Mattoniho vila, Renaissance Revival villa in Kyselka, Czech Republic

Mattoniho vila is a three-storey Renaissance Revival building on an oblong plan under a hipped roof, standing on the slope below Bučina hill above the right bank of the Ohře. Heinrich Mattoni kept the original 1829 structure and its interior layout, extending it toward the river and north; the villa has about 15 rooms and some 2,500 m². Its roof collapsed around 2012 and the building is now covered with tarpaulin.

Heinrich Mattoni acquired a bathhouse property in 1868 and extensively renovated it from 1885 to 1886, converting it into his private residence and headquarters for his mineral water company. The transformation marked his rise as an important figure in the region's development.

The villa's name comes from Heinrich Mattoni, who ran his mineral water firm from here until his death in 1910. After 1918 it housed a Czech school, closed in 1938 under the Munich Agreement, and a coffee house open to the public. From 1951 to 1956/57 it was a home for orphans of the Greek Civil War.

The building is currently undergoing restoration, so visitors can view the exterior architecture and the surrounding park. It is best to check beforehand which areas are accessible since restoration work is ongoing.

On 7 May 1945 the villa was hit by gunfire during fighting between Czech partisans and German residents; two days later Czechoslovak and Soviet flags were raised on its balcony. In January 1946 the German-run coffee house closed and the Czechoslovak army used the large cellar rooms for a time.