Clarion Congress Hotel Usti nad Labem

Magnificently perched on a steep cliff above the Elbe River, overlooking the city of Ustí nad Labem, Střekov Castle is one of the most visited cultural monuments in North Bohemia. Now a Romantic ruin, its dramatic silhouette can be seen from kilometers away, as well as from the trains running between Prague and Dresden that pass directly along the opposite bank. In the 19th century, a renewed interest in old ruins set in Romantic, natural settings motivated poets, painters, and musicians to visit Střekov Castle. Goethe declared the views from the property to be the most beautiful in Central Europe. Richard Wagner’s sojourn in the castle is also said to have inspired him to write his opera Tannhäuser.

Currently the Municipal Museum of Ústí nad Labem administers approximately 200,000 filing numbers of museum collection items and their files. It is responsible for circa 60,000 book units in the professional museum library, which also accounts for approximately 2,000 volumes of old printed matters and manuscripts.