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| Boars | ||
| federal state | Bavaria | |
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| Residents | 7.270 (2019) | |
| height | 270 m | |
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Boars is a city in the Hassbergen in the northern Lower Franconia. The charming half-timbered town still has remains of the medieval city wall to offer, the six still preserved historical towers are the landmark. In the Middle Ages, the place was close to important road and trade connections - the medieval old town still bears witness to this time.
background
Ebern is documented for the first time as Lützelebern Mentioned in 1151 and again in 1230 as "civitas" (a fortified place with walls and towers). The town received its town charter in 1335 from King Ludwig the Bavarian and almost 100 years later in 1430, most of the city burned down. During the Thirty Years War many buildings in the town are destroyed.
After Ebern gave the Kingdom of Bavaria is slammed, the then district town was given several offices from 1877, such as the district court or the customs office, which held office until 1972 as Ebern im Haßberge district was incorporated.
In addition to Ebern with the historic old town, the community also consists of the following districts:
- 1 Albersdorf
- 2 Bischwind on the Raueneck
- 3 Bramberg
- 4 Brno
- 5 Eichelberg
- 6 Eyrichshof
- 7 Fierst
- 8 Fischbach
- 9 Frickendorf
- 10 Gemünd
- 11 Heubach
- 12 High cities
- 13 Jesserndorf
- 14 Short wind
- 15 New at the Raueneck
- 16 Reutersbrunn
- 17 Rotenhan
- 18 Ruppach
- 19 Sandhof
- 20 Seal field
- 21 Bacon
- 22 Unterpreppach
- 23 Vorbach
- 24 Weißenbrunn
- 25 Withered village
This includes several small hamlets: Brambergermühle, Gemündermühle, Hetschingsmühle, Lützelebern, Obere Mühle, Papiermühle, Pöppelsmühle, Ruppachsmühle, Sachsenhof and Straßenhof.
getting there
| Distances | |
| Schweinfurt | 55 km |
|---|---|
| Bamberg | 25 km |
| Coburg | 32 km |
By plane
The next international airports are located in Nuremberg (approx. 82 km), in Erfurt-Weimar (approx. 142 km) and in Frankfurt am Main (approx. 215 km).
There are two regional airports in the vicinity:
- 1 Bamberg-Breitenau airfield, Zeppelinstrasse 18, 96052 Bamberg. Tel.: (0)951 45145, Email: [email protected].
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- 2 Coburg Brandenburg Airfield, Tower, Zur Brandensteinsebene, 96450 Coburg. Tel.: 49 (0)9561 92098, Email: [email protected].
By train
- 3 Ebern train station, Häfnergasse, 96106 Ebern. Terminal station of the 18 km long branch line from Ebern to Breitengüßbachwhere they join the main line Nuremberg – Lichtenfels and court connects.
- Since 2006, two to three pairs of trains have only run from Monday to Friday from / to Breitengüßbach with a transfer time of 5 minutes at the station, all other trains run from / to Bamberg. For this purpose, a 90-minute cycle was set up on weekdays from 12 noon to 8 pm. The journey time from Bamberg to Ebern is 35 minutes.
- The next two larger train stations with IC / ICE connections are the 4 Bamberg train station (approx. 30 km) and the 5 Coburg train station (approx. 28 km).
In the street
- The highway
of Nuremberg to Suhl is about 18 km to the east with the exit 
Breitengüßbach. - The motorway is about 27 km away in the south
of Bayreuth to Schweinfurt, Exit 
Bamberg motorway junction. - Ebern is across the federal highway
to reach, as well as via the federal highway 
which runs north of the municipality.
By bike and on foot
The community is criss-crossed by a number of cycling and hiking trails. See also Hiking and cycling tours in boars.
mobility
| Neighboring places of boars | ||
| Burgpreppach | Pfarrweisach | |
| Koenigsberg i. By. |  | Untermerzbach |
| Kirchlauter | Rentweinsdorf | |
The historic old town and the partly preserved medieval city wall in Ebern can be explored on foot or by bike. The neighboring communities in the direction of Bamberg can be reached by train via the terminus in Ebern. The community and its districts are about the VGN Transport association serving the greater Nuremberg area. However, a car is recommended to move between the many small towns.
Tourist Attractions
Map of boars
The well-preserved old town is still largely surrounded by its medieval town fortifications.
