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8 unusual facts about Mariánské Lázně


Charlotte, Lady Campbell-Bannerman

On August 8, shortly after the House of Commons adjourned for the summer recess, the couple left for Marienbad, where Lady Campbell-Bannerman died in her sleep at 5 pm on 30 August 1906, her husband by her side; the immediate cause of death was exhaustion, as she had taken no food for three days.

Eduard Petiška

Eduard Petiška died suddenly (in the manner he had anticipated in his poem "How a Poet Would Like to Die") during his annual stay at the health resort of Mariánské Lázně on 6 June 1987.

George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

He died of pneumonia in Marienbad, Bohemia and was succeeded by his eldest son Friedrich.

Order of the Lion and the Sun

On 6 September 1900, the mayor of Mariánské Lázně, Dr. Nadler, was decorated with the Commander Cross of the Lion and the Order of the Sun by the Shah during an official visit.

Pavel Poc

Employee of the Mariánské Lázně municipal authority - municipal ecologist (1992); from 1993, head of the environmental department.

Member of the board of directors of CHEVAK a.s., member of the supervisory board of Parking Centrum a.s., Mariánské Lázně (1998–2002).

Member of ČSSD (Czech Social Democratic Party) (since 1997); Vice-Chairman of the Mariánské Lázně ČSSD local association (since 1998); member of the ČSSD Central Executive Committee (since 2000); member of the ČSSD Bureau (since 2001); guarantor, central informatics commission (2004–2005); guarantor, central ecological commission (2005–2006); chairman of the Regional Executive Committee of the Karlovy Vary Region (2005–2010).

Ulrike von Levetzow

The seventeen-year old girl first met Goethe in 1821 at Marienbad and again at Carlsbad in 1822 and 1823.


Grandi Stazioni

Grandi Stazioni also operates beyond Italy's national borders: since December 2003, the company has adopted a position in the Czech Republic for the upgrading and management of three major railway stations: Praha hlavní nádraží, Karlovy Vary upper station (horní nádraží) and Marianske Lazne.


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