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Cheb (German: Eger (pronunciation (help· info))) is a city in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic, with 33,256 inhabitants. It is situated on the river Ohře, at the foot of one of the spurs of the Smrčiny and near the border with Germany. Prior to 1945, the town was the centre of the German-speaking region known as Egerland, and was part of the Northern Austro-Bavarian dialect area. This article lists sources for statistics about Czech Republic. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Image File history File links Location_of_Czech_city_Cheb. ... Image File history File links Eger. ... Carlsbad Region (Czech: Karlovarský kraj) is an administrative unit (Czech: kraj) of the Czech Republic, located in the westernmost part of its historical region of Bohemia. ... OhÅ™e (German: Eger) is a 291 km long river in Germany and the Czech Republic. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... Northern Austro-Bavarian is a dialect of German, mostly spoken in the Upper Palatinate. ...

The name if the city has changed several times over the years; in 1179 it was known as Egra, from 1322 as Eger and after the fourteenth century as Cheb or Chba. From 1850 it was given the twin official names of Eger and Cheb, and since 1945 it has been known for official purposes exclusively as Cheb.

The three world-renowned spa-towns of Karlovy Vary, Marianské Lázně and Františkovy Lázně are located only a few kilometres away from Cheb, and Bavaria in Germany is easily reached by car via the Svatý Kříž-Waldsassen border-crossing. The musically renowned areas of Saxon Vogtland can be accessed via the Kraslice-Klingenthal and Vojtanov-Schönberg crossings. For walkers, wheelchair-users and cyclists, border crossings are present going into Bavaria (Aš-Rehau) and Saxony (Bad Brambach-Plesná, Bad Brambach-Vernéřov, Bad Elster-Podhradí, Markneukirchen-Luby and Hranice-Ebmath). Karlovy Vary (help· info) or Carlsbad (German: Karlsbad), is a spa city situated in the western part of the Czech Republic on confluence of OhÅ™e and Teplá rivers. ... Mariánské Lázně (German: Marienbad) is a spa town in the Carlsbad Region of the Czech Republic. ... The spa in FrantiÅ¡kovy LáznÄ› FrantiÅ¡kovy LáznÄ› (German Franzensbad) is a town in Cheb District of Karlovy Vary Region in the western Czech Republic, near the town of Cheb with about 5,200 Inhabitants. ... Geography Bavaria shares international borders with Austria and the Czech Republic. ... Waldsassen is a town in the Landkreis Tirschenreuth bordering the Czech Republic in the Upper Palatinate, Bavaria. ... The Free State of Saxony (German: Freistaat Sachsen; Sorbian: Swobodny Stata Sakska) is at a land area of 18,413 km² and a population of 4. ... Location of Kraslice in the Czech Republic Kraslice (Graslitz in German) is a town in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic, neighbouring German town Klingenthal. ... Schönberg is the name of some villages in Germany and Austria. ... AÅ¡ is a city in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. ...

The twin towns of Cheb are Hof in Germany, Rheden in the Netherlands and Nizhny Tagil in Russia. This article is about partnerships between towns distant from each other; see Twin cities for the different concept of physically neighbouring cities. ... Hof is the name of the following places: a city in Bavaria, Germany: see Hof, Germany a district in Bavaria, Germany: see Hof (district) a municipality in Vestfold, Norway : see Hof, Norway a former municipality in Hedmark, Norway. ... Rheden is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. ... View from space Nizhny Tagil (Ни́жний Таги́л, also transliterated Nizhniy Tagil and Nižnij Tagil) is a city in Russia, located in the Sverdlovsk Oblast in the Ural Mountains (57° 56 N, 60° 00 E). ...

