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Town in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic

Cheb Town The square Náměstí Krále Jiřího z Poděbrad Flag Coat of arms Wordmark Cheb Location in the Czech Republic Coordinates: 50°4′46″N 12°22′14″E / 50.07944°N 12.37056°E / 50.07944; 12.37056 Country Czech Republic Region Karlovy Vary District Cheb First mentioned 1061 Government • Mayor Jan Vrba (ANO) Area • Total 96.36 km2 (37.20 sq mi) Elevation 459 m (1,506 ft) Population (2026-01-01)[1] • Total 32,892 • Density 341.3/km2 (884.1/sq mi) Time zone UTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST) Postal code 350 02 Website www.cheb.cz

**Cheb** (Czech pronunciation: [\[xɛp\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Czech) [ⓘ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cs_Cheb.ogg); [German](/source/German_language): *Eger*) is a town in the [Karlovy Vary Region](/source/Karlovy_Vary_Region) of the [Czech Republic](/source/Czech_Republic). It has about 33,000 inhabitants. It lies on the [Ohře](/source/Oh%C5%99e) River.

Before the [expulsion of Germans](/source/Expulsion_of_Germans_from_Czechoslovakia) in 1945, the town was the centre of the German-speaking region known as [Egerland](/source/Egerland). The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an [urban monument reservation](/source/Cultural_monument_(Czech_Republic)#Monument_reservations). The most important monument is the Cheb Castle, protected as a [national cultural monument](/source/Cultural_monument_(Czech_Republic)).

## Administrative division

Cheb consists of 19 municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2]

- Cheb (26,768)

- Bříza (47)

- Cetnov (104)

- Chvoječná (28)

- Dolní Dvory (49)

- Dřenice (50)

- Háje (1,082)

- Horní Dvory (57)

- Hradiště (206)

- Hrozňatov (209)

- Jindřichov (86)

- Klest (41)

- Loužek (23)

- Pelhřimov (95)

- Podhoří (142)

- Podhrad (665)

- Skalka (228)

- Střížov (172)

- Tršnice (109)

## Etymology

The first name of the town, documented in 1061, was *Egire*. It was a Latin name, which was derived from the Celtic name of the [Ohře](/source/Oh%C5%99e) River *Agara*. The German name *Eger* was then derived from the Latin name.[3]

The Czech name *Cheb* first appeared in the mid-14th century. The name is derived from the old Czech word *heb* (modern Czech *oheb, ohyb*), which means 'bend'. It is related to bends of the Ohře River.[4]

## Geography

Wooden bridge over the Ohře River

Cheb is located about 38 kilometres (24 mi) southwest of [Karlovy Vary](/source/Karlovy_Vary), on the border with [Germany](/source/Germany). The northern and western parts of the municipal territory lie in the [Fichtel Mountains](/source/Fichtel_Mountains). The rest of the territory lies in the [Cheb Basin](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cheb_Basin&action=edit&redlink=1), named after the town. The highest point is the hill Zelená hora at 637 m (2,090 ft) above sea level.

The [Ohře](/source/Oh%C5%99e) River flows through the town. There are two large [reservoirs](/source/Reservoir_(water)) in the municipal territory: Skalka (northeast of the town and supplied by the Ohře) and Jesenice (southeast of the town and supplied by the [Wondreb](/source/Wondreb)). There are also several small fishponds, especially in the southern part of the municipal territory.

### Climate

Cheb has a [humid continental climate](/source/Humid_continental_climate) ([Köppen](/source/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification): *Dfb*; [Trewartha](/source/Trewartha_climate_classification): *Dclo*), with average temperatures in January and February below freezing and an average temperature of 0.0 °C (32.0 °F) in December. The average summer temperature is around 17.3 °C (63.1 °F), and it is not uncommon to see days with temperatures above 30.0 °C (86.0 °F). The town enters spring in late April and winter in early October.