Lady Chapel at the cemetery
Sacred buildings
- 1 Catholic parish church of St. Laurentius, Pfarrgasse 6, 96106 Ebern. The late Gothic hall church from the 15th century has a 43 m high church tower with a baroque domed roof and is richly decorated inside. It stands on the highest elevation in the old town (270 m).
- 2 Karner (ossuary), Church square 6 (stands next to the Catholic parish church of St. Laurentius). The ossuary is the oldest building in the city, built in 1464, it is now used as a war memorial.
- 3 Cemetery chapel of St. Maria, Georg and Vitus (better than "Lady Chapel" known), Bahnhofstrasse 15, 96106 Ebern. The late Gothic chapel from the late 15th century at the cemetery with beautiful baroque furnishings is dedicated to Saint Barbara.
- 4 Catholic hospital church St. Elisabeth, Kapellenstrasse 14, 96106 Ebern. from 1724/25.
- 5 Jewish Cemetery, Front Steinberg. The historic cemetery, which was laid out in 1633, has around 1,200 tombstones from the 17th to 19th centuries. Most of the tombstones have Hebrew inscriptions and are mostly made of Rhätsandstein.
Market square and surroundings
- 6 historical town hall, Marketplace 30. The three-story town hall with a magnificent half-timbered facade was built in 1604. Behind the 4 stone arches on the ground floor there used to be an open market hall. The superstructure with the half-timbered gable was built in 1690. The building has been crowned by a bell tower since 1835.
- 7 Fountain of Neptune, Marketplace. Hexagonal baroque market place fountain from 1706 designed by the Bamberg sculptor Johann Sebastian Degler with a Neptune figure.
- 8 Rectory and rectory, Pfarrgasse 2 (opposite the choir of the parish church). The listed half-timbered ensemble originally consists of 2 houses. The superstructure next to the large doorway rests on 4 brackets and dates from 1604.
- 9 Former rent office building, Rittergasse 1 (next to the rectory). The two-storey late baroque building, built in 1722, was first an office building, then a pension office. From 1809 it was the poet's parents' house Friedrich Rückertwho spent his youth here. See also the inscription above the entrance door. Rückert lived entirely in Ebern from 1819 to 1826 as a private scholar. Nowadays the premises are used by the tax office.
- 10 Former princely bulk floor and district office, Rittergasse 3 (next to today's tax office). Former prince-bishop's official building built as a granary around 1700. The "tithe", i.e. the payments in kind of the farmers, was stored on 5 floors one above the other. From 1861/1862 the building became a royal district office and district court. It has been the seat of the Ebern administrative association since 1979 and is still the largest building in the city to this day.
- 11 Former district court prison, Rittergasse 5; Near Rittergasse. Listed building made of sandstone (1811) that borders the city wall. In the courtyard there is a garden pavilion from the 18th century on the city wall.
- In a ravine, today's Hirtengasse under the Grautor, there are several historical ones Basement house.
- 12 Former forest office, Georg-Nadler-Strasse 2. Listed three-storey building with outside staircase and stair tower (1919/20).
- 13 Local history museum Ebern, Marktpl. 42, 96106 Ebern (Next to the gray tower.). Tel.: 49 (0)9531 4756. The local history museum with a total of 17 rooms and over 3,500 exhibits has been located in the former town house since 1974. Historical objects from bourgeois-rural handicrafts, local costumes and furniture, dishes, coats of arms, pictures, books, certificates, seals and local animals are shown. One of the rooms shows the furnishings of an old school room. The gray tower can be visited during the museum's opening hours.Open: March to October Sun public holidays 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. or by arrangement.
Important buildings in Ebern
Former forest office
Towers and city fortifications
The towers of boars
The gray tower is the landmark
The Ebern skittles is an arrangement of what used to be eight towers around the medieval city fortifications, with the parish church tower in the middle as the ninth tower. In the 19th century three towers were demolished, so that today only six remain (goose tower, thief tower, gray tower, stork tower, parish garden tower and the tower of the parish church). The defensive wall was built from local Rhaetian sandstone, where the defensive moat used to run, a park-like ring was created around 1930, which is now ideal for a walk.
- The 14 Gray tower lies at the end of the market square and is one of the highest gate towers in Bavaria with a height of 41.4 m. The tower and its tower parlor can be visited as part of a city tour. Every first Saturday of the month at 9 p.m., a tower keeper blows his horn from the gray tower. From the dome of the tower a carillon "Angel and Death" plays on the quarter and on the hour
- The 15 Goose Tower is not far west of the gray tower. The tower was built up on only 3 sides, with the fourth side facing the city being left open. The guard room in the upper area can only be reached by means of a long ladder via a hatch entry.
