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abbey of Tepl, are eight in number, and are used both for bathing and drinking, except the Marienquelle, which is used only for bathing. Some of them, like the Kreuzbrunnen and the Ferdinandsbrunnen, contain alkaline-saline See also:

WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters which resemble those of Carlsbad, except that they are See also:

COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold and contain nearly twice the quantity of purgative salts. Others, like the Ambrosiusbrunnen and the Karolinenbrunnen, are among the strongest See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron waters in the See also:

WORLD

world, while the Rudolfsbrunnen is an earthy-alkaline See also:

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring. The waters are used in cases of See also:

LIVER (O. Eng. lifer; cf. cognate forms, Dutch lever, Ger. Leber, Swed. lefver, &c.; the O. H. Ger. forms are libara, lipora, &c.; the Teut. word has been connected with Gr. i'prap and Lat. jecur)

liver affections, See also:

GOUT

gout, See also:

DIABETES (from Gr. &a, through, and faivecv, to pass)

diabetes and obesity; and the patients must conform during the cure to a strictly regulated See also:

DIET

diet.

Besides the mineral See also:

WATER

water See also:

BATHS

baths there are also See also:

MOOR

moor or mud-baths, and the See also:

PEAT (possibly connected with Med. Lat. petia, pecia, piece, ultimately of Celtic origin; cf. O. Celt. pet, O. Ir. pit, Welsh peth, portion)

peat used for these baths is the richest in iron in the world. About 1,000,000 bottles of mineral water are exported annually. Amongst the places of See also:

INTEREST

interest See also:

ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round Marienbad is the basaltic See also:

rock of Podhorn (2776 ft.), situated about 3 M. to the See also:

east, from which an extensive view of the Bohmerwald, See also:

FICHTELGEBIRGE

Fichtelgebirge and See also:

ERZGEBIRGE

Erzgebirge is obtained. About 7 M. in the same direction lies the old and wealthy abbey of Tepl, founded in 1193. The actual See also:

BUILDING

building See also:

DATES

dates from the end of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, and contains a See also:

FINE

fine library with a collection of rare See also:

MANUSCRIPTS

manuscripts and See also:

INCUNABULA

incunabula; near it is the small and old town of Tepl (pop. 2789). To the See also:

north-east of Marienbad lies the small watering-See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of Konigswart; near it is a See also:

castle belonging since 1618 to the princes of Metternich, which contains an interesting museum, created by the famous See also:

AUSTRIAN

Austrian states-See also:

man in the first See also:

PART

part of the 19th century. It contains, besides a fine library, a collection of the presents he received during his See also:

long career; numerous See also:

AUTOGRAPHS

autographs, and other See also:

HISTORICAL

historical See also:

RELICS (Lat, reliquiae, the equivalent of the English " remains " in the sense of a dead body)

relics, a collection of rare coins, See also:

ARMOUR, PHILIP DANFORTH (1832-1901)

armour, portraits and various minerals. Marienbad is among the youngest of the Bohemian watering-places, although its springs were known from of old. They appear in a document dating from 1341, where they are called " the Auschowitzer springs belonging to the abbey of Tepl;" but it was only through the efforts of Dr Josef Nehr, the See also:

DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor of the abbey, who from 1779 until his See also:

DEATH

death in 1820 worked hard to demonstrate the curative properties of the springs, that the waters began to be used for medicinal purposes. The place obtained its actual name of Marienbad in 18o8; became a watering-place in 1818, and received its See also:

CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter as a town in 1868. See See also:

Lang, Fuhrer durch Marienbad and Umgebung (Marienbad.

19o2); and Kisch, Marienbad, See also:

seine Umgebung and Heilmittel (Marienbad, 1895).

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