This document from June 20, 1922 is the technical "birth certificate" of modern spring collection in Bílina. This report by engineer Arnold Scherrer from the Bad Ems spa goes to the roots - it addresses how to technically ensure that Bílinská kyselka remains clean, sparkling and stable even in demanding...
This document from the late summer of 1946 is another fascinating piece of evidence of how precisely and ambitiously the Lobkowicz spring business was run in the immediate aftermath of the war. While the Treaty for America (March 1947) represented a bold leap into the "New World", this Austrian...
In our museum archive we keep a document that is an eloquent testimony to the ambitions and international fame of the Bílina springs. It is a contractual amendment from March 9, 1947, signed by the Directorate of the Max Lobkowicz Springs in Bílina. This document is not just a dry legal document...
This document from June 20, 1922 is the technical “birth certificate” of modern spring collection in Bílina. This report by engineer Arnold Scherrer from the Bad Ems spa goes to the roots – it addresses how to technically ensure that Bílinská kyselka remains clean, sparkling and stable even in challenging geological conditions. The technical heart of the springs – Engineer Scherrer’s report (1922) In 1922, the princely directorate of springs in Bílina faced a fundamental challenge: how to modernize the collection of springs while protecting their unique composition. The document,...
This document from the end of the summer of 1946 is another fascinating piece of evidence of how precisely and ambitiously the Lobkowicz spring business was run just after the war. While the contract for America (from March 1947) represented a bold leap into the “New World”, this Austrian contract is an example of a return to roots and consolidation of positions in traditional European markets. Bílina conquers post-war Vienna (1946) In August 1946, at a time when Central Europe was still recovering from the consequences of the war, a large...
In our museum archive we keep a document that is an eloquent testimony to the ambitions and international fame of the Bílina springs. It is a contractual amendment from March 9, 1947, signed by the Directorate of Springs of Max Lobkowicz in Bílina. This document is not just a dry legal text; it captures the "last breath" of free enterprise in Bohemia before the fateful year of 1948. Bílina as the center of the world market The most interesting point of the document is the extent of the territory for which the Directorate of Springs negotiated exclusive...