Use of Long Pond for recreational purposes has a rich tradition. Long Pond was originally farmed for several centuries owned the estate from the family of cubes, Pernštejn, playing and Lichtenštajnů. After the development of fish ponds in Southern Bohemia occurred gradually restrict the use of Long Pond to rybničnímu management, which ultimately led to the sale of the property pond miller Müller and his descendants, who mill pond and the pond owners until 1945.
Year 1911 is the year when history began using Long Pond for recreational purposes. In that year, a German Association for Health Care asked the city to rent plots of the lake and loan 3000 Kr. the establishment of a spa and swimming pool. City request and determine the ground lease 10 Kr year. The association then pretentiously named ponds Strand und Sonenbad, which means beach and sunbathing. Swimming apparently enjoying a boom, because in 1927 the owner of the pond Gustav Müller built a swimming pool on the banks of a building for the use of visitors and named it after his wife Teresienbad. The importance and popularity of swimming Lanškroun suggests the following copy of an article from the press.