History

Market Square in Cheb

The district of Cheb was in 870 included in the new margraviate of East Franconia, which belonged at first to the Babenbergs, but from 906 to the counts of Vohburg, who took the title of margraves of Cheb. In 1179 town status was achieved, and the castle was in the twelfth century. By the marriage, in 1149, of Adela of Vohburg with the emperor Frederick I, Cheb came into the possession of the house of Swabia, and remained in the hands of the emperors until the 13th century, during which time it became and Imperial Free City. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 687 KB) Cheb in CZ, main square Author: Giorgio Gonnella, myself Date: August 2003 File links The following pages link to this file: Cheb ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 687 KB) Cheb in CZ, main square Author: Giorgio Gonnella, myself Date: August 2003 File links The following pages link to this file: Cheb ... Events February 28 - End of the Fourth Council of Constantinople. ... Graf is a German noble title equal in rank to a count or an earl. ... The Franconian Rake is originally is a heraldic symbol of the bishops of Würzburg, who - though nominally Dukes of Franconia - only ruled in parts of Franconia. ... Originally from Bamberg in Franconia, now northern Bavaria, the Babenbergs or Babenberger ruled Austria as counts of the march and dukes from 976 - 1248, before the rise of the house of Habsburg. ... Events Births Deaths Categories: 906 ... Events Castle of Carimate destroyed. ... Frederick Barbarossa in a 13th century Chronicle. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ... In the Holy Roman Empire, an imperial free city (in German: freie Reichsstadt) was a city formally responsible to the emperor only — as opposed to the majority of cities in the Empire, which belonged to a territory and were thus governed by one of the many princes (Fürsten) of...

In 1265 it was taken by the king Ottokar II of Bohemia, who retained it for eleven years. After being repeatedly transferred from the one power to the other, according to the preponderance of Bohemia or the empire, the town and territory were finally incorporated with Bohemia in 1350, after the Bohemian king became the emperor Charles IV. Several imperial privileges, however, continued to be enjoyed by the town till 1849. For broader historical context, see 1260s and 13th century. ... Bohemia. ... Events 29 August - An English fleet personally commanded by King Edward III defeats a Spanish fleet in the battle of Les Espagnols sur Mer. ... Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor. ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

On May 5th 1389 during a Reichstag between King Wenceslaus and a group of Imperial Free Cities of south-west Germany, the Peace Treaty of Cheb was agreed, after Wenceslaus had failed to secure his interests in the city. The Reichstag (German for Imperial Diet) was the parliament of the Holy Roman Empire, the North German Confederation, and of Germany until 1945. ... Wenceslaus (German: Wenzel, Czech: Václav IV; sometimes known as the Drunkard) (February 26, 1361 – August 16, 1419), of the house of Luxembourg, was king of Bohemia from 1378 to his death; until 1400, he also headed the Holy Roman Empire (as King of the Romans), and he continued to...

It suffered severely during the Hussite Wars, during the Swedish invasion in 1631 and 1647, and in the War of the Austrian Succession in 1742. Indeed, Albrecht von Wallenstein was killed in Cheb in 1634 during the Thirty Years' War. During the Middle Ages the lands around the town were often known by the German term Egerland. Hussite War Wagons and Hand Cannoneers Hussite Crossbowman and Shield Carrier Hussite War Wagons The Hussite Wars, also called the Bohemian Wars involved the military actions against and amongst the followers of Jan Hus in Bohemia in the period 1420 to circa 1434. ... // Events February 5 - Roger Williams emigrates to Boston. ... // Events March 14 - Thirty Years War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm. ... The War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748) became inevitable after Maria Theresa of Austria had succeeded her father Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor in his Habsburg dominions in 1740, namely becoming Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, Archduchess of Austria, and Duchess of Parma, Piacenza, and Guastalla. ... // Events January 24 - Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor. ... Albrecht von Wallenstein Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein (also Waldstein, Czech: Albrecht Václav Eusebius z Valdštejna), September 24, 1583 – February 25, 1634) was a Bohemian soldier and politician who gave his services (an army of 30,000 to 100,000 men) during the Danish Period of the Thirty... The Thirty Years War was fought between 1618 and 1648, principally on the territory of todays Germany, also involving most of the major European continental powers. ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ...