Climate data for Cheb (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1864–present) Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Record high °C (°F) 14.6 (58.3) 17.4 (63.3) 22.6 (72.7) 28.8 (83.8) 32.8 (91.0) 36.2 (97.2) 38.1 (100.6) 36.9 (98.4) 33.2 (91.8) 26.1 (79.0) 17.5 (63.5) 14.6 (58.3) 38.1 (100.6) Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 1.6 (34.9) 3.5 (38.3) 8.3 (46.9) 14.2 (57.6) 18.7 (65.7) 22.0 (71.6) 24.1 (75.4) 24.0 (75.2) 18.7 (65.7) 12.6 (54.7) 6.0 (42.8) 2.0 (35.6) 13.0 (55.4) Daily mean °C (°F) −1.0 (30.2) −0.2 (31.6) 3.5 (38.3) 8.3 (46.9) 12.8 (55.0) 16.2 (61.2) 17.9 (64.2) 17.4 (63.3) 12.8 (55.0) 8.1 (46.6) 3.4 (38.1) 0.0 (32.0) 8.3 (46.9) Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −3.6 (25.5) −3.4 (25.9) −0.4 (31.3) 2.9 (37.2) 7.0 (44.6) 10.4 (50.7) 12.1 (53.8) 11.8 (53.2) 8.2 (46.8) 4.6 (40.3) 0.9 (33.6) −2.2 (28.0) 4.0 (39.2) Record low °C (°F) −24.6 (−12.3) −28.4 (−19.1) −21.5 (−6.7) −8.6 (16.5) −4.1 (24.6) −0.6 (30.9) 2.2 (36.0) 0.7 (33.3) −2.6 (27.3) −9.2 (15.4) −17.7 (0.1) −25.9 (−14.6) −28.4 (−19.1) Average precipitation mm (inches) 41.9 (1.65) 31.0 (1.22) 37.9 (1.49) 33.6 (1.32) 56.9 (2.24) 70.5 (2.78) 76.8 (3.02) 69.5 (2.74) 53.8 (2.12) 46.1 (1.81) 44.0 (1.73) 46.9 (1.85) 609.0 (23.98) Average snowfall cm (inches) 20.9 (8.2) 15.9 (6.3) 7.9 (3.1) 1.2 (0.5) 0.0 (0.0) 0.0 (0.0) 0.0 (0.0) 0.0 (0.0) 0.0 (0.0) 0.5 (0.2) 6.9 (2.7) 16.0 (6.3) 69.4 (27.3) Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 10.2 8.0 9.3 7.7 9.5 9.5 10.8 9.4 8.1 9.3 9.2 10.2 111.4 Average relative humidity (%) 85.8 81.4 75.8 68.4 68.1 68.6 68.4 70.6 78.0 83.5 88.0 88.2 77.1 Average dew point °C (°F) −4.5 (23.9) −3.7 (25.3) −1.3 (29.7) 1.6 (34.9) 6.0 (42.8) 9.4 (48.9) 10.8 (51.4) 10.8 (51.4) 8.6 (47.5) 4.8 (40.6) 0.3 (32.5) −2.9 (26.8) 3.3 (38.0) Mean monthly sunshine hours 43.8 74.3 118.1 177.3 206.7 212.2 224.6 214.1 149.1 96.1 39.0 32.6 1,587.8 Source 1: NOAA (dew point 1961–1990)[5][6] Source 2: Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (extremes)[7][8][9]

## History

Cheb Castle with the Black Tower

Killing of [Albrecht von Wallenstein](/source/Albrecht_von_Wallenstein)

Adolf Hitler driving through the crowd in Cheb on 3 October 1938

The earliest settlement in the area was a [Slavic](/source/Slavs) [gord](/source/Gord_(archaeology)) at what is now known as the Cheb Castle complex, north of the town centre.[10] In 807 the district of today's Cheb was included in the new [margraviate](/source/Margraviate) of [East Franconia](/source/East_Franconia), which belonged at first to the [Babenbergs](/source/Babenberg), but from 906 to the margraves (marquis) of [Vohburg](/source/Vohburg).[11]

The first written mention of Cheb is from 1061.[12][13] [Děpolt II](/source/D%C4%9Bpolt_II) founded the castle on the site of the gord around 1125.[14] In 1149, Cheb was described as a fortified marketplace. Emperor [Frederick Barbarossa](/source/Frederick_Barbarossa) acquired Cheb in 1167. In 1203, it was first referred to as a town. It became the centre of a historical region called *[Egerland](/source/Egerland)*.[12][13]

