Tour of the town Tuesday

Every visitor is sure to be impressed at first sight by the square with the town houses and the Renaissance town hall. At first glance, the ancient-looking houses on the square actually have medieval cores. The town served as a market village and weekly Tuesday markets were held in this square, which gave the town its name.

From an architectural point of view, the square is the most valuable part of the city. There are a total of eleven listed buildings – nine houses, a plague column and a baroque fountain.

Some houses have preserved their original appearance from 1694, when the town was rebuilt after a fire. In many houses, the Gothic core and cellars have been preserved. A typical element is the mázhaus – passageways where townspeople operated shops or crafts.

The houses are mostly sensitively reconstructed. Some are still being worked on and, as we can see, collections are underway to repair them.

The town hall dates from 1561 and its Renaissance layout with a half-timbered floor and a high gable roof is still visible today. It got its present form after a fire in 1694. However, it received a general repair only in 1992–1993, during which the Renaissance painted ceiling was uncovered. Today, the town hall is the seat of the municipal office and the post office.

The fountain was first documented in 1635. It was originally wooden, but was replaced by a stone one around 1800. The square-shaped stone tank was completely restored in 1994.

The center of the square is decorated with the Marian Column built by the city in 1728–1731. The central statue of the Virgin Mary was made by the brothers Franz and Michl Stilp from Cheb. Statues of saints St. Vojtěch, Florián and Šebestián are the work of the Tuesday sculptor Johann Josef Stern

On December 29, 1779, Kašpar Prokop Reitenberger (1779–1860), later abbot of Tepel and founder of Mariánské Lázní, was born in the yellow house number 92 on the square. Visitors to Mariánské Lázně can see his statue at the Singing Fountain on the Mariánské Lázně colonnade. On Tuesday, he is commemorated with a plaque on the house where he was born.

Gold was mined in the area, but the existence of a mint is not proven. The Baroque house with a mansard roof „U mincovny“ is one of the oldest houses in the village. Its original layout has been preserved without significant changes.

The original church of St. John the Baptist was founded sometime around 1200, it was probably made of wood and was protected by a wall and a moat. After the great fire of the town in 1694, the church burned down and was rebuilt according to the design of Kryštof Diezenhofer in 1698. The church impresses with its unusual oval floor plan and its location on a hill above the town.

By the stairs to the church, there is a niche chapel of mortal anxieties, in which a death crucifix was previously hung.