In 1723, Cheb became a free royal town. The northern quarter of the town was devastated by a large fire in 1809, and many middle-age buildings were irreplacably destroyed. Until 1851, the renowned spa-town of Františkovy Lázně belonged to the Magistrate of Cheb. The carbonated mineral water coming from these springs was delivered to spa visitors residing in Cheb. The spa in FrantiÅ¡kovy LáznÄ› FrantiÅ¡kovy LáznÄ› (German Franzensbad) is a town in Cheb District of Karlovy Vary Region in the western Czech Republic, near the town of Cheb with about 5,200 Inhabitants. ...

Austrian geographers of the period of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy proclaimed the nearby 939m high Tillen as the geographical centre of Europe. This fact was documented on a copper plaque mounted at the summit. Recent calculations now put the centre point somewhat north of Vilnius in Lithuania. This map shows the locations of claimants to the title of Centre of Europe An ongoing debate concerns where the geographical centre of Europe is to be found. ... Location Ethnographic region Dzūkija County Vilnius County Municipality Vilnius city municipality Elderate Number of elderates 20 Coordinates General information Capital of Lithuania Vilnius County Vilnius city municipality Vilnius district municipality Population (rank) 540,318 in 2005 (1st) First mentioned 1323 Granted city rights 1387 Vilnius ( (help· info), Belarusian: , Polish...

Austrian National Socialism and hence German National Socialism can trace its origins to Cheb when Franko Stein transferred a small newspaper (Der Hammer) from Vienna to Cheb in 1897. There, he organized a German workers congress called the Deutschvölkischer Arbeitertag where the 25-point program was published. Austrian National Socialism was a Pan-Germanic movement that was formed at the beginning of the 20th century. ... National Socialism redirects here. ... Vienna (German: Wien ; Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian: Beč, Czech: Vídeň, Hungarian: Bécs, Romanian: Viena, Romani: Bech or Vidnya, Russian: Вена, Slovak: Viedeň, Slovenian: Dunaj) is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... -1...

1919 brought civil unrest to the town between the Sudeten German population and the Czechoslovak administration, just as in the rest of the Sudetenland. This was eventually suppressed by force. Parts of Czech lands with significant German speaking population (first half of 20th century) Sudetenland (German: Sudetenland; Czech: Sudety) was the name used from 1938–45 for the region inhabited mostly by Sudeten Germans (German: Sudetendeutsche, Czech: Sudetští Němci) in the various places of Bohemia, Moravia, and parts...

On October 3rd 1938, the town was visited by Adolf Hitler; shortly afterwards German troops marched into the Sudetenland and seized control. From 1938 until 1945 the town was occupied by Germany. On May 1st 1939, the town split away from the surrounding district to form its own municipal district together with the settlement of Matzelbach, and gave its name to the most westerly of the three administrative regions of the Sudetenland. The administrative seat of the Regierungspräsident lay in Karlovy Vary, however. (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945) was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 and Führer (Leader) of Germany from 1934 until his death. ... A Regierungsbezirk is an government region of Germany, a subdivision of certain federal states (Bundesländer). ...

From 1945, Cheb became once more part of Czechoslovakia. Under the Beneš decrees of the same year, the German population of of the town was dispossessed and expelled. In 1954, the town of Amberg in Germany adopted the expelled Sudeten German population from the Cheb and the surrounding districts. The BeneÅ¡ decrees (BeneÅ¡ovy dekrety in Czech, Benesch Dekrete in German , BeneÅ¡ove dekréty in Slovak) refers to a series of laws enacted by the Czechoslovak government of exile during World War II in absence of Czechoslovak parliament (see details in Czechoslovakia: World War II (1939 - 1945)). Today... Map of Germany showing Amberg (currently incorrect) Amberg is a city in Bavaria, Germany. ...

On August 24th 2001, the German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and Czech Prime Minister Miloš Zeman visited the Euregio Egrensis (a cross-border initiative between Bavaria, Saxony, Thüringen and Bohemia), and received the Freedom of the City of Cheb. Various governments have a Chancellor who serves as some form of junior or senior minister. ... Gerhard Fritz Kurt Schröder [] (born April 7, 1944), German politician, was Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005. ... MiloÅ¡ Zeman in Brussels to discuss entry into the EU MiloÅ¡ Zeman  listen? (born 28th September, 1944 in Kolín) is a well-known Czech politician. ...

