Waldsassen is a town in the district of Tirschenreuth in the Upper Palatinate region of Bavaria. Waldsassen is the northernmost municipality of the Upper Palatinate region. In the northeast, it borders the town of Cheb in the Czech Republic. The historic tripoint of ducal Altbayern, the Franconian lands of Bayreuth, and the Bohemian Egerland lies near the village of Pechtnersreuth.