Egerland

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Egerland is a historical region in western Bohemia, centered around the town of Cheb (Eger), known for its mixed German-Czech cultural heritage and shifting political borders.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Egerland canonical 5
Egerländer 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region ⓘ
associatedWith Egerländer folk culture ⓘ
borderedBy Bavaria ⓘ
Saxony ⓘ
borderRegionOf Czech Republic ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
centeredAround Cheb ⓘ
containsTown Aš ⓘ
Cheb ⓘ
Františkovy Lázně ⓘ
country Czech Republic ⓘ
experiencedEvent expulsion of Germans after World War II ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage Czech ⓘ
German ⓘ
hasCzechName Chebsko ⓘ
hasGermanName Egerland ⓘ
hasHeritage Catholic traditions ⓘ
Central European spa culture ⓘ
hasHistoricalName Regio Egrensis ⓘ
hasMinority German-speaking minority (historically) ⓘ
hasRiver Ohře ⓘ
hasTopography hilly landscape ⓘ
hasTraditionalDialect Egerländer dialect ⓘ
hasTraditionalMusic Egerländer Blasmusik ⓘ
historicalCenter Cheb ⓘ
linked to: Chebsko
historicalLanguage Czech ⓘ
German ⓘ
historicallyRuledBy Austria-Hungary ⓘ
Czechoslovakia ⓘ
Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
Kingdom of Bohemia ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
historicalPopulation ethnic Czechs ⓘ
ethnic Germans ⓘ
historicalStatus peripheral region of the Bohemian Crown ⓘ
knownFor mixed German-Czech culture ⓘ
shifting political borders ⓘ
locatedIn western Bohemia ⓘ
linked to: West Bohemia
locatedInCurrentRegion Karlovy Vary Region ⓘ
namedAfter Eger River ⓘ
partOf Bohemia ⓘ
Lands of the Bohemian Crown ⓘ
linked to: Bohemian Crown
partOfHistoricalRegion Sudetenland ⓘ
relatedEthnographicGroup Egerländer ⓘ
linked to: Egerland
timePeriod Middle Ages to 20th century as distinct region ⓘ
usedAs crossroads between Bohemia and Germany ⓘ
wasAnnexedBy Nazi Germany in 1938 ⓘ
wasReintegratedInto Czechoslovakia after World War II ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Cheb → hasHistoricRegion → Egerland ⓘ
Cheb region → historicalName → Egerland ⓘ
Egerland → hasGermanName → Egerland ⓘ
Egerland → relatedEthnographicGroup → Egerländer ⓘ
linked to: Egerland
Eger Region → hasHistoricalName → Egerland ⓘ