- The 16 Theft served as an escape-proof prison until 1811. Through an opening in the interior of the tower, the prisoner was lowered into the tiny and dark cellar with ropes over five meters. The tower stands on the southeast corner of the city wall and is only accessible via an entrance at a height of 6 meters.
- The 17 Stork tower is a corner tower with an onion dome from the 15th – 17th centuries. Century
- The 18 Parish garden tower is a corner tower of the city fortifications from the 15th - 17th centuries.
Castles and ruins
- 19 Eyrichshof Castle, Palace courtyard 7. The Renaissance building from the 16th century is privately owned and can be visited during events. The "Bartele vom Eyrichshof" is the bust of a man with a beard who stands in the gable window of a stair tower. The castle church with a beautiful baroque portal is in the forecourt.
- 20 Rotenhan castle ruins, in Eyrichshof. The remains of this former rock castle are a stop on the castle history educational trail.
- 21 Rauheneck castle ruins, in Vorbach. It was built around 1180 as the district castle of the Würzburg diocese. The ruins can be entered after they have been secured.
- 22 Weissenbrunn Palace, on the edge of Weißenbrunn. is a small baroque country estate that is now privately owned.
More Attractions
- The historical 23 Baunach Bridge from 1757 in the district of Frickendorf crosses, as the name suggests, the Baunach. The three-arched bridge made of Rhaetian sandstone is adorned with 4 sandstone figures: Maria Immaculata, St. Johannes Nepomuk, St. Michael and Georg.
activities
Hiking and cycling tours
- The German holiday route Castle Road, which in their total length of Mannheim to Prague runs through the place. The Franconian part runs from Bamberg via Rentweinsdorf - Ebern - Maroldsweisach to Seßlach.
- The hiking group of the Local history museum Ebern offers many hiking tours throughout the year.
nature
Geotope hollow stone
- The little geotope 24 "Hollow stone" with an area of 1,750 m² is located in the Haßwald approx. 2 km west of the Reutersbrunn district. It is a 70 x 25 m large group of rocks made of Rhät sandstone blocks from the geological age of Mesozoic. Some sandstone slabs, which have loosened over time, lie down the slope.
- 25 "Former training site in Ebern and the surrounding area": The former military training area of the Bundeswehr has been an FFH area since 2004, i.e. a fauna and flora habitat. The local recreation area has several signposted hiking trails with many information and action stations and overview boards. In a species census, around 1,500 animal and plant species were discovered over an area of around 3 km².
Sports
Non-swimmer pool with slide
- 1 Ebern swimming pool, Losbergstrasse 25, 96106 Ebern. Swimmer's pool with 50 meter lanes, diving pool 1 m, 3 m and 5 m diving boards, non-swimmer pool with wave slide and children's paddling pool, basketball hoop, beach volleyball court, hard court, table tennis.Open: Mon - Fri 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.Price: adults 3.00 euros, children 1.70 euros.
- 2 Ebern indoor swimming pool, Georg-Nadler-Strasse, 96106 Ebern. Tel.: (0)9531 6290. Open: Sun 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Mon Wed 5 p.m. - 8 p.m., Tue Thu 6.30 a.m. - 7.45 a.m., Fri 6 p.m. - 9 p.m., Sat 12 p.m. - 4 p.m.
- Fitness trail on the Losberg
guides
- The "Ebern skittles" tour takes about 1.5 hours and leads through the historic old town. It is offered on the first Sunday of each month from April to October.
- Further city tours can be found via the Tourist office get booked.
Regular events
- The Latare market takes place at the end of March around the market square, together with a spring market, hobby artist market and Sunday shopping.
- The Garden party at Eyrichshof Castle takes place at Whitsun
- Medieval market on the market square in Ebern (June)
- Parish fair in OT Heubach (June / July)
- Wheat meeting in the courtyard of the local history museum in Ebern (on the four Thursdays before the Old Town Festival from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.)
- Every year, the end of July is the three-day Ebern old town festival with artists' market and cabaret celebrated
- Summer party at the lake with classic car bulldog meeting in OT Fierst (July)
- At the end of July the Open air concerts at Schloss Eyrichshof
- Braugasse Festival in the Brau- und Rittergasse in Ebern (end of July)
- The Winter timeAt the beginning of November, there is a three-day pre-Christmas market where exhibitors from all over Germany present beautiful and special things.
shop
Every 3rd Friday of the month there is a Farmers market held on the Ebern market square from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (summer break always in August).
