Janske Lazne is one of the oldest balneological resorts in the Czech Republic, where the first source of mineral water was found about 1000 years ago. The resort owes its name to Jan Adolf Schwarzenberg, who started using the local mineral water for health purposes back in the 17th century. It was then that the balneological resort of Janske Lazne began to develop. The cleanest mountain air, the most beautiful mountain landscapes, the healing waters of numerous mineral springs, which treat almost all ailments, contribute to the fact that for about 400 years vacationers have been striving for these places.
About Janske Lazne
The town of Janske Lazne is located in the north-east of the Czech Republic at the very foot of the Black Mountain, in the foothills of the Krkonoše mountain range, at an altitude of more than 600 meters above sea level. From Prague, the resort is located at a distance of about 150 km, you will have to overcome 65 km to the capital of the region, and only 20 km is the most fashionable ski resort country - Spindleruv Mlyn.
This resort area is located in the zone of foothill temperate climate. Winter here is snowy, but without severe frosts - the temperature drops to -6 degrees as much as possible, and in summer the temperature is comfortable - within +16 ... +24 degrees.
Janske Lazne is an ideal combination of spa treatment, wellness and tourist holiday, so vacationers visit the resort throughout the year. Hotels, boarding houses and sanatoriums in Janske Lazne are located in the valley of the Upa river and on the mountain slopes of the Krkonoš. Patients arriving for treatment can be accommodated in the sanatoriums Jansky Dvor, Europe, Terra, Lazensky Dum. The specialized children's sanatorium "Spring" accepts children for treatment, starting from the age of one. There are also 12 comfortable hotels, 20 boarding houses, as well as apartments and cottages. On the territory of the resort there is a polyclinic, a hydropathic clinic, a dietary canteen, restaurants and cafes, a club and a cinema, and there is also a luxurious colonnade.
Treatment at Janske Lazne
After treatment in Janske Lazne, a positive effect is observed in patients with the following indications:
- diseases of the musculoskeletal system
- neurological diseases and their consequences
- respiratory diseases
- metabolic disease
- dermatological diseases
For almost 100 years, children with cerebral palsy have been successfully treated here, and patients undergo rehabilitation after injuries and orthopedic surgeries.
The main therapeutic agent of the resort is low-mineralized water of the bicarbonate-calcium-sodium type, containing silicic acid, calcium, sodium and radon. The water from two sources (Yana and Cherny) is used for pools, and the rest of the water is used for a variety of baths, inhalations and compresses.
How to spend your leisure time in Janske Lazne
In addition to effective treatment, there is also a very pleasant and varied recreation: there is a swimming pool, tennis courts, a golf course. Traveling by bike, walking around the neighborhood or climbing the mountains on cable car you can enjoy the enchanting scenery. The popular ski center Chernaya Gora is also located here, where in winter there are toboggan and ski slopes, convenient lifts and cable cars. Very entertaining excursions can be made in Gostinna and Kuks.
The official list of indications for treatment at Janske Lazne, approved by the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic (Předpis č. 2/2015 Sb.) and entered into force on 01/06/2015:
Criteria for treatment at the spa for adult patients
IV. Disorders of metabolism and endocrine glands
V. Nontuberculous Respiratory Diseases
VI. Diseases of the nervous system
VII. Diseases of the musculoskeletal system
IX. Mental disorders
X. Skin diseases
Criteria for treatment at the spa for children and adolescents
XXIV. Disorders of metabolism and endocrine glands
XXV. Nontuberculous respiratory diseases
XXVI. Diseases of the nervous system
XXVII. Diseases of the musculoskeletal system
XXIX. Mental disorders
XXX. Skin diseases
Note: the order of the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic primarily regulates the relationship between medical institutions, a patient insured through the Czech compulsory health insurance system, and insurance companies. It establishes a list of resorts to which a patient can be sent through the CHI system, taking into account natural healing factors, specialists and facilities available at this resort. For those who pay for their own treatment, resorts can usually offer a wider range of rehabilitation services. For such patients, the strict presence of a medically confirmed diagnosis from the list above is not necessary.
ATTENTION! There are a number of contraindications for treatment at this resort. Make a decision about treatment only after consulting with your doctor!
