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Trenčiansky kraj	Trenčín region
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Trenčianske Teplice is situated at an elevation of 268 m on the river Teplička. The hot springs of Trenčianske Teplice probably were already known in Roman times when a legion was stationed at the camp Laugaricio, today Trenčín. The first mentioning in a document dates from 1242. From 1582 until 1835 the spa was in possession of the Hungarian aristocratic Illesházy family. In 1835 it was bought by the financier Baron Georg Simon Sina (the strongest rival of the Rothschild family in Austria around 1850). The popularity of the spa increased further at the end of the 19th century. The Hungarian novelist Mór Jókai (1825–1904) called the town the "Pearl of the Carpathians".

The mineral springs of Trenčianske Teplice supply waters with temperatures of 37–40°C and are used for the treatment of disorders of the locomotor system and nervous system diseases.

Most glasses are labeled with the Hungarian name of the place, Trencsénteplicz or Trencsén-Teplicz. Glass no. 4167 [near left] gives the name in Czech, Trenčianské Teplice. The correct, Slovak spelling, however, is Trenčianske Teplice, which is used on glasses no. 4589 and 4590 [below].

Glass no. 057 [ner left] shows a view of the Mirror Bath (labeled in German: Spiegelbad, and in Hungarian: tükör fürdő). The bath house was built in 1871. In a 'mirror bath', the waters of a thermal spring are directly fed to the pool where patients were immersed up to their neck to experience the relaxing effects of the thermal waters. The mirror bath is operating until today under the name 'Sina'.

Glass no. 4589 [near left] shows a view of the former Hotel Grand. The only information that could be found is that the historic hotel has been demolished at an unidentified date.

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