Marktredwitz

Marktredwitz (; ; ) is a town in the district of Wunsiedel, in Bavaria, Germany, close to the Czech border, 22 km west of Cheb, 50 km east of Bayreuth and 50 km south of Hof/Saale. Marktredwitz station is at the junction of the Nuremberg–Cheb railway and the Munich–Hof railway. It celebrated the Horticultural Show 2006 in cooperation with Cheb.

Key facts

German location.type: Stadt
German location.image_photo: Marktredwitz Neues Rathaus.jpg
German location.image_caption: New town hall
German location.image_coa: DEU Marktredwitz COA.svg
German location.image_plan: Marktredwitz in WUN.svg
German location.state: Bayern
German location.region: Oberfranken
German location.district: Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge
German location.elevation: 482-660
German location.area: 49.52
German location.postal_code: 95615
German location.area_code: 09231
German location.licence: WUN, MAK, REH, SEL
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 09 4 79 136
German location.divisions: 23 Ortsteile
German location.website: www.marktredwitz.de
German location.mayor: Oliver Weigel
German location.leader_term: 2020–26

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== Notable people == Holger Grießhammer, politician Ronny Krippner, organist Birgit Lodes, musicologist Oscar Loew, agricultural chemist Ersen Martin, footballer Erkan Martin, footballer Reinhard Pöllath, lawyer Karl Ritter, Nazi politician Reinhard Scheer, admiral

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