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HORNIG HOUSE
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Hornig House
Accessible to the public only during operating hours of the businesses residing here.
The house is named after a local physician, Dr. Mathes Hornig, who was forced to flee the country due to his Lutheran faith. As an uncompromising man, he was imprisoned for mocking the town council in March 1629. After being expelled from the town, he emigrated to Thiersheim and later settled in Nurnberg, Germany. He is largely merited for his books on the Cheb acidulous mineral water. Already his first work published in 1614 attracted much attention among medical circles. His second book released in 1617, in which he described the mineral spring composition and its curative effects, was republished in 1623. It first mentions the use of Slatinská kyselka (Bog Spring), which is currently known as the František Spring. His house was sold in 1634 and the town of Cheb undoubtedly lost one of its prominent figures.
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