Kéler Villa & Spring

The villa was originally owned by Béla Kéler's parents, who, like many of Bardejov's prominent families, maintained a summer residence in Bardejovské Kúpele. Béla Kéler inherited the house in 1850 following the death of his father, Stephan. Since he spent most of his professional life in Western Europe, he rented the villa to spa guests for much of the year.

After Béla Kéler's death in 1882, the property was eventually sold to the Bardejovské Kúpele spa company rather than passing to another member of the family. It continued to provide accommodation for spa visitors and later housed a restaurant, café, and dairy bar. Among local residents who remember the era of the First Czechoslovak Republic, it was popularly known as "Vila Kefír" (Kefir Villa).

The building was demolished before the Second World War, probably because of unstable ground conditions in the area and the shallow foundations necessitated by the presence of mineral springs.

A mineral spring once emerged in the garden of Béla Kéler's property, flowing directly into a private well. Some 400,000 clay bottles of water from Kéler's Spring were reportedly filled and exported annually to customers throughout Europe. Alongside the Main, Medical, Colonnade, and Elisabeth Springs, Kéler's Spring was one of the best-known mineral springs in Bardejovské Kúpele.

"The Main Spring emerges almost in the middle of the valley, a few steps from it the Medical Spring, and in the upper part of the valley the Colonnade Spring. These three springs are protected by a pavilion against external influences and serve for drinking and bathing. Kéler's Spring emerges in the lower part of the valley in the courtyard of his house and serves mainly for export. At present, 400,000 bottles are exported annually."

As shown in a photograph of the Kéler Villa from 1912, Kéler's Spring emerged into a well sheltered by a small wooden garden house. At the beginning of the 20th century, the spring was renamed Prameň ANNA (Anna Spring). Under this name, it continues to flow today inside the spa colonnade.