Cheb

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Area: 96.4 km?

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Population: 33,256 (2003)

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Cheb (German: Eger) is a city in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It is situated on the river Oh?e, at the foot of one of the spurs of the Smr?iny.

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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. 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.

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Karlovy Vary Region: Karlovy Vary Region () is an administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located in the westernmost part of its historical region of Bohemia. It is named after its capital Karlovy Vary....

Czech Republic: The Czech Republic (Czech: ?esk? republika ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The republic borders Poland to the north, Germany to the northwest and west, Austria to the south, and Slovakia to the east. Although the Czech Republic is the youngest country in Europe, it offers many examples ...