My father bred about six hundred beautiful Arabian horses during the war
Dominik Linke (born 1934 in Piešťany) spent part of the Second World War at a large estate near the Ukrainian town Buchach, where his father bred Arabian horses for a Swedish nobleman. At the end of the war his father got to Great Britain and he joined the Czechoslovak exile army there. This was probably the reason why Dominik was later not admitted to study at a university; instead, after graduation from secondary technical school of mechanical engineering, he worked in a factory which produced machines for textile industry, and then in the Škoda factory. Dominik graduated from the company’s college, he took part in a number of work stays abroad, and he solved many technologically demanding assignments. He suffered from work-related health issues, and he had to undergo a surgery and receive spa treatment in Karlovy Vary which consisted in drinking mineral water from the local springs. He eventually settled in Karlovy Vary and he accepted a job offer from the local District Construction Company, in which he then worked until his retirement. In 1988 he became the first person in the Karlovy Vary region who got issued a free trade license, and he started his own business: his contracts include the construction of a swimming pool, reconstruction of the spa building Smetana, or the installation of a sewer system, water piping and water-supply tank in the village Potůčky.
