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Cheb Castle
🇨🇿 Czech Republic · 12th century
Cheb Castle (also Burg Eger, Czech Chebský hrad) is an imperial palatinate, castle and fortress complex above the river Ohře in the town of Cheb in the west of the Czech Republic.
Machine-translated from “Burg Cheb” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cheb Castle ranks #4,316 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #119 of the 203 mapped in Czech Republic. Founded c. 1200, it is older than 77% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 563 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,369 times in the last 60 days, more than 57% of the atlas. 5 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Karlovy Vary, 40 km away. It is one of the 159 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Bohemia. See how Czech Republic compares in the castle statistics.
View on the interactive castle map →Frequently asked questions
Where is Cheb Castle?
Cheb Castle stands in the Czech Republic, at 50.08122°, 12.36606°.
When was Cheb Castle built?
The atlas dates its founding to c. 1200. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Cheb Castle?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #4,316 of 8,133 worldwide, and #119 in the Czech Republic. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Cheb Castle?
Seeberg, about 8 km away.
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