History
The first testimony about the existence of the villa Tapolcha and SPA comes from the document of King Ladislav Veľký from the year 1376. In year, 1368 there was built just a summer residence for Austro â Hungarian magnates. However, in year 1372 were discovered hot springs and it was a ground for coming SPA. This water has 38 grades. The development of the town continued also in 18th century. New spa buildings and three pools one for nobility, one for common people and one for the beggars were built. In year 1793, there was made the first analysis of the mineral water in Rajec location. In 19th century, Rajecké Teplice became a famous holiday place for high aristocracy. Rajecké Teplice was given the spa town status in 1959. On 8 February 1989, Rajecké Teplice was upgraded to the town.
Understand
You can find this small spa-town something about 15 kilometers south of another big city Zilina. It lies between two rivers- Rajcianka and Kuneradka. Rajecké Teplice is enclosed with deciduous and coniferous forests of Súlov hills and Lucanska mala Fatra Mountains. Those mountains are connected there and create a valley with beautiful green scenery. The population of the town is about 2800 people.
What is very enviable is our clear air without any air- pollution and with minimum content of dust. Therefore, Rajecké Teplice is something like a recreational or holiday place for tourists especially from Czech Republic, Poland and Germany⦠but from another part of Slovakia too. Visitors love our town especially because of curative thermal springs that gave the settlement its name. Name Teplice means in Slovak,, hot springs,,. No wonder, that the Spa had become an integral part of the town. Around Rajecké Teplice,there is wonderful nature with rocky formations, caves and cracks from dolomites. You can find there a large variety of Carpathian flora; we can see badgers, foxes, martens, red- dears, owl or eagles in the woods.