Ozdravovňa Morava represents one of the works of modern architecture that completed the environment of the foothill settlements of the High Tatras in the interwar period. It thus became part of a series of local sanatoriums, health centers and recreational facilities that have been increasing in the area since the 19th century. The individual buildings were created primarily as part of climatic baths intended for the treatment of tuberculosis, which was a relatively widespread disease and a serious health but also societal problem in this period. In the early 1930s, in addition to Ozdravovna Morava, an institute for the treatment of tuberculosis in child patients was built in nearby Dolno Smokovec according to the designs of the Moravian architect Josef Marek Šrobárov. In Vyšné Hág, in the same period, they started building the TB Treatment Institute by architects František Libra and Jiří Kan for adults. The institute was completed only during the war forties.

Ozdravovňa Morava was not conceived as a medical home, but belongs to the recreational facilities intended for the regeneration of workers' strength. It was built by Moravská životná poisťovňa in the northern part of Tatranská Lomnica at an altitude of approximately 900 meters above sea level according to the plans of architect Bohuslav Fuchs. The project was created on the basis of a competition held in 1930. Construction supervision was carried out by a worker from Fuchs' studio, architect Auermuller st. The building was placed on a sloping terrain. The terraced recreation meadows are located below the sanatorium and to the east of it, where the building was to be expanded over time, which would simultaneously increase the capacity of the dining hall.

The building has a floor plan divided into three tracts with three separate and at the same time harmoniously fitting parts with different functions - social and operational, communication and accommodation. The architecture of the building corresponds to the alpine scenery, primarily through the serrations of the bed block. It carries the elements of modern sanatoriums and hotels ensuring the hygiene of vacationers' stay in the sense of maximum light and ventilation of rooms and social spaces and the possibility of relaxing in the healing mountain air on the terrace. The social part of the building is lower than the four-storey bed room with slanted rooms oriented to the sunny south side with a view of the valley. The dance hall space was originally located on the second floor of the east wing. Before entering it, they installed a commemorative plaque with the date 29.6, perhaps preserved to this day. 1933, when the sanatorium welcomed its first guests. The social part was designed by the architect to lighten it with sash windows from the Armin Kraus company in Bratislava.

During its existence, the recovery center underwent various modifications in several stages. The first modification took place between 1957 and 1964. According to Fuchs's projects, they restored the social spaces, the entrance hall with the reception, the cafe and the dining room. As part of the restoration, the functional reorganization of these spaces also took place. In addition, they added new furniture to the interior. We date the second modification of Morava to the years 1977-1979, when individual rooms were supplemented with bathrooms and toilets. Finally, in the years 1988-1990, after consultation with the architect's son Kamil Fuchs, it was decided to expand the dining room at the expense of the terrace. At the same stage, they also replaced the original "Kraus" sash windows, which significantly affected the authenticity of this architectural work. A comprehensive restoration of the recovery center is currently underway. Given that it is a national cultural monument, the aim of the restoration should be to modernize the building while respecting the preserved elements and bringing this work of Fuchs's work closer to its contemporary expression.

 Katarína Haberlandová