias Braun, so-called Bethlehem (Betlém), are in a nearby village of Žireč (part of Dvůr Králové nad Labem). Other places of interest in the area are in Dvůr Králové nad Labem proper (zoo) and Jaroměř (fortress). Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens: dynamic figures spiral down around a void: draperies blow: a whirl of movement lit in a shaft of light, rendered in a free bravura handling of paint In arts, the Baroque (or baroque) is both a period and the style that dominated it. ... Matthias Bernard Braun (Czech: Matyáš Bernard Braun, 24 February 1684 in Sautens near Innsbruck - 15 February 1738 in Prague) was a sculptor and carver active in the Czech lands, one of the most prominent late baroque style sculptors in the area. ... Dvůr Králové nad Labem (German: Königinhof an der Elbe) is a town of the Czech Republic in Hradec Králové Region, in the Labe (Elbe) river valley. ... Dvůr Králové nad Labem (German: Königinhof an der Elbe) is a town of the Czech Republic in Hradec Králové Region, in the Labe (Elbe) river valley. ... A zoo. ... Jaroměř is a town in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. ... Fortifications (Latin fortis, strong, and facere, to make) are military constructions designed for defensive warfare. ...

External links

• Official web site of the Kuks municipality (in Czech)
• Virtual tour of the Kuks Castle
• Short information on Kuks Castle in English
• Kuks on a map