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Castle Gate of Cheb Castle

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Castle Gate of Cheb Castle

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1. Cheb Castle Walls – Town Hall of Cheb loop from Františkovy Lázně-Aquaforum

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2. Viewpoint Over Cheb Castle – Cheb Castle Walls loop from Cheb

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3. Cheb Castle Walls – Town Hall of Cheb loop from Klest

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Andrea und Huskys 🐺

April 1, 2024

Crossing the moat via a wooden bridge, you reach Eger Castle through this imposing gate.

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December 14, 2024

In the evening, access through this massive gate is unfortunately blocked.

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Harald Schramm (Schocker)

September 26, 2022

Around the year 900, a Slavic castle stood on a mountain spur above the Eger. Its foundations and cemetery were discovered in 1900 during an excavation by the Eger city archivist and museum director Karl Siegl. Around 1120, when the surrounding Egerland had become part of the Nordgau (Bavaria) due to colonization and Christianization, a castle complex was built on the mountain spur under Margrave Diepold III of Vohburg. This became an administrative center of the Holy Roman Empire when the Egerland passed to the Staufers by inheritance in 1167. From 1179, after Emperor Frederick Barbarossa's first stay in the imperial city of Eger (Cheb), the castle complex was expanded into an imperial palace. The impressive Romanesque palace, the Black Tower and the double chapel of St. Martin were built by 1189. The upper chapel of St. Erhard and St. Ursula was decorated from 1180 to 1220. After the end of the Staufer period, part of the Egerland was pledged to the King of Bohemia, who used Eger Castle for festivities and representation until 1471. Then the imperial city of Eger, secured by a city wall with guarded gates, again became the owner of the complex and stationed a mercenary troop under a mercenary captain in the outer bailey. After a fire in 1472, the buildings were converted into residential and entrance areas.

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Location: Karlovarský kraj, Severozápad, Czech Republic

Castle Gate of Cheb Castle

1. Cheb Castle Walls – Town Hall of Cheb loop from Františkovy Lázně-Aquaforum

2. Viewpoint Over Cheb Castle – Cheb Castle Walls loop from Cheb

3. Cheb Castle Walls – Town Hall of Cheb loop from Klest

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