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The picturesque town of Lázně Bohdaneč is situated in the Polabian Lowlands near the city of Pardubice. In the late 15th and early 16th century a systems of ponds and canals was established near Bohdaneč by Vilém of Pernštejn, then owner of the Pardubice estate. Lázně Bohdaneč is a popular spa because of its mud baths that were founded in 1897. A spa pavillon built by the architect Josef Gočár in 1913 is a significant examlpe of Czech Cubism.

The parish church St. Mary Magdalene [background centre] was completed in 1737.

The Renaissance town hall [background left] was remodelled in the Baroque period.