From 1266 to 1276, the town was property of King [Ottokar II of Bohemia](/source/Ottokar_II_of_Bohemia). The historic town centre was established after the fire in 1270. King [Wenceslaus II of Bohemia](/source/Wenceslaus_II_of_Bohemia) held the town in 1291–1304, then [Albert I of Germany](/source/Albert_I_of_Germany) acquired the region. It was not until 1322 that Cheb became a permanent part of the [Lands of the Bohemian Crown](/source/Lands_of_the_Bohemian_Crown), when King [John of Bohemia](/source/John_of_Bohemia) acquired it from Emperor [Louis IV](/source/Louis_IV%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor).[12][14] The later local history was marked by continued resistance against incorporation into Bohemia.[15]

On 5 May 1389, during a [Reichstag](/source/Reichstag_(Holy_Roman_Empire)) between King [Wenceslaus IV](/source/Wenceslaus_IV_of_Bohemia) and a group of Imperial Free Cities of [southwest Germany](/source/Southwest_Germany), the [Treaty of Eger](/source/Treaty_of_Eger) was agreed upon, after Wenceslaus had failed to secure his interests in the town.[13] In the 15th century, Cheb was one of the largest and wealthiest towns of [Kingdom of Bohemia](/source/Kingdom_of_Bohemia) with 7,300 inhabitants.[12]

The town suffered severely during the [Hussite Wars](/source/Hussite_Wars), during the [Swedish](/source/Swedish_Empire) invasion in the [Thirty Years' War](/source/Thirty_Years'_War) in 1631 and 1647, and in the [War of the Austrian Succession](/source/War_of_the_Austrian_Succession) in 1742.[11] In 1634, during the Thirty Years' War, [Albrecht von Wallenstein](/source/Albrecht_von_Wallenstein) was killed here. In 1723, Cheb became a [free royal town](/source/Royal_free_city). The northern part of the old town was devastated by a large fire in 1809, and many middle-age buildings were destroyed.[13]

In 1757, the town's financial self-government was abolished for the sake of Austrian centralization. In 1848, the citizen's council demanded separation from Bohemia and reconstitution of its [Landtag](/source/Landtag).[15]

The terms of the [1919 Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye](/source/Treaty_of_Saint-Germain-en-Laye_(1919)) triggered civil unrest between the [Sudeten German](/source/Sudeten_Germans) population and the new [First Czechoslovak Republic](/source/First_Czechoslovak_Republic), just as in the rest of the [Sudetenland](/source/Sudetenland). In the interwar period, many ethnic Czechs came to the town with the boom of industry.[12]

During the [Sudeten Crisis](/source/Munich_Agreement), the town was occupied by the [Nazi German](/source/Nazi_Germany)-sponsored *[Sudetendeutsches Freikorps](/source/Sudetendeutsches_Freikorps)* paramilitary group.[16] On 3 October 1938, the town was visited by [Adolf Hitler](/source/Adolf_Hitler); shortly afterward [Wehrmacht](/source/Wehrmacht) troops marched into the Sudetenland and seized control. From 1938 until 1945, the town was annexed to Germany and was administered as part of the [Reichsgau Sudetenland](/source/Reichsgau_Sudetenland). The [Gestapo](/source/Gestapo) and *[Ordnungspolizei](/source/Ordnungspolizei)* operated a prison in Cheb, whose prisoners were subjected to [forced labour](/source/Forced_labour_under_German_rule_during_World_War_II).[17] Cheb was liberated by the [97th Infantry Division](/source/97th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)) of the [United States Army](/source/United_States_Army) on 25 April 1945.[18]

After the end of [World War II](/source/World_War_II) the region was returned to Czechoslovakia. Under the [Beneš decrees](/source/Bene%C5%A1_decrees) and [Potsdam Agreement](/source/Potsdam_Agreement) of the same year, the [German-speaking majority was expelled](/source/Expulsion_of_Germans_from_Czechoslovakia).

## Demographics

In 1910, only 0.5% of the population were Czech.[19] Until 1945, it was part of the [Northern Bavarian](/source/Northern_Bavarian) dialect area. After World War II, due to the expulsion of ethnic Germans and resettlement of Czechs, the population significantly dropped.

