The source of the Eger River is located at an elevation of 752 meters at the northwestern foot of Schneeberg (1,051 meters), the highest peak in the Smrčiny Mountains.

The spring is lined with twelve roughly hewn granite stones. Carved into them are the names of the towns and villages that contributed to the spring’s development and through which the Eger River flows. The front stone, slightly taller and more massive and bearing the town’s coat of arms, belongs to the town of Cheb. The other stones bear the names Weißenstadt, Marktleuthen, Kynšperk (Königsberg), Sokolov (Falkenau), Loket (Elbogen), Karlovy Vary (Karlsbad), Rybáře (Fischern), Klášterec (Klösterle), Kadaň (Kaaden), Žatec (Saaz), and Postoloprty (Postelberg). The spring was renovated on the initiative of the city of Cheb in 1923. The work was carried out by the stonemasonry firm Grasyma from Wunsiedel.

Immediately next to the spring’s rim, a rectangular granite block stands on two stone blocks, bearing an engraved, slightly modified text from the song “Podersamer Heimatklänge.” On the opposite side of the granite block is carved the inscription “Egerquelle” and the year 1923. The official consecration of the spring took place on the first Pentecost Sunday of 1924.