Church of St. Nicolas in Cheb, Romanesque church in Cheb, Czech Republic

The Church of St. Nicolas and St. Elizabeth is a late-Gothic three-nave hall with four bays of cross vaults, 50 m long, 30 m wide and 21 m high. From the original Romanesque basilica remain both towers, the west facade with its portal and the north-aisle portal; the narrow early-Gothic presbytery has a polygonal end. Wall paintings from the late 15th century were restored after 2008.

Construction of the Romanesque basilica began in the 1220s; a side altar was consecrated in 1239. After a fire in 1270, a Gothic choir and sacristy were added. In 1456–1476, Jörg of Cheb and Eberhard Bauer rebuilt it as a late Gothic hall church, later given Baroque onion domes by Balthasar Neumann after the 1742 fire.

Since 1996 the church has hosted the Eger Organ Summer (Chebské varhanní léto) every July and August, led by Cheb-born organist Martina Kolárová, with solo recitals and combinations of organ with winds, strings and voice. A Gothic sacrament house stands in the presbytery, and two Renaissance tombstones are kept in the south porch.

The south tower and the crypt under the church have been open to the public since 3 April 2016; the tower climb gives a view over the town, the crypt holds the burial chamber where the coffin of Sidonie Šliková was found. The church is still the parish church of Cheb. The organ summer festival Chebské varhanní léto takes place here each July and August.

The south tower and the crypt below the church have been open to the public since 3 April 2016, funded by a European project costing almost 10 million korunas. In the crypt rests a rare coffin with the remains of Sidonie Šliková, a noblewoman who lived around 1600; her remains were moved there in 1894.