About the spa
Hodonín Spa, now and then
Hodonín Spa lies in South Moravis in the beautiful region of Slovácko. This picturesque flat country is made up of extensive vineyards, leafy and coniferous trees. Hodonín Spa is a modern spa providing spa treatments to a high professional standard.
Nature has blessed Hodonín with its own natural healing source, the large iodobromine briny water which is to be found nearby. In addition to its low mineralisation, the water has a high concentration of iodine and is among the highest quality of iodine waters in Europe.
Hodonín Spa is used for treating illnesses of the musculoskeletal and cardiovascular systems. Treatments for chronic motor diseases, pre-operation and post-operation conditions and post-injury rehabilitation take place here.
Last but not least, Hodonín Spa is a sought after location for relaxation and winding down. The spa complex is located in a beautiful park with interesting garden architecture.
Hodonín Spa is among the youngest spa facilities in the Czech Republic.
The Hodonín spa treatment centre, which used to be a part of the Luhačovice spa organisation, was opened in July of 1979.
The first attempts to use the iodobromine water at Hodonín as a natural healing source took place as early as 1953. In that year, when a new hospital was opened in Hodonín, the first experiments were undertaken with hyperthermal iodine bathing. The mineral water was transported to the hospital straight from the borehole around Lužice and patients were bathed in two heated copper baths in the modernly equipped water treatment ward. Good results were achieved in treating patients with chronic joint illnesses with the iodine water. Senior inpatient consultant, MUDr. Jindřich Berka started to co-operate with professor Přerovský, director of the Physiatrics, Balneology and Climatology Research Institute.
In 1956 the Institute began working with the Endocrinological Research Institute in Prague and research was initiated on the effects of the iodine water. The first phase of the research concluded in 1956. It was deminstrated that the iodobromine water from around Hodonín was suitable for treating patients with. In 1971 a 7km long water pipe was put into service, carrying the iodobromine brine, pumped from three geological boreholes at Lužice for balneotherapeutic purposes at the hospital. A belneotherapy suite with eight cabins for mineral bathing was also constructed at the hospital.
In 1972 the second phase of the scientific and clinical research on the Hodonín iodine water began. In 1973, a branch of the Balneological Research Institute in Mariánské Lázně was founded in Hodonín to look at the specific issue of iodine balneology. The results of the research were investigated in 1975 and published in 1978 in the extensive study, 'Hodon9n Iodine Mineral Water'. This extensive research demonstrated a significant healing effect of the iodobromine brine, in particular for illnesses of the musculoskeletal and cardiovascular system, and it was this that led to the founding of the spa treatment centre in Hodonín.
On 1. 7. 1979, the Czechoslovakian State spa of Luhačovice in Hodonín was opened with a capacity of 180 beds. Balneotherapy took place at the hospital site with other procedures taking place in the spa buildings.
In 1993, the town of Hodonín obtained ownership of the treatment centre and thus the independent Hodonín Spa was founded. On 1. 12. 2001 a new, modern belneology centre was opened in the spa treatment centre.
During the years 2002 to 2003, renovation and modernisation gradually took place on the Vladimír spa building and the spa park. Growing interest in these 'spa facilities in the heart of the South Moravian region' and their quality treatments led in 2005 to the construction of a new building, which was finished in October 2006. The new Eva spa building, with a capacity of 104 beds and its own balneotherapy centre, reception, accommodation and dining section, congress hall, additional services (hairdressers and cosmetics salon and café) serves for Hodonín Spa fee-paying customers. The Congress Hall is often used for congresses and for spa cultural and social events.
The Hodonín Spa treatment complex with its two spa buildings, Vladimír and Eva, Jindřich water treatment pavilion and park forms an attractive architectural feature for the town of Hodonín.
Because of its high level of spa care, the professionalism of its employees and the quality of its additional services, Hodonín Spa is currently among the most sought-after spa facilities.
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