Eberbach (Baden)
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The city of Eberbach (IPA /'e:bərbax/) lies in northern Baden-Württemberg, 33 km east of Heidelberg, and belongs to the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis.
Geography
Location
Eberbach lies at the foot of the Katzenbuckel, at 626 m the highest elevation in the Odenwald, in the Naturpark Neckartal-Odenwald, on the romantic Burgenstraße (Mountain Road) along the river Neckar.Parts of town
Eberbach includes the communities of Neckarwimmersbach, Brombach, Friedrichsdorf, Lindach, Rockenau, Badisch Igelsbach, Gaimühle, Unterdielbach, Badisch Schöllenbach and Pleutersbach.
Eberbach's location in the Rhein-Neckar-KreisHistory
Hotel KarpfenEberbach is a former Imperial Free City, founded soon after 1227 – when the castle was first mentioned – by German King Henry VII of the House of Hohenstaufen. After his pledge to the Counts Palatine in 1330, the old Free City belonged to the Palatinate. In 1803 it fell to the Principality of Leiningen, and by 1806 it belonged to Baden.
Council
Mayor
Berndhard Martin (CDU) is Eberbach's elected mayor. His time in office runs until 31 December 2012.Coat of arms
Description: (source: Archiv der Stadt Eberbach, Dr. Rüdiger Lenz, Archive Head)Eberbach's coat of arms is heraldically described thus: In argent (white or silver) on lowered wavy fess azure a striding boar sable. This makes the coat of arms a rebus of the city's name – a "canting" coat of arms – since it shows a boar (Eber in German) and a wavy blue line representing a brook (Bach in German). Eberbach's flag is blue and white (or blue and silver). As an Imperial City, Eberbach would have had leave originally to have its arms bear the Imperial eagle. The Imperial eagle was once to be found in the city wall at the upper gate. A photograph taken of it in 1909, along with the armorial stone itself, are today kept in the City Museum, where they may be seen. The current coat of arms has been established to be from a seal impression dating back to 1387. The boar's appearance, however, in today's arms, adopted in 1976, is clearly unlike the original.
City partnerships
Culture and sightseeing
The historic old town, which is a pedestrian precinct, with its four well maintained towers, many well-kept half-timbered houses and some city wall remains is a magnet for tourists. Likewise, the Eberbach castle ruins, which stand above the city on one of the mountains in the Odenwald range that surrounds the town, are worthy of sightseeing as part of the string of castles along the river Neckar. Eberbach also lies on the Burgenstraße (Mountain Road), which leads from Mannheim all the way to Prague.The Ohrsberg is an elevation in Eberbach. It shapes the city and is 229 m high.
Museums
Several museums can be found in Eberbach:- Heimatmuseum der Stadt Eberbach ("Homeland Museum")
- Küfereimuseum (cooperage)
- Zinnfiguren-Kabinett (tin figures)
Regular events
The following events are held yearly:- Apfeltag (Apple Day) – mid-October
- Bärlauchtage (Bear's Garlic Days) - mid-March to mid-April
- Frühlingsfest (Spring Festival) - mid-May
- Kuckucksmarkt (Cuckoo Market): Eberbach's Cuckoo Market is a folk festival on the last weekend of August. The name traces itself back to an old traditional story. According to the tale, an Eberbacher (from the main town north of the Neckar) in an inn in Neckarwimmersbach (on the south bank) was served a cuckoo, rather than the pigeon that he had ordered. This he then proceeded to consume. The Cuckoo Market is held in Neckarwimmersbach at the "In der Au" sports grounds and in several streets (Schwanheimer Straße, Beckstraße, Neckarbrücke). It was once held on the Neckar's north bank between Pulverturm and Grüner Baum, which is nowadays where the aforesaid Spring Festival is held.
Economy and infrastructure
Transport
The S 1/2 lines of the S-Bahn RheinNeckar run half-hourly along the Neckar towards Mosbach and Heidelberg/Mannheim. Moreover, regional express trains shuttle along this same right of way two-hourly bound for Mannheim and Heilbronn. Regional trains also run every two hours along the Odenwaldbahn to Darmstadt and Frankfurt.
Eberbach, unlike most cities of comparable size, maintains its own transport system, the Stadtwerke Eberbach (SWE). The fleet comprises all together 6 buses which weekdays serve the main routes (Ledigsberg and Eberbach/Nord) from 5:10 to 19:30 half-hourly, and lesser routes irregularly. Saturdays the buses run from 6:30 to 14:50. At the Spring Festival and the Cuckoo Market, special services are laid on. In the latter case, the service runs quite late into the evening to accommodate "marketgoers".
City transport serves the following routes:
- 801, 807: Railway station – Ledigsberg
- 802, 802a, 809: Railway station – Eberbach/Nord
- 803: Railway station – Rockenau
- 804: Railway station – Igelsbach
- 805: Railway station – Holdergrund
- 806: Hirschhorn – Brombach; this line is run by the Heckmann firm on the SWE's behalf.
Eberbach also lies on the well-used Bundesstraßen (Federal Highways) B37 and B45.
Established enterprises
Eberbach is headquarters to the world's biggest gelatin producer, the DGF Group, the textile machine factory Dilo, the rowboat building yard Empacher and the ticket vending and fare collecting machine manufacturer, Krauth Technology, whose products are sold worldwide. The headquarters of the Neckardraht Group (wire makers) is likewise also found in the city on the Neckar.Media
- The Eberbacher Zeitung is a daily newspaper built on groundwork laid out by the Südwest-Presse, an Ulm newspaper.
- The Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung maintains its own local editing in Eberbach and publishes a special Eberbach and area edition (Eberbacher Nachrichten).
- The Eberbach-Channel (see link below) is an online information service for Eberbach and area.
- Filling this out are many weekly editions of free newspapers funded through advertising.
Education
The following schools stand in Eberbach:- Steigegrundschule
- Dr.-Weiß Grund- und Förderschule
- Hauptschule Eberbach
- Realschule Eberbach
- Hohenstaufen-Gymnasium
- Gewerbeschule Eberbach
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the city
External links
- [City's official website]
- [Eberbach Channel – Online city magazine with current news]
- [Pleutersbach webpage]
- [Rockenau webpage]
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