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Historical population Year Pop. ±% 1869 17,826 — 1880 21,575 +21.0% 1890 22,875 +6.0% 1900 28,084 +22.8% 1910 31,761 +13.1% Year Pop. ±% 1921 32,735 +3.1% 1930 37,599 +14.9% 1950 20,178 −46.3% 1961 22,133 +9.7% 1970 26,650 +20.4% Year Pop. ±% 1980 30,883 +15.9% 1991 31,847 +3.1% 2001 32,893 +3.3% 2011 32,401 −1.5% 2021 30,161 −6.9% Source: Censuses[20][21]

The population includes a large group of [Vietnamese people](/source/Vietnamese_people_in_the_Czech_Republic).[22] Their families were invited to the country as [guest workers](/source/Foreign_worker) during the [Communist era](/source/History_of_Czechoslovakia_(1948%E2%80%931989)).[23]

## Economy

The pillars of Cheb's economy are mainly services and tourism, and there are no large companies here. The largest employers are the Town of Cheb and Autodoc Logistics Czech (car parts and accessories dealer). The largest industrial enterprise is Tritia, a bakery with more than 200 employees. Other notable industrial companies include [Nexans Power Accessories Czech Republic](/source/Nexans) (manufacturer of components for conductors) and [Playmobil CZ](/source/Playmobil) (toys manufacturer).[24]

Many entrepreneurs and small traders come from the large Vietnamese community. After the [Velvet Revolution](/source/Velvet_Revolution) in 1989, the Vietnamese community gradually established seven markets here, and even customers from Germany came to Cheb for cheap goods. Today, three Vietnamese markets operate here.[22]

## Transport

Bridge over the Ohře

The [D6 motorway](/source/D6_motorway_(Czech_Republic)) from [Prague](/source/Prague) to [Karlovy Vary](/source/Karlovy_Vary) and Cheb (part of the European routes [E48](/source/European_route_E48) and [E49](/source/European_route_E49)) forks in Cheb and continues to the Czech-German border to the west (as E48) and to the north (as E49).

Cheb is an important railway junction. The town lies on the railway line of national importance from [Františkovy Lázně](/source/Franti%C5%A1kovy_L%C3%A1zn%C4%9B) to [Plzeň](/source/Plze%C5%88), Prague, [Olomouc](/source/Olomouc) and [Ostrava](/source/Ostrava). Other railway lines that pass through the town are Prague–[Chomutov](/source/Chomutov)–Cheb, [Nuremberg–Cheb](/source/Nuremberg%E2%80%93Cheb_railway), [Hof](/source/Hof%2C_Bavaria)–[Marktredwitz](/source/Marktredwitz), [Zwickau](/source/Zwickau)–Cheb and Cheb–[Luby](/source/Luby_(Cheb_District)). In addition to the main railway station, the town is also served by the *Cheb-Skalka* station.[25]

[Cheb Airport](/source/Cheb_Airport) is located 3 kilometres (2 mi) east of the town centre. It is the second-oldest airport in the country and the oldest still existing.[26]

## Culture

Cheb is home to the [Gallery of Fine Arts in Cheb](/source/Gallery_of_Fine_Arts_in_Cheb).

## Education

Cheb is known for its [Cheb Violin Making School](/source/Cheb_Violin_Making_School).

Two faculties of the [University of West Bohemia](/source/University_of_West_Bohemia), pedagogical and economic, have a detached workplace in Cheb and open study programs there.[27]

## Sport

The town is represented by the football club [FK Hvězda Cheb](/source/FK_Hv%C4%9Bzda_Cheb). It plays in the 4th tier of the Czech football system. Its predecessor was the club FC Union Cheb, which played in the [Czechoslovak](/source/Czechoslovak_First_League) and [Czech First League](/source/Czech_First_League) from 1979 to 1996, but then was abolished due to financial reasons.[28] The team play at the Lokomotiva Stadium, located on street *U Stadionu*.

