History

Guest and citizens of the town spent leisure time in numerous local pubs, coffee places and restorations at hotels, where they discussed political situations, celebrated a successful deal, celebrated weddings. "Bercheni", "Millenium", "Ungvarskiy", "Fyuredi", "Shpeck", "Othon" -these names are only a part of restorations known nowadays. One of the most popular places in town was hotel "Ungvarskiy", situated close to the Uzhhorod castle, where the visitors were welcomed by friendly servants, mineral baths and an exotic of that time: "the black soup from Ephiopia", i. e. coffee from Uzhhorod. Up to the 2nd half of 19th century on the territory of complex "Ungvarskiy" there was the eldest park of Uzhhorod - Pidzamkoviy (near the castle). You can find the oldest tree in it, a plane-tree 600 years old, among candle trees, false cypresses, sakuras, spruce, pine trees, elms. They say it was planted by Italian count Drouhet. Members of feudal families of those times, such as Pereni, Druhetti, Gunadi, Teleki, rakotsi, Vitsmandi, Pongrats liked to walk in this place and relax. During the building of sawmill factory in 1869 (later turned into a furniture factory "Mundus"), engineers from Belgium and Germany discovered a spring with mineral (sour) water. In 1874 a local couple Johan and Ilona Artogi bought the spring for 800 florins, and in two years opened "Unhvarskiy Hotel", which later became a famous balneology spa. <<< Previuos | Next >>>