Teplice - Skvárovník, Hrádek

Škvárovník, also called Hrádek, is an interesting and mysterious building that was created as an artificial ruin. Perhaps a slightly crazy idea to build such a building was born in the head of Teplice burgher and master bricklayer Franz Jerke. He was interested in the waste from local brickyards - melted and baked bricks, possibly bricks from destroyed houses after the Teplice fire. In 1802, he started buying up land in Špitálské...