The Lokomotiva Stadium once held [motorcycle speedway](/source/Motorcycle_speedway)[29] and hosted a final round of the [Czechoslovak Individual Speedway Championship](/source/Czech_Republic_Individual_Speedway_Championship) for three consecutive years from 1966 to 1968.[30]

## Sights

Chapel of Saints Martin, Erhard and Ursula

### Cheb Castle

On the rock in the northwest of the historic town centre lies Cheb Castle. It was founded around 1125 and was rebuilt into a [Kaiserpfalz](/source/Kaiserpfalz) at the end of the 12th century. It is the only example of a Kaiserpfalz in the Czech Republic. At the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries, the castle was partially rebuilt into a Baroque fortress citadel. Although the castle is mostly a ruin, the torso of the palace, the defensive Black Tower and the Chapel of Saints Martin Erhard and Ursula survived to this day.[14]

The Chapel of Saints Martin, Erhard and Ursula is a unique Romanesque-Gothic double chapel. It is the best preserved example of the [Hohenstaufen](/source/Hohenstaufen) architecture in Central Europe. The chapel has two storeys; the lower storey is in [Romanesque](/source/Romanesque_architecture) style, while the upper storey is [Gothic](/source/Gothic_architecture). On the first floor, there are original capitals of marble columns, decorated with figurative scenes of angels with Bibles as well as lewd scenes.[31]

For its value, the castle complex is protected as a [national cultural monument](/source/Cultural_monument_(Czech_Republic)). It is open to the public and offers guided tours.[32]

### Town square

Špalíček

In the centre of the historic town centre is the square Náměstí Krále Jiřího z Poděbrad. One of the symbols of the Cheb architecture is a group of houses known as *Špalíček*. It is located in the middle of the town square and dates from the 13th century. The bizarre complex of eleven houses consists of narrow, four and five-storey houses without a courtyard, divided by a 1.6 metres (5.2 ft) wide alley. They are mostly in the late Gothic style. The outline of the two blocks can still be seen on the oldest existing records of 1472.[33]

The most valuable burgher house on the town square is the Schirdinger House. It is a Gothic house, built at the beginning of the 13th century and restored after the fire in the 15th century. The Renaissance reconstruction took place in 1622–1626. Today it houses a gallery and a café.[34]

Among the other valuable houses on the town square is the Town House, also known as Pachelbel's House or Juncker House. The house was first mentioned already in the 14th century. On 24 February 1634, [Albrecht von Wallenstein](/source/Albrecht_von_Wallenstein) was murdered here. Since 1873, the house serves as the town museum. The museum was later expanded to the neighbouring house.[35]

The Grüner House on the town square is a Gothic-Baroque house. It belonged to the well-known Wrendl family from 1591 until 1876, whose family coat of arms is above the entrance. When the house was owned by magistrate councillor Grüner in the first half of the 19th century, [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](/source/Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe) frequently spent time here.[36]

### Sacral monuments

Church of Saints Nicholas and Elisabeth

Maria Loreto

The Church of Saints Nicholas and Elisabeth is the main church of the town and the oldest late Gothic building. It was established as a three-naved Romanesque [basilica](/source/Basilica) in the 1220s, of which the western portal and the lower part of the tower remain in place. After the fire in 1270, it was rebuilt in the Gothic style, another reconstruction took place in the 1470s. After the fire of 1742, the tower was rebuilt with a Baroque [cupola](/source/Cupola), according to the design of the indigenous architect [Balthasar Neumann](/source/Balthasar_Neumann). The top of the twin steeples were destroyed by bombardment at the end of [World War II](/source/World_War_II) and restored in summer 2008. The church tower is open to the public as a lookout lower.[37][38]

The [Franciscan](/source/Franciscans) monastery with the Church of the Annunciation was founded in 1256 and rebuilt after the fire in 1270. The church is one of the oldest Gothic hall churches in the country. Today the former monastery is owned by the town and is used as the venue of occasional concerts. The monastery also includes publicly accessible monastery garden.[39]

The monastery of the order of [Poor Clares](/source/Poor_Clares) with the Church of Saint Clare was founded at the end of the 13th century next to the Franciscan monastery. In 1707–1709, it was demolished and built again according to the design of [Christoph Dientzenhofer](/source/Christoph_Dientzenhofer). The monastery was abolished in 1782 and the buildings served various purposes.[40]