Hydrotherapy
Baths with mineral water
electrotherapy
Heat therapy
Rehabilitation procedures
Special Procedures
Inhalations
I nski Lazne is a health and sports resort located 15 km northwest of the town of Trunov, at an altitude of 670 meters above sea level. Janský Lazne is located at the foot of Černé Hora and is considered the gateway to the highest mountain massif in the Czech Republic, Krknoše, famous for the stunning scenery of the Krknoš National Park.
The healing power of thirty radioactive, thermal and mineral springs, which were called "Teplice Svatojanske", was known in the Middle Ages. In the middle of the 15th century, Cardinal Eneash Silvius bathed here in the bathing well and consecrated the chapel of Jan, which later became a place of pilgrimage. A hundred years later, a bath building already existed at the resort.
In 1902, the resort became the property of the municipality, after the First World War it developed rapidly, and in 1935 the first hospital for polio patients in Europe was opened here.
According to the chemical composition, the mineral water of Janský Lazne belongs to the hydrogen-carbonate-lime-sodium type; it is supplied from the main springs of Jan and Černá to a special pool. Mineral water resort has a therapeutic effect on the musculoskeletal system and circulatory system. The treatment program of the resort includes hydrotherapy procedures, electrotherapy methods and individual rehabilitation methods.
The resort successfully treats the consequences of cerebral palsy, back pain. After a course of treatment in Janski Lazne, patients who have had meningitis and inflammation of the brain, inflammation of the nerve, circulatory disorders in the spinal cord or brain feel relief. Here they undergo rehabilitation after operations of implantation of joints, intervertebral discs, as well as after burns. The resort also includes a children's sanatorium in Zheleznitsa, which specializes in diseases of the musculoskeletal and central nervous systems.
Janski Lazne is also a famous winter resort. The nature and terrain were ideal for the construction of toboggan and ski slopes, ski jumps and lifts. From here, on a cable car of 56 cabins, tourists climb the highest point of the mountain range, Black Mountain, to a height of 1299 meters, or go hiking in eastern part mountain range. In the warm season, at the service of lovers active rest swimming pool, mini-golf, developed network of bicycle trails.
Vacationers of Janski Lazne will enjoy walking through a beautiful quiet park with beautiful summer houses and cozy cafes, and a luxurious neo-Renaissance colonnade with art deco elements will delight with its magnificence. Fans of excursions will be interested in visiting the museum in the medieval mine of Obří dul and seeing how miners mined copper and ore from the 15th to the 19th centuries. There is a museum of ancient art in the Gostinna. In Kuks, you can visit the baroque castle of Count Frantisek Antonin Sporcek, an architectonic complex that includes a church, a theater, a sanatorium, sculptures by Matthias Bernard, Braun.
Ski resort Janske Lazne / Ski areál Janské Lázně
| Height above sea level: | 1260 m a.s.l. |
| Total length of slopes: | 11.1 km |
| Total number of lifts: | 12 |
| Running tracks: | 55 km |
| Season 2013 - 2014: | From 21.12.2013 |
| Working hours: | 08:30 - 16:00 |
The ski resort of Janske Lazne is part of the Černá Gora complex along with the resorts of Černý Dul and Svoboda nad Upou. The complex is located in the eastern Giant Mountains at an altitude of 530 - 1260 meters above sea level. This is a large ski area, where families with children, sports skiers, and couples in love come.
The Janske Lazne complex offers tourists a total of 14 exits with a length of more than 11 km. Ski slopes are located on the southern and southeastern slopes of the Black and neighboring Svetlaya Mountains. Ski slopes complex are among the longest in the Czech Republic: some reach almost 3 km. The main slopes are equipped with equipment for the production of artificial snow. The resort has slopes for families with children, as well as for those skiers who are attracted to extreme and difficult training. In addition, the complex offers a 50 km cross-country track and a 3.5 km sled run.
The movement of vacationers is provided by the latest funicular with eight-seater cabins (the only funicular of this type in Czech Republic!), one four-seater funicular and 15 lifts of various types and lengths. The total capacity of all lifts is 11,000 people per hour.
Today Cerna Gora - Janske Lazne is the most famous and very popular ski resort, as well as the center sports entertainment. Thanks to the constant dynamic development, this complex has become the 2nd highest level in the Czech Republic among all ski centers.
