Hohenberg an der Eger is a town in the district of Wunsiedel, in

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. It is situated on the river

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, on the border with the

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, 11 km west of

Cheb Cheb (; ) is a town in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 33,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Ohře River. Before the Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, expulsion of Germans in 1945, the town was the centre of the G ...

, and 14 km northeast of

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 Nuremb ...

. It was home to

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ceramic. Though best known for its ceramic production, Hohenberg has also produced some of Bavaria's elite soccer talent. Mauricio Göhlert played for the youth teams of SpVgg SV Weiden and

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before signing with SV Mitterteich in 2013.SV Mitterteich website (in German)

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Wunsiedel (district) {{Wunsiedel-geo-stub

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