For nearly one hundred years, the spa of Marienbad (Mariánské Lázně) in what is now the western Czech Republic, together with the neighbouring spas of Karlsbad (Karlovy Vary) and Franzensbad (Františkovy Lázně), was the center of international Jewish bath tourism. Since the mid-19th century, Marienbad attracted Jewish spa guests of various social classes and cultural as well …
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Zadoff, Mirjam, “Marienbad”, in: Encyclopedia of Jewish History and Culture Online, Original German Language Edition: Enzyklopädie Jüdischer Geschichte und Kultur. Im Auftrag der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig herausgegeben von Dan Diner. © J.B. Metzler, Stuttgart/Springer-Verlag GmbH Deutschland 2011–2017. Consulted online on 30 March 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2468-8894_ejhc_COM_0513>
First published online: 2017
First print edition: 20210312
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