Marktredwitz

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Marktredwitz

Total population

18,087

Elevation529 m

Land area49.52 km²

Coordinates50.00°, 12.09°

Demographic figures from Destatis. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

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.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Oscar Loew

Agricultural chemist (1844-1941)

Christoph Weigel the Elder

German engraver, art dealer and publisher (1654-1725)

Heinz F. Dressel

German writer and theologian

Peter Kolbe

astronomer (1675-1726) in South Africa

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Albrecht Schläger

German politician

B

Berthold Kohler

German journalist

R

Reinhard Pöllath

German businessperson

Karl Ritter

German diplomat and convicted Nazi war criminal (1883-1968)

Denis Reul

German ice hockey player

Ersen Martin

Turkish association football player (1979–2024)

B

Birgit Lodes

German musicologist

W

Wolfgang Caspar Fikentscher

German chemist

H

Helmut Ruppert

German earth scientist

Wolf-Dieter Wichmann

German actor

G

Georg Christoph von Gravenreuth

U

Ulrich Czermak

German modern pentathlete

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Marktredwitz

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

colt's-foot

Tussilago farfara

Seen 2026-05-24

European Hornet

Vespa crabro

Seen 2026-05-22

Meadow Saxifrage

Saxifraga granulata

Seen 2026-05-17

common columbine

Aquilegia vulgaris

Seen 2026-05-17

Cross Orbweaver

Araneus diadematus

Seen 2026-05-17

Black Rampion

Phyteuma nigrum

Seen 2026-05-17

Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica

Seen 2026-05-14

Red Valerian

Centranthus ruber

Seen 2026-05-11

common bilberry

Vaccinium myrtillus

Seen 2026-05-10

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Events

Notable, recurring, and historical events associated with Marktredwitz, sourced from Wikidata.

• Bayerischer Nordgautag

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Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Gallery

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