Josef von Löschner Park and Memorial in Kadani

Not far from Mírové náměstí in Kadan, we find a small park with benches and a statue commemorating Josef von Löschner. A native of Kadaň from a miller's family, he was a doctor, balneologist, later dean and rector of the University of Prague and personal physician to Emperor Ferdinand I. For his merits, he was awarded state honors – the Order of Francis Joseph (1850) and the Order of St. Stephen (1867), in 1870 even...