JÁCHYMOV – gateway to the Ore Mountains

An inconspicuous burgher house in which the world’s first radon spa operation was established in 1906. The building represents the symbolic birthplace of the town’s radon spa tradition.

Patrician House No. 11 is an inconspicuous yet structurally valuable building of the historic centre. Its Renaissance core dating from around 1540 preserves an authentic structural framework and original urban layout.

Patrician House No. 10 is among the most valuable burgher houses of the historic centre. Its Renaissance core dating from around 1540 preserves its original layout and important architectural details, later complemented by Baroque and modern alterations.

Patrician House No. 292 is one of the most valuable burgher houses of the historic town centre. Built in the first half of the sixteenth century, it is closely associated with the mining clerk Wolf Thiel. Its Renaissance portal of 1543 ranks among the most significant stoneworks in the town.

The so-called Coal House No. 117 is one of the most important surviving examples of a characteristic burgher-house type. Dating back to 1527, the building preserves valuable Renaissance and Baroque structural layers.

Patrician House No. 126 is one of the historically significant burgher houses of the town centre. It dates from the mid-sixteenth century, the period of greatest prosperity, when the town ranked among the richest mining towns in Bohemia.

Patrician House No. 270 is one of the significant buildings of the historic town centre. Its Renaissance core dates from around 1543, and the house is particularly renowned for its exceptionally high-quality entrance portal, one of the most remarkable surviving examples of Renaissance stone carving in the town.

Merchant House No. 139 was a representative burgher building serving commercial and storage purposes. Although the building itself was demolished, its exceptionally valuable Renaissance portal from 1541 was preserved and is now installed on House No. 145.

Patrician House No. 140, known as the “Slavic House”, was one of the prominent burgher buildings of the historic town centre. The Renaissance structure dating from the 1540s was later given a Baroque façade and underwent further alterations before being demolished in the first half of the 1980s.

The Renaissance house No. 131 is among the oldest preserved buildings in the town and is associated with the oldest pharmacy in the territory of today’s Czech Republic. The early sixteenth-century structure underwent numerous architectural changes yet retains remarkable historic and architectural value.