1871: The Great Spa Boom in Bílina The year 1871 was a point of no return for Bílina. As soon as the railway opened in that year and the trains of the Prague-Duchcov Railway (PDE) and the Ústí nad Labem (ATE) began to bring their wagons, something happened that the Lobkowicz administration had expected, but the intensity shocked it: a flood of wealthy spa guests who came to visit Bílina specifically. They did not miss the opportunity to be examined by the famous doctor Reuss and to taste the springs collecting...