The [Dominican](/source/Dominican_Order) monastery with the Church of Saint Wenceslaus was built in 1294–1296. The monastery was badly damaged and the church destroyed during the Thirty Years' War. The new Baroque church was built in 1674–1688. The monastery was dissolved in 1950. The church is still in use, the convent now serves cultural purposes.[41]

The early Baroque pilgrimage complex Maria Loreto was founded in the village of Starý Hrozňatov (today just Hrozňatov). It was founded next to the Church of the Holy Spirit, which dates from 1557. It belongs to the most visited pilgrimage sites in the country. The complex was built in 1664 and extended in 1675–1683. The [Stations of the Cross](/source/Stations_of_the_Cross) that leads to Maria Loreto was originally composed of twenty-nine stations.[42][43]

## Notable people

- [Johannes Widmann](/source/Johannes_Widmann) (c. 1460 – after 1498), German mathematician

- [Johannes Sylvius Egranus](/source/Johannes_Sylvius_Egranus) (c. 1480–1553), German theologian, humanist and reformer

- [Johann Habermann](/source/Johann_Habermann) (1516–1590), German Lutheran theologian

- [Albrecht von Wallenstein](/source/Albrecht_von_Wallenstein) (1583–1634), military leader and statesman; died here

- [Johann Georg Macasius](/source/Johann_Georg_Macasius) (1617–1653), German physician

- [Paul Klein](/source/Paul_Klein_(missionary)) (1652–1717), Jesuit missionary, botanist and writer

- [Balthasar Neumann](/source/Balthasar_Neumann) (1687–1753), German architect and military artillery engineer

- [Bernhard Adler](/source/Bernhard_Adler) (1753–1810), German-Czech physician

- [Adolf Tachezy](/source/Adolf_Tachezy) (1814–1892), politician and businessman, mayor of Cheb in 1873–1882

- [Josef Ulbrich](/source/Josef_Ulbrich) (1843–1910), Austrian law expert

- [Karl Hermann Wolf](/source/Karl_Hermann_Wolf) (1862–1941), German journalist and politician

- [Albin Dötsch](/source/Albin_D%C3%B6tsch) (1872–1922), Austrian politician

- [Barbara Schack](/source/Barbara_Schack) (1874–1958), Czech-German politician

- [Hugo Zuckermann](/source/Hugo_Zuckermann) (1881–1914), Jewish-Austrian poet

- [Hans Hermann Adler](/source/Hans_Hermann_Adler) (1891–1956), German academic and journalist

- [Rudolf Serkin](/source/Rudolf_Serkin) (1903–1991), Czech-American pianist

- [Adolf Scherbaum](/source/Adolf_Scherbaum) (1909–2000), Czech-German trumpeter

- [Erich Riedl](/source/Erich_Riedl) (1933–2018), German politician

- [Neda Al-Hilali](/source/Neda_Al-Hilali) (1938–2025), American fiber artist and weaver

- [Andrej Krob](/source/Andrej_Krob) (born 1938), theatre director and screenwriter

- [Peter Glotz](/source/Peter_Glotz) (1939–2005), German politician and social scientist

- [Norbert Singer](/source/Norbert_Singer) (born 1939), German automotive engineer

- [Daniela Kolářová](/source/Daniela_Kol%C3%A1%C5%99ov%C3%A1) (born 1946), actress

- [Lloyd A. Simandl](/source/Lloyd_A._Simandl) (born 1948 or 1950), Czech-Canadian film director and producer

- [Mikoláš Chadima](/source/Mikol%C3%A1%C5%A1_Chadima) (born 1952), Czech musician

- [Ladislav Jakl](/source/Ladislav_Jakl) (born 1959), musician and journalist

- [Jaromír Bosák](/source/Jarom%C3%ADr_Bos%C3%A1k) (born 1965), sports commentator and journalist

- [Ilona Csáková](/source/Ilona_Cs%C3%A1kov%C3%A1) (born 1970), Czech singer

- [Pavel Nedvěd](/source/Pavel_Nedv%C4%9Bd) (born 1972), footballer

- [Martin Fenin](/source/Martin_Fenin) (born 1987), footballer

## Twin towns – sister cities

See also: [List of twin towns and sister cities in the Czech Republic](/source/List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_the_Czech_Republic)