Since 2002, Cheb has been member of the Friends of Central Europe organisation. In 2004, the foundations of a town-twinning agreement was agreed with Hof in Bavaria. Since the fall of the Iron Curtain, Cheb has also had cordial relationships with the neghbouring German towns of Waldsassen and Marktredwitz. Hof is the name of the following places: a city in Bavaria, Germany: see Hof, Germany a district in Bavaria, Germany: see Hof (district) a municipality in Vestfold, Norway : see Hof, Norway a former municipality in Hedmark, Norway. ... Countries behind Iron Curtain are shaded red. ... Waldsassen is a town in the Landkreis Tirschenreuth bordering the Czech Republic in the Upper Palatinate, Bavaria. ...

Population

• 1930 - 31,406 inhabitants, of whom 3,493 (11%) were Czech.
• 1945 - 45,000 inhabitants
• 1947 - 14,533 inhabitants, after the expulsion and resettlement of the German population.
• 1990 - 29,962 inhabitants (1,837 houses)
• 2004 - population includes a large group of Vietnamese people (whose families were invited to the country as guest workers during the Communist era) and Roma, who were resettled after the Second World War.

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Sights

On the rock, to the north-west of the city, lies Cheb castle, built probably in the 12th century, and now in ruins. In the banquet room of this castle Wallenstein's officers Terzky, Kinsky, Illo and Neumann were assassinated a few hours before Wallenstein himself was murdered by Captain Devereux. The murder took place on February 25, 1634 in the townhouse, which was at that time the burgomaster's house. The rooms occupied by Wallenstein have been transformed since 1872 into a museum, which contains many historical relics and antiquities of the town of Cheb. Albrecht von Wallenstein Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein (also Waldstein, Czech: Albrecht Václav Eusebius z Valdštejna), September 24, 1583 – February 25, 1634) was a Bohemian soldier and politician who gave his services (an army of 30,000 to 100,000 men) during the Danish Period of the Thirty... February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events Moses Amyrauts Traite de la predestination is published Curaçao captured by the Dutch Treaty of Polianovska First meeting of the Académie française The witchcraft affair at Loudun Jean Nicolet lands at Green Bay, Wisconsin Opening of Covent Garden Market in London English establish a settlement...

Near the castle is a romanesque double-chapel dating from the twelfth century, with an eight-cornered opening connecting the two storeys. The upper-storey contains a ribbed vault supported on four polygonal columns. Romanesque St. ...

The pristine Church of St. Clara was built between 1708 and 1711 according to a design of Christoph Dientzenhofer. The Church of St. ...

Spalicek

On the notable market place dating from the thirteenth century are a group of houses originating from the late-Gothic period known as Spalicek. This distinctive feature of the market place is a bizarre complex of eleven houses. The outline of the two blocks can still be seen on the oldest existing records of 1472. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x960, 157 KB) Summary selbst fotografiert 24. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x960, 157 KB) Summary selbst fotografiert 24. ...

The Green House on the market place belonged to the well-known Wrendl dynasty, whose family crest lies above the entrance. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe frequently spent time here. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. ...

The Church of St. Nicholas was established in the thirteenth century as a three-naved [[basilica], of which the western portal and the lower part of the tower remain in place. The three-part nave, presbytery and sacristy stem from the Gothic era. After the fire of 1742, the tower was rebuilt with a baroque cupola, after the design of the indigenous architect Balthasar Neumann. A presbytery can be - * the residence of one or more presbyters, priests, or religious elders; - * an area of a church or cathedral reserved for priests; - * the collective college of priests in a diocese, archdiocese, or prelature; - * the local unit in the polity of a Presbyterian church, consisting of presbyters (i. ... A sacristy is a room for keeping vestments (such as the cassock and chasuble) and other church furnishings, sacred vessels and church treasures. ... Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens. ... Cupola of St Peters Basilica, Rome In architecture, a cupola consists of a dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome, often used as a lookout or to admit light and remove stale air. ... Johann Balthasar Neumann (January 27, 1687 _ August 19, 1753) was a German Baroque architect who designed the Vierzehnheiligen and several churches in Würzburg. ...