The Janske Lazne resort offers tourists a wide choice of modern hotels and boarding houses from 1 to 4 stars, where rooms can be rented at really reasonable prices.
| Name | Difficulty level | Night skiing | snow cover | Lift (m) | Length (m) |
| Ford Cernohorska | No | - | 290 | 1600 | |
| Protez | No | - | 300 | 1800 | |
| Andl | No | - | 210 | 1100 | |
| Pod cabin | No | - | 560 | 2600 | |
| Sport 1 | No | - | 40 | 250 | |
| Sport 2 | No | - | 30 | 200 | |
| Idyla 1 | No | - | 70 | 450 | |
| Sport Formanek 1+2 | No | - | 40 | 300 | |
| Sport Formanek 3 | No | - | 20 | 250 | |
| Košťalka 1+2 | No | - | 120 | 600 | |
| Idyla 2 | No | - | 40 | 200 | |
| Spojka | No | - | 40 | 300 | |
| Ford Cernohorska | No | - | 270 | 1400 |
| Name | Type | night work | capacity | Length (m) |
| Chernohorský Express | Funicular with cabins for 8 people | No | 1875 person/hour | 2300 |
| Protez | Quadruple funicular | No | 1800 people/hour | 1300 |
| Andl | lift | No | 1000 people/hour | 1400 |
| Sport 1 | lift | No | 800 people/hour | 300 |
| Sport 2 | lift | No | 500 people/hour | 200 |
| Idyla 1 | lift | No | 800 people/hour | 400 |
| Sport Formanek 1 | lift | No | 700 people/hour | 300 |
| Sport Formanek 2 | lift | No | 500 people/hour | 200 |
| Sport Formanek 3 | lift | No | 500 people/hour | 250 |
| Idyla 2 | lift | No | 500 people/hour | 200 |
| Košťalka 1 | lift | No | 800 people/hour | 550 |
Janske Lazne is not only a balneological resort, but also a major recreational, tourist and sports center of the Krkonoše Mountains, providing recreation and entertainment throughout the year. The resort specializes in the treatment of diseases of the musculoskeletal system and the nervous system.
The town of Janske Lazne is located in the foothills of the Krkonoše - the highest mountain range in the Czech Republic, at an altitude of 616-1299 m above sea level. Lovers of outdoor activities will find something to their liking in this corner - national reserve Krkonoše, ski resorts and unforgettable tourist routes around the neighborhood. Clean mountain air, mineral springs and many opportunities for winter and summer sports attract here both those in need of professional treatment and outdoor enthusiasts.
In 1935, a children's sanatorium specializing in the treatment of cerebral palsy was opened here (the first institution of its kind in Europe), which adopted the experience of the similar Warm Springs sanatorium in the USA.
Thanks to the unique healing springs containing thermal carbonate water with a temperature of 27 ° C and rehabilitation methods, spa treatment has helped to improve and restore health to many patients suffering from serious diseases of the musculoskeletal system, central and peripheral nervous system.
A magnificent neo-Renaissance colonnade decorated with Art Nouveau ornaments, a park with quiet, secluded paths, cozy cafes and forest gazebos - all this will leave you with an indelible impression of visiting the Janske Lazne resort.
Natural healing factors:
Janske Lazne has about 30 different sources. The water of the springs is carbonic, slightly mineralized, contains calcium, sodium, a small amount of silicic acid, and radon, belongs to the type of bicarbonate-calcium-sodium waters. The water of the Yanov and Cherny springs is used in pools and for preparing various baths.
Indications for treatment (adults):
Nervous diseases:
- mild paralysis (with the exception of post-traumatic, post-infarction, polyradiculitis, post-polio syndrome)
- polyneuropathy with paretic manifestations
- root syndromes of vertebrogenic origin
- inflammatory diseases of the CNS
- hemiparesis and paraparesis of vascular origin
- condition after injuries and operations of the central and peripheral nervous system
- neuromuscular diseases
- primary, secondary, degenerative
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system:
- pain syndromes of tendons, ligaments, subcutaneous tissues and skeletal muscles
- general and localized extra-articular rheumatism
- vertebrogenic algic syndrome or a syndrome of degenerative origin
- scoliosis
- post-traumatic conditions of the locomotor apparatus, conditions after orthopedic operations, including operations of intervertebral discs and stenosis of the spinal canal
- conditions after orthopedic operations using joint implants.
