Cheb District () is a district in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Cheb. It is the westernmost district of the Czech Republic.
Cheb District is divided into three administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Cheb, Aà ¡ and Mariánské LáznÃÂ.
Towns are marked in bold:
Aà ¡ - Cheb - DolnÃ à ½andov - Drmoul - Frantià ¡kovy Láznà- Hazlov - Hranice - Krásná - Kà Âià ¾ovatka - LáznàKynà ¾vart - Libá - Lipová - Luby - Mariánské Láznà- Milhostov - MilÃÂkov - Mnichov - Nebanice - Nový Kostel - Odrava - Okrouhlá - Ovesné Kladruby - Plesná - Podhradà- Pomezànad Ohà Âà- Poustka - Prameny - Skalná - Stará Voda - Teplá - Tà Âebeà  - Tà Âi Sekery - TrstÃÂnice - Tuà Âany - Valy - Velká HleÃÂsebe - Velký Luh - Vlkovice - Vojtanov - Zádub-Závià ¡ÃÂn
Cheb District borders Germany in the west. It includes the Aà ¡ Panhandle area, which makes it the westernmost district of the Czech Republic. The relief is very varied and includes both flat plains and hilly areas with relatively high altitudes. The territory extends into seven geomorphological mesoregions: Cheb Basin (centre), Fichtel Mountains (west), Upper Palatine Forest (southwest), PodÃÂeskoleská Hills (south), Teplá Highlands (east), Slavkov Forest (northeast) and Ore Mountains (small part in the north). The highest point of the district is the mountain Lesný in DolnÃ à ½andov with an elevation of . The lowest point is the river bed of the Ohà Âe in Odrava at .
From the total district area of , agricultural land occupies , forests occupy , and water area occupies . Forests cover 39.2% of the district's area.
The most important river is the Ohà Âe, which flows across the district from west to east. Its longest tributary in the area are the rivers Plesná and Teplá. The rivers White Elster and Wondreb spring here and head to Germany. The Röslau briefly forms the Czech-German border before its confluence with the Ohà Âe. The largest bodies of water are two reservoirs: Jesenice, built on the Wondreb, and Skalka, built on the Ohà Âe.
There is one protected landscape area, located in the east of the district: Slavkovský les.
The largest employers with headquarters in Cheb District and at least 500 employees are:
The D6 motorway from Prague to Karlovy Vary and Cheb (part of the European routes E48 and E49) forks and continues to the Czech-German border to the west (as E48) and to the north (as E49).
The town centres of Mariánské Láznàand Frantià ¡kovy Láznàwith the spa cultural landscapes were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2021 as part of the transnational Great Spa Towns of Europe because of its springs and architectural testimony to the popularity of spa towns in Europe during the 18th through 20th centuries.
The most important monuments in the district, protected as national cultural monuments, are:
The best-preserved settlements and landscapes, protected as monument reservations and monument zones, are:
The most visited tourist destinations are the Boheminium miniature park in Mariánské LáznÃÂ, Soos national nature reserve in Skalná, Cheb Castle, and Kynà ¾vart Castle.