Temperature 52,7oC, CO2 content 451 mg/l, yield 4,5 l/min.It was named after the mill which used to stand in the neighbourhood till the end of the 18th century. A marble plate with the original Latin text of the "Ode to the Hot Spring" by the Czech humanist Bohuslav Hasi_tejnský dating from 1500 was placed above the spring vase. The spring gave the name to the biggest colonnade in Karlovy Vary. The spring was known in as early as the 16th century and it was used especially for baths. In 1705 the famous Karlovy Vary doctor F. Hoffmann recommended it for the drinking cure. A spa facility with four boxes was established here soon after it. From the present point of view it was the first balneologic facility in Karlovy Vary. The history of the place is closely connected with the name of Kaiserin Maria Theresa. In order to help the town (it was badly hit by fire in 1759), she bought a piece of land in the neighbourhood and ordered a new spa house to be built here. Its name was the Mill Spa House and it cost 23,000 guilders. She donated it to the town of Karlovy Vary 14 years later. As the Mill Spring wasn't rich enough, it was collected again. Up to 1908 the Mill Spring was situated under the level of its floor and you had to descend three steps to reach it. The wells which were done in the neighbourhood of the Mill Spring in the early 80s were parts of an extensive geological research. They proved the existence of thermal water in the system of rifts. The temperature of the water was higher than 70oC. It was necessary to collect the spring deep enough to prevent its contamination. It also had to have the right temperature -i.e. not too high. Now the well of the Mill Spring is 24 metres deep
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