Dr. Bernhard Vinzenz Adler (September 12, 1753 – August 1810) is considered to be the founder of Františkovy Lázně and one of the pioneers of the spa industry in Western Bohemia.
In 1782 he completed his medical studies in Vienna, a year later he started his own medical practice in Cheb and in 1785 he became an eye doctor. In 1791 he set about protecting the spring of the “Cheb Acidulous Water”, which caused a rebellion of the women of Cheb. He was appointed the first provincial spa doctor in 1795.
He contributed to hygiene in the extraction of water from medicinal springs and was a pioneer in the use of gases from the miraculous springs for medicinal purposes.