- 1 Hümmer butcher's shop, Georg Schäfer Strasse 2, 96106 Ebern. Tel.: 49 9531 6969. Meat, sausage and ready-to-cook products. Hot counter with lunch dishes and snacks. The animals for slaughter come from small farms in the area, without the use of antibiotics, genetic engineering or hormones.Open: Mo - Fr 06:00 a.m. - 06:00 p.m., Sa 06:00 a.m. - 01:00 p.m.
- 2 Angushof Schauer in Bramberg, Triebweg 2, 96106 Ebern (OT Bramberg). Tel.: 49 (0)9534 173388, Email: [email protected].
Sales of organic meat, steaks and sausages from Angus beef directly from the manufacturer. Forage from our own farm and animal welfare. - 1 Grains of spirits, Albrecht-Dürer-Strasse 7, 96106 Ebern. Mobile: 49 152 24002984. Grain brandies, fruit brandies, liqueurs made from grain and fruit from the region are marketed directly from the farm.
kitchen
Franconian / German gastronomy
- 1 Gasthof Frankenstuben, Klein-Nürnberg 20, 96106 Ebern. Tel.: 49 (0)9531 8430, Email: [email protected]. Franconian cuisine. Is a member of the "Naturally from here" project and processes regional products such as B. the excellent freshly caught trout. Has a beer garden in front of the house.Open: closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Sat and Sun kitchen from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Mon, Thu, Fri kitchen from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
- 2 Restaurant Hümmer, Dorfpl. 1, 96106 Ebern (OT Jesserndorf). Tel.: 49 (0)9531 6508. Open: closed on Mondays.
- 3 Gasthof Stern, Marktpl. 5, 96106 Ebern. Tel.: 49 (0)9531 8342. Franconian cuisine, pizza, schnitzel and steaks.Open: Mon - Sat 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. - 11 p.m. Sun 11 am-2pm. Wed day off.
Greek gastronomy
- 4 Restaurant & Steakhouse foresight, Losbergstrasse 25, 96106 Ebern (at the swimming pool). Tel.: 49 (0)9531 943875, Email: [email protected]. Steaks and Greek specialties. The snack bar is open throughout the swimming pool season.Open: Mon - Sat 5pm - 11pm, Sun 11am - 2pm, 5pm - 11pm.
- 5 Tavern at Filios, Lützeleberner Str. 1, 96106 Ebern (in the sports home restaurant TV Ebern). Tel.: 49 9531 9443388. Open: Closed on Mondays, otherwise daily 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Italian gastronomy
- 6 At Peppo, Sandhof 1, 96106 Ebern (OT Sandhof). Tel.: 49 9531 5476, Fax: 49 (0)9531 4662, Email: [email protected].Was the first Italian restaurant in the district, but also offers German and seasonal cuisine. Runs a bed and breakfast. Beer garden available.Open: warm meals: Wed - Sun 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. - 10 p.m. Mo Tu rest days, if a public holiday falls on the rest day, then it is open.Price: Single from € 49, double from € 69.facebook url used
Mexican gastronomy
- 7 Veracruz, Marktplatz 18, 96106 Ebern. Tel.: 49 9531 944914, Email: [email protected]. Mexican cuisine with a bar. Salsa classes and tart games are offered. every Thursday taco day "all you can eat" € 7.90 / person.Open: closed on Mondays, otherwise daily from 5 p.m. Warm meals from 6 p.m. In the summer months also open Wed and Sun from 11 a.m.
Café, bakery, bistro
- 8 Ice cream parlor Alpi, Spitaltorstrasse 1, 96106 Ebern. Tel.: 49 9531 8861.Original Italian ice cream since 1978. Café and ice cream parlor.Price: $$.facebook url used
nightlife
- 2 Weingarten Jesserndorf, Dorfplatz 6, 96106 Ebern OT Jesserndorf. Tel.: (0)9531 8895. Bar & grill restaurant.Open: Thu - Sun 5 p.m. - midnight, closed Mon - Wed.
- 9 Bistro guard, Balthasar-Neumann-Strasse 1, 96106 Ebern. Tel.: (0)9531 5108. Open: Sat 6 p.m. - 2 a.m., Sun 2 p.m. - 1 a.m., Mon - Fri 7 p.m. - 1 a.m.
accommodation
- 1 Pension Bauer / Gästehaus Glaubstein, Zentstrasse 13, 96106 Ebern. Tel.: 49 (0)9531 239, Email: [email protected]. Feature: pension.Price: single room from € 50, double room from € 70 (including breakfast buffet).
