Skala

Dol­ný Smo­ko­vec is loca­ted two kilo­me­ters from Sta­rý Smo­ko­vec. It pro­vi­des accom­mo­da­ti­on opti­ons, and the­re is a ski lift and a ski slo­pe for begin­ners direct­ly in the vil­la­ge. In the sum­mer, it offers oppor­tu­ni­ties for cyc­ling (vyso​ke​-tat​ry​.tra​vel). During the First World War, Dol­ný Smo­ko­vec was cal­led Niž­ný Smo­ko­vec. The Hun­ga­rian name for the vil­la­ge is Alsó-​Tátrafüred, and in Ger­man, it is Untersch­mecks. It is the lar­gest resort in the High Tatras for the tre­at­ment of pediat­ric tuber­cu­lo­sis and res­pi­ra­to­ry dise­a­ses. The­re are spas that uti­li­zed local peat mud, heat­her, and warm car­bo­na­ted baths. The estab­lish­ment of the vil­la­ge is asso­cia­ted with the tea­cher Jozef Bohuš from Kež­ma­rok in 1881. Most of the buil­dings in the vil­la­ge were desig­ned by archi­tect Gede­on Majun­ke from Spiš­ská Sobo­ta. At the begin­ning of World War I, Dol­ný Smo­ko­vec beca­me the pro­per­ty of the Coun­try Ins­ti­tu­te for the Pro­vi­si­on of Inva­lids and estab­lis­hed a Mili­ta­ry Tuber­cu­lo­sis Hos­pi­tal the­re. In 1919, this faci­li­ty trans­for­med into the Ins­ti­tu­te for the Tre­at­ment of Pediat­ric Tuber­cu­lo­sis. In the inter­war peri­od, seve­ral smal­ler fami­ly pen­si­ons and homes were built in Dol­ný Smo­ko­vec. Sin­ce 2004, the Šro­bár Ins­ti­tu­te for Pediat­ric Tuber­cu­lo­sis and Res­pi­ra­to­ry Dise­a­ses has been a non-​state health­ca­re faci­li­ty, a non-​profit orga­ni­za­ti­on pro­vi­ding pub­lic bene­fit ser­vi­ces. It offers spe­cia­li­zed, ins­ti­tu­ti­onal, and out­pa­tient tre­at­ment and pre­ven­ti­ve care, as well as dif­fe­ren­tial diag­nos­tics, espe­cial­ly in the field of pediat­ric pne­umopht­hi­si­olo­gy, immu­no­lo­gy, and cys­tic fib­ro­sis. Sin­ce 2009, the ins­ti­tu­te has expan­ded its acti­vi­ties to pro­vi­de one-​day health care ser­vi­ces in pediat­ric sur­ge­ry. In 2010, the pediat­ric oto­la­ryn­go­lo­gy depart­ment was added (Wiki­pe­dia).