In terms of its history and in terms of preserved monuments, Cheb is an exceptional town.
A study of the houses standing on the main Cheb square, where one could expect the preservation of historical rafters thanks to the town’s history and the appearance of the several-storey patrician houses with high roofs, was carried out, and so we were able to discover and document the largest complex of rafters, including at least twelve medieval rafters, twenty Renaissance and Baroque ones, and more than twenty other rafters dating to a more recent periods. Many of them represent the oldest examples of the given type in our region, or exceptional carpentry work in terms of artisanship or size and proportion.
The elaborated study thus increased the already great historical significance of Cheb in the context of the entire Czech Republic. No other Czech town can boast such a varied and yet comprehensive group of preserved historical rafters.
In their significance, the Cheb rafters are comparable only with several historical towns in western Europe.
