Marktredwitz
Town
New town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Marktredwitz within Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge district
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Coordinates: 50°0′N 12°4′E / 50.000°N 12.067°E / 50.000; 12.067
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Oberfranken
District	Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge
Subdivisions	23 Ortsteile
Government
•  Lord mayor (2020–26)	Oliver Weigel [1] ( CSU)
Area
• Total	49.52 km2 (19.12 sq mi)
Highest elevation	660 m (2,170 ft)
Lowest elevation	482 m (1,581 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31) [2]
• Total	17,206
• Density	350/km2 (900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 ( CET)
• Summer ( DST)	UTC+02:00 ( CEST)
Postal codes	95615
Dialling codes	09231
Vehicle registration	WUN, MAK, REH, SEL
Website	www.marktredwitz.de

Marktredwitz (German: [maʁktˈʁɛt.vɪt͡s] ^ⓘ) 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.

Notable people

• 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

Clubs

• Volleyballgemeinschaft Fichtelgebirge Marktredwitz

References

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