Marktredwitz () is a town in the district of Wunsiedel, in Bavaria, Germany, close to the Czech border. It is situated 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. The town celebrated the Horticultural Show 2006 in cooperation with Cheb. People Ronny Krippner, organist Birgit Lodes, musicologist Oscar Loew, agricultural chemist Ersen Martin, former footballer Erkan Martin, former footballer Reinhard Pöllath (born 1948), German businessman Karl Ritter, Nazi politician Reinhard Scheer, admiral Clubs Volleyballgemeinschaft Fichtelgebirge Marktredwitz References Wunsiedel (district)