Spa Libverda

The history of Libverda Spa (Lázně Libverda) is inseparably related to the village of the same name. An interesting folk tale is told about the origin of the village.

The first historic record referring to the village is preserved in the land and duties register of the Frýdlant estate from 1381, kept in the state archive of Děčín. The village was then called Lybenwerde (see Etymology of the village name) and inhabited by local shepherds.

The village was developing promisingly and in the mid-16th century counted roughly 40 homesteads of 21 farmers, 1 gardener, 10 farm labourers and 8 cottage owners. Furthermore, there was a mill, sawmill and three smith’s shops. A register of subjects from 1651 records 113 persons.

Libverda received prominent guests as early as in the 16th century. They included the aforementioned Saxon elector August I, and the Czech humanist Bohuslaus Hasistein von Lobkowicz. From the end of the 16th century local mineral waters were consumed by patients from all over Europe.

Establishment of the health resort