Cheb belongs to the oldest towns in the Czech Republic. Its history dates back to the 11th century. The following century left a remarkable trace on its face – a Romanesque castle – an imperial palace (the only in the Czech Republic) and the two-floor Chapels of St. Erhard and St. Ursula, the construction of which was initiated by Friedrich Barbarossa. In the municipal housing area excel the colourful square with characteristic ridge roofs, Špalíček or the Gothic rectory Church of St. Nicolas and Elisabeth. The antique house Nr.3 (the building of the Cheb museum) is famous with the murder of the emperor’s generalissimos Albrecht of Valdštejn in 1634. The Baroque period brought remarkable religious buildings and a monumental town hall. Cheb has become a natural and lively centre of the Euro region Egrensis.