Cheb is [twinned](/source/Sister_city) with:[44]

- [Bắc Ninh](/source/B%E1%BA%AFc_Ninh), Vietnam

- [Hof](/source/Hof%2C_Germany), Germany

- [Nová Dubnica](/source/Nov%C3%A1_Dubnica), Slovakia

Since [the fall of the Iron Curtain](/source/Revolutions_of_1989), Cheb has also had cordial relationships with the neighbouring German towns of [Waldsassen](/source/Waldsassen) and [Marktredwitz](/source/Marktredwitz).

## Gallery

		- Historic houses on the town square

		- Sand Gate near the Ohře

		- Cheb Theatre

		- Gardens of the Franciscan monastery

## See also

- [Madonna with St John the Baptist and St John the Evangelist (Cheb)](/source/Madonna_with_St_John_the_Baptist_and_St_John_the_Evangelist_(Cheb))

- [Winged Altarpiece of Our Lady from Seeberg](/source/Winged_Altarpiece_of_Our_Lady_from_Seeberg)

## References

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Cheb"](https://web.archive.org/web/20240908225702/https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/2.2/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/CzechRepublic/CSV/Cheb_11406.csv). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Archived from [the original](https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/2.2/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/CzechRepublic/CSV/Cheb_11406.csv) on 2024-09-08. Retrieved 2024-01-12.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Množství nového sněhu v jednotlivé měsíce v jednotlivé roky"](https://web.archive.org/web/20240908225003/https://www.envidata.cz/dataAnalysis/meteoKlima/N.php?ID=L3CHEB01&type=graphMY) (in Czech). Czech Hydrometeorological Institute. Archived from [the original](https://www.envidata.cz/dataAnalysis/meteoKlima/N.php?ID=L3CHEB01&type=graphMY) on 2024-09-08. Retrieved 2024-09-08.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Slovanské pohřebiště"](https://www.hrad-cheb.cz/cz/slovanske-pohrebiste) (in Czech). Cheb Castle. Retrieved 2022-06-07.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-EB1911_11-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-EB1911_11-1) One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the [public domain](/source/Public_domain): [Chisholm, Hugh](/source/Hugh_Chisholm), ed. (1911). "[Eger](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Eger_(Austria))". *[Encyclopædia Britannica](/source/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition)*. Vol. 9 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 12.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-history_12-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-history_12-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-history_12-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-history_12-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-history_12-4) ["Generel veřejného osvětlení"](https://www.cheb.cz/assets/File.ashx?id_org=5091&id_dokumenty=984167) (in Czech). Město Cheb. September 2019. p. 9. Retrieved 2023-03-23.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-osa_13-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-osa_13-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-osa_13-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-osa_13-3) ["Časová osa"](http://encyklopedie.cheb.cz/cz/casova-osa). *Encyklopedie města Cheb* (in Czech). Retrieved 2023-03-23.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-castle_14-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-castle_14-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-castle_14-2) ["Příběh Chebského hradu"](https://www.hrad-cheb.cz/cz/pribeh-chebskeho-hradu) (in Czech). Cheb Castle. Retrieved 2023-03-23.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Prinz_15-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Prinz_15-1) Friedrich Prinz, ed. (1993). *Deutsche Geschichte im Osten Europas: Böhmen und Mähren* (in German). Siedler. p. 241.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** Bouverie, Tim (2019). *Appeasement: Chamberlain, Hitler, Churchill, and the Road to War* (1st ed.). New York: [Tim Duggan Books](/source/Tim_Duggan_Books). p. 260. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-451-49984-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-451-49984-4). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [1042099346](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1042099346).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** ["Gestapogefängnis Eger"](https://www.bundesarchiv.de/zwangsarbeit/haftstaetten/index.php?action=2.2&tab=7&id=959). *bundesarchiv.de* (in German). Retrieved 2023-11-07.

