Eger

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Eger is the former German name for the Czech town of Cheb, a historic settlement near the German border in western Bohemia.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Eger (Cheb) 1
Eger (Ohře) 1

Statements (26)

Predicate Object
instanceOf exonym
former name
appliesTo Cheb NERFINISHED
associatedLanguageCommunity Sudeten Germans NERFINISHED
associatedWith Sudetenland NERFINISHED
coordinateSubject Cheb NERFINISHED
countryAtTimeOfUse Austria-Hungary NERFINISHED
Czechoslovakia NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Bohemia NERFINISHED
formerNameOf Cheb NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeNameForm Eger (Cheb) NERFINISHED
hasCurrentOfficialName Cheb NERFINISHED
historicSettlementNameFor Cheb NERFINISHED
languageOfName German
locatedIn Bohemia
Czech Republic NERFINISHED
western Bohemia NERFINISHED
nameStatus obsolete in official Czech usage
still used in German context
nameType toponym
near German border
partOf historical region of Bohemia
region Karlovy Vary Region NERFINISHED
usedBefore 20th century name standardization in Czechoslovakia
usedBy German speakers
usedIn German-language historical sources

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cheb formerName Eger
Hof district hasRiver Eger
Detmold hasTwinTown Eger
this entity surface form: Eger (Cheb)
Pardubice hasTwinTown Eger
Fichtel Mountains sourceOfRiver Eger
this entity surface form: Eger (Ohře)