• monastery in Cheb Johann Georg Macasius (1617–1653), German physician Adolf Mayerl [de] (1884–1954), German sculptor and ceramic artist Nikolaus Medler [de]...
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    Washington DC Krampusnacht walk (2016) A St. Nicholas procession with Krampus, and other characters, c. 1910 St. Nikolaus with 12 Straggele in Berchtesgadener...
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    during this siege as Abbess Amalie of Hirschberg escaped with her nuns to Cheb (Eger). The Cloister was looted and later turned into a school. After the...
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    in February 1634, and on 25th, he was assassinated by his own officers in Cheb. The loss of Wallenstein and his organisation left Emperor Ferdinand reliant...
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    Halle and Cheb in Bohemia gave Altenburg economic importance in the salt trade. The first castle, located under the present day church St. Bartholomäi...
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    the upper ward of Münzenberg Castle. Cheb Castle, Czech Republic, has retained intact the Chapel of St Erhard and St Ursula. Few houses of the Romanesque...
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    southern France, Arles, and Toulouse, Autun, Alsace". The Eger fortress (Czech: Cheb): Around 1180–90, he built the Eger imperial fortress at an ancient Slavic...
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