Meeting of the Friends of Slavkov Forest – Lecture on Antonia Pascalina

On 14 March 2025, we took part in the annual Meeting of the Friends of Slavkov Forest, held at the Slavkov Forest Protected Landscape Area Administration in Mariánské Lázně.

The Institute of Spa and Balneology, v. v. i., in cooperation with the National Heritage Institute, Territorial Specialist Workplace in Loket, presented a paper entitled "Saving the Monument to Antonia Pascalina – A Detective Story and Historical Facts".

The presenters were Mgr. Karel Kůt from the Institute of Spa and Balneology, v. v. i.and Mgr. Lubomír Zeman from the National Heritage Institute, Territorial Specialist Workplace in Loket, who presented the results of research carried out within the Spa Research Centre project.

The presentation focused on the restoration of the memorial cross in the Kynžvart chateau park, associated with Countess Antonia Pascalina Waldstein-Wartenberg, née Princess Metternich-Winneburg (1862–1890). An interesting part of the paper was also a detailed analysis of the circumstances of the countess's death, which disproved earlier mistaken interpretations.

We would like to thank the organisers for the invitation and the audience for their interest in this fascinating topic.