:
- condition after burns and after skin replacement operations, when the possibility of reduction and severe shrinkage of scars is expected.
Children may be treated with or without adult accompaniment.
Treatment of children is carried out in Janske Lazne spa houses or in a specialized children's sanatorium "Spring"
Indications for treatment (children):
Respiratory diseases:
- relapses of upper respiratory catarrh in the immunocompromised
- recurrence of bronchitis, sinobronchitis
- rehabilitation after repeated (within 2 years) inflammation of the lungs
- atsmatic and obstructive bronchitis
- dermorespiratory syndrome
- conditions after operations of the upper and lower respiratory tract, lungs
- conditions with impaired lung function
Diseases of the nervous system:
- mild paralysis of any etiology
- muscular dystrophy and other muscular diseases
- cerebral palsy and similar conditions
- other disorders of motor abilities associated with the central nervous system
- root syndromes of vertebral origin
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system:
- congenital orthopedic defects
- conditions after injuries and operations in violation of motor functions within 3 years after an injury or operation
- vertebral algic syndrome of functional or degenerative origin
Dermatological diseases:
- condition after burns and after skin replacement operations, when the possibility of reduction and severe shrinkage of scars is expected
Oncological diseases:
- within 2 years after the cessation of complex treatment
Therapeutic procedures and methods of treatment:
- hydrotherapy - carbonic baths, underwater massage, pearl baths, Scottish shower, water kinesitherapy
- electrotherapy - magnetotherapy, ultrasound therapy, diadynamic, vacuum electrotherapy
- mud and paraffin wraps
- various types of massages
- gas injections, acupuncture, oxygen therapy
Sports and entertainment
- cable cars
- lifts
- mountain and cross-country ski slopes
- mini golf
- indoor pool
- sports equipment rental
- many miles of bike trails.
- hiking trails in the Krkonoš mountains.
- Average height: 600 – 800m
- The most high point: 1260 m above sea level;
- Length of trails: ski slopes from 200 to 2600 m total length more than 11 km, running track 55 km and toboggan run 3.5 km long;
- What tracks are present: 2 black, 3 red and 8 blue;
- How many kilometers from Prague: 145 km;
- Average temperature in winter: - 6 degrees Celsius;
- Beginning and end of the season: from December to March inclusive;
- Lift cost:
- For a single rise: adults - from 3 euros, children - from 2 euros;
- Day ticket: adults - from 8 euros, children - from 6 euros.
One of the most famous ski resorts in the Czech Republic Cerna Gora - Janske Lazne has a long history. It is part of a balneological health resort, the healing properties of mineral springs of which have been known for more than 500 years. The creator of the resort is Jan Adolf von Schwarzenberg, who founded it in the 17th century. Its modern ski part appeared much later - in 1996.
The resort is located in the eastern Giant Mountains, 15 km from Trutnov, actually on the border with Poland. You can get here by plane to Pardubice airport or Ruzyne airport (178 km), located 70 km away, by train to Mlade Buku station or by car, which can be left in a free parking lot for 1.5 thousand places. The convenient location and developed infrastructure have made Janske Lazne one of the most popular ski resorts in the Czech Republic, where the National Ski Championship has been held for several years now.
Janske Lazne complex includes 13 ski slopes, ski run and toboggan run. Ski slopes are located on the southern and southeastern slopes of the neighboring Svetlaya and Chernaya mountains. Of these, there are black runs 1600 and 2600 m long for extreme sports, red ones 1100, 1400 and 1800 m long and blue ones 200 to 600 m long for beginner skiers. To the beginning of the descent, you can climb with the help of an eight-seat or four-seat funicular, as well as use one of the many drag lifts, depending on the chosen route. To do this, a magnetic card is issued that is valid on all lifts. Their total capacity reaches 11 thousand people / hour.
Vacationers can comfortably stay in modern 1-4 star hotels and boarding houses. The cost of their rooms is at an acceptable level. Ski equipment rental, qualified instructors are constantly working skiing and many restaurants with national and world cuisine. In addition to the magnificent day and night descent ski slopes here you can relax in the thermal pool with a water temperature of about 30 degrees, admire the magnificent architecture of the city center or visit the winter center in the neighboring town of Pec pod Sněžkou. For children, the resort is equipped with a modern amusement park.