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1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-vie_22-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-vie_22-1) [""Billig, billig." Němci chebské tržnice milovali, Vietnamci už ale chtějí žít jinak"](https://zpravy.aktualne.cz/ekonomika/billig-billig-nemci-chebske-trznice-milovali-vietnamci-uz-al/r~b1d2ce70177e11eb9d74ac1f6b220ee8/). *Aktuálně.cz* (in Czech). 2020-10-29. Retrieved 2023-03-23.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-25)** ["Station details Cheb"](https://www.cd.cz/en/stanice/cheb/75035). [České dráhy](/source/%C4%8Cesk%C3%A9_dr%C3%A1hy). Retrieved 2025-05-15.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-26)** ["Chebské letiště je nejstarší v České republice"](https://chebsky.denik.cz/zpravy_region/letiste_cheb_120070511.html) (in Czech). Deník.cz. 2007-05-12. Retrieved 2020-11-23.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-27)** ["Západočeská univerzita rozšiřuje činnost své Fakulty pedagogické v Chebu"](https://www.cheb.cz/zapadoceska-univerzita-rozsiruje-cinnost-sve-fakulty-pedagogicke-v-chebu/d-986306) (in Czech). Město Cheb. 2021-06-21. Retrieved 2023-03-23.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-28)** ["O klubu"](https://web.archive.org/web/20230327210725/http://hvezdacheb.cz/o-klubu/) (in Czech). FK Hvězda Cheb. Archived from [the original](http://hvezdacheb.cz/o-klubu/) on 2023-03-27. Retrieved 2023-03-23.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-29)** ["Abeceda ploché dráhy – písmeno "CH""](https://www.speedwayfakta.cz/2008/11/abeceda-ploche-drahy-pismeno-ch/). *speedwayfakta.cz* (in Czech). Retrieved 2024-03-30.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-30)** ["Individual Czechoslovak Championship"](http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/indmczechoslowacji.php). *historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl* (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-03-30.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-31)** ["Kaple sv. Erharda a Uršuly – dvojitá kaple"](https://www.hrad-cheb.cz/cz/kaple-sv-erharda-a-ursuly) (in Czech). Cheb Castle. Retrieved 2023-03-24.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-32)** ["Hrad Cheb"](https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/hrad-cheb-12557910) (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2026-05-15.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-33)** ["Špalíček"](http://encyklopedie.cheb.cz/cz/encyklopedie/spalicek). *Encyklopedie města Cheb* (in Czech). Retrieved 2022-06-07.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-34)** ["Schirdingerovský dům"](https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/schirdingerovsky-dum-20576146) (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2023-03-24.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-35)** ["Town House"](https://www.visitcheb.cz/pamatky/domy-namesti-pesi-zona/48?lang=en). Visit Cheb. Retrieved 2023-03-24.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-36)** ["Grüner House"](https://visitcheb.cz/pamatky/domy-namesti-pesi-zona/16?lang=en). Visit Cheb. Retrieved 2023-03-24.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-37)** ["Church of Saint Nicholas"](https://visitcheb.cz/pamatky/kostely-klastery/105?lang=en). Visit Cheb. Retrieved 2023-03-24.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-38)** ["Kostel sv. Mikuláše"](https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/kostel-sv-mikulase-15266492) (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2023-03-24.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-39)** ["Franciscan Church and Monastery"](https://visitcheb.cz/pamatky/kostely-klastery/97?lang=en). Visit Cheb. Retrieved 2023-03-24.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-40)** ["Kostel sv. Mikuláše"](https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/klaster-klarisek-s-byv-kostelem-sv-klary-14884939) (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2023-03-24.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-41)** ["Dominikánský klášter s kostelem sv. Václava"](https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/dominikansky-klaster-s-kostelem-sv-vaclava-15301047) (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2023-03-24.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-42)** ["Loreta"](https://www.pamatkovykatalog.cz/loreta-153259779) (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2023-03-24.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-43)** ["Loreta Starý Hrozňatov – poutní areál Maria Loreto"](https://www.kudyznudy.cz/aktivity/loreta-stary-hroznatov) (in Czech). CzechTourism. Retrieved 2023-03-24.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-44)** ["Partnerská města"](https://www.cheb.cz/partnerska-mesta/ms-75640/) (in Czech). Město Cheb. Retrieved 2026-05-15.

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