- 2 Gasthof Post **, Bahnhofstrasse 2, 96106 Ebern. Tel.: 49 (0)9531 8077, Email: [email protected]. The restaurant has been closed since 2020, the "Hotel garni" is still open.Price: Single from € 44, double from € 68 (including breakfast).
- 3 Landhotel to the old barracks, Im Frauengrund 3, 96106 Ebern. Tel.: (0)9531 9436834, Fax: (0)9531 9436844, Email: [email protected]. Beer garden available.Characteristic: ★★.
- 4 Gasthof Frankenstuben, Klein-Nürnberg 20, 96106 Ebern. Tel.: (0)9531 8430. Characteristic: ★★★.
- 5 Gasthof Forster, Kapellenstrasse 12, 96106 Ebern. Tel.: (0)9531 240. Feature: pension.
- 6 Jugendzetltplatz Reutersbrunn (Registration through the administrative community Ebern.) (South-west of the Reutersbrunn district, right after the church, towards the forest). Tel.: 49 9531 62941, Fax: 49 9531 62952. The campground has a heated log cabin with toilets and showers, a covered outdoor washing facility, lounge, kitchen with gas connection and refrigerator, 2 small ancillary rooms, play area, barbecue area, fireplace and offers space for over 100 to 150 people.
For mobile homes there is a parking space with sanitary facilities at the former sports field in front of the historic city wall.
health
hospital
- 1 Haßberg-Kliniken Haus Ebern, Coburger Str. 21, 96106 Ebern. Tel.: (0)9531 6280.
Pharmacies
- 2 Pharmacy at the Grauturm, Marktplatz 38, 96106 Ebern. Tel.: (0)9531 9233-0, Fax: (0)9531 9233-29, Email: [email protected]. Open: Mon - Fri 8 a.m. - 7 p.m., Sat 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.
- 3 City pharmacy, Marktplatz 7, 96106 Ebern. Tel.: (0)9531 8074, Fax: (0)9531 5631, Email: [email protected]. Open: Mon - Fri 8:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. (Thu until 7:00 p.m.), Sat 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Practical advice
- 4 Tourist office, Rittergasse 3, 96106 Ebern. Tel.: 49 95 31 629 14, Email: [email protected].
- 5 Police Inspectorate Boars, Karl-Hoch-Anlage 1, 96106 Ebern. Tel.: 49 9531 9240.
- 6 Ebern City Library, Kirchplatz 2, 96106 Ebern (At the market square, right next to the parish church.). Tel.: 49 (0)9531 8317, Fax: 49 (0)9531 62952, Email: [email protected]. Inventory with 4,000 novels, 4,500 books for children and young people, many non-fiction books, magazine subscriptions, daily newspapers, games, CD-ROMs, audio books for children and adults and films.Open: Mon 2 p.m. - 6 p.m. Tue 10 a.m. - 1.30 p.m. and 3 p.m. - 6 p.m. Wed closed. Thu 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. - 6 p.m. Fri 2 p.m. - 6 p.m.
- 6 Taxi Hofmann, Bahnhofstrasse 11, 96106 Ebern. Tel.: 49 (0)9531 6326, Mobile: 49 (0)173 3119305. In addition to normal taxi rides, medical, courier and small transport rides are also offered.
- 7 Aral gas station, Klein-Nürnberg 24, 96106 Ebern. Tel.: 49 (0)9531 5560, Fax: 49 (0)9531 943904. Open: Mon - Fri 6 a.m. - 10 p.m. Sat 6 a.m. - 10 p.m. Sun 8 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Banks with ATMs
- 3 Sparkasse - Ebern branch, Marktplatz 3, 96106 Ebern. Tel.: 49 (0)9521 58770. Open: ATM available daily from 5 a.m. to midnight.
- 4 Flessabank, Marktplatz 15, 96106 Ebern. Tel.: 49 (0)9531 92320.
- 5 VR-Bank Lichtenfels-Ebern, Klein Nürnberg 1, 96106 Ebern. Tel.: 49 (0)9531 6210.
trips
- The neighboring one Rentweinsdorf can even be reached with a walk.
- A trip to 25 km away Bamberg with its historic world heritage old town is a must
- The nearby duchy Coburg is also worth a trip