The Franciscan Church is one of the greatest architectural treasures of the town centre.

The Cheb Museum (Cz:Krajske muzeum Cheb) is situated in the fifteenth century gothic town hall (Pachelbel House), in which Wallenstein was murdered. Czech (čeština []) is one of the West Slavic languages, along with Slovak, Polish, Pomeranian (Kashubian), and Lusatian Sorbian. ...

Surrounding area

The early-baroque Church of Maria Loreto in Starý Hroznatov is situated 5km from Cheb. The annex, which had lain in ruins since 1990 has since been renovated through the initiative of an inhabitant of the neighbouring town Waldsassen. Waldsassen is a town in the Landkreis Tirschenreuth bordering the Czech Republic in the Upper Palatinate, Bavaria. ...

Maria Loreto in Starý Hroznatov

Notable in this area are several timbered houses in the sparsely-populated villages, particularly in Doubrava. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1229x919, 149 KB) Summary selbst fotografiert 24. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1229x919, 149 KB) Summary selbst fotografiert 24. ...

Eight kilometres north-east of Cheb, near the district of Nový Drahov is the popular Soos nature reserve. The reserve consists of peat moors and springs, with gas-producing mofettes.

Attractions near the Bavarian border include the Komorní hůrka and Železná hůrka. These are remains of the most recent Czech volcanoes, which now form the basis of a nature reserve. This area was researched by Goethe. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (pronounced [gø tə]) (August 28, 1749–March 22, 1832) was a German writer, politician, humanist, scientist, and philosopher. ...

For watersports enthusiasts, two reservoirs are of interest - Skalka (north-east of Cheb and fed by the River Cheb) and Jesenice (south-east of Cheb). Gelmersee is a reservoir in Switzerland. ...

Famous people

• Prof. Peter Glotz, SPD politician, publicist and media analyst, member of the German Bundestag; born in Cheb in 1939.
• Heinrich Gradl, historian born in in Cheb in 1842.
• Johann Habermann, Lutheran theologian, born in Cheb in 1516.
• Helmut Lederer, sculptor, born in Cheb in 1913.
• Pavel Nedvěd, football Czech national and Juventus F.C. footballer.
• Johann Balthasar Neumann, Cheb-born baroque architect.
• Dr. Erich Riedl, CSU politician and member of the German Bundestag, born in Cheb, 1933.
• Johann Adam Schertzer, protestant theologian, born in Cheb in 1628.
• Kaspar Schlick, born in Cheb in 1396 who became the chancellor under three different kings and one of the most politically-significant figures of the fifteenth century.
• Rudolf Serkin, Cheb born pianist of Jewish-Russian ancestry
• Albrecht von Wallenstein, military leader during Thirty Years' War was killed in Cheb.
• Johannes Widmann, mathematician born in Cheb in 1460.

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Districts

Cheb is divided into the following districts (German names given in brackets)

• Bříza (Pirk)
• Cetnov (Zettendorf)
• Dolní Dvory (Unterschön)
• Dřenice (Treunitz)
• Háje (Gehaag)
• Horní Dvory (Oberschön)
• Hradiště (Reichersdorf)
• Hrozňatov (Kinsberg)
• Cheb (Eger) - Stadt
• Chvoječná (Sebenbach)
• Jindřichov (Honnersdorf)
• Klest (Reißig)
• Loužek (Au)
• Pelhřimov (Pilmersreuth)
• Podhoří (Kreuzenstein)
• Podhrad (Pograth)
• Skalka (Stein)
• Střížov (Triesenhof)
• Tršnice (Tirschnitz)

External links

• Municipal website
• Cheb Castle site

The following links are in German, and were sources used in this article

• Church of Maria Loreto
• Hardeck Castle
• Euregio Egrensis
• "Freunde im Herzen Europas" - Friends in the Heart of Europe

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