What is "vogtland"

Vogtland (, ) is a region reaching across the German free states of Bavaria, Saxony and Thuringia and into the Czech Republic (north-western Bohemia). It overlaps with and is largely contained within Euregio Egrensis. The name alludes to the former leadership by the Vögte (approximately "advocates" or "lords protector") of Weida, Gera and Plauen.

Nowadays Vogtland also serves as a common colloquial abbreviation for Vogtlandkreis.