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| Eschau | ||
| federal state | Bavaria | |
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| Residents | 3.809 (2019) | |
| height | 171 m | |
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Eschau is a Lower Franconian market town in Spessart with the districts of Eschau, Hobbach, Sommerau and Wildensee as well as the hamlets of Ober- and Unteraulenbach and Wildenstein. It lies in the valley floor of the Elsava.
background
The area around Eschau was probably settled as early as the Bronze Age. The beginnings of today's market town of Eschau lie in the 17th century.
getting there
By plane
The nearest airport is that Frankfurt / Main Airport
By train
The next train stations are in Obernburg am Main and Miltenberg. There are bus connections from there (see Mobility)
In the street
On the 
Frankfurt-Würzburg, exit Rohrbrunn, then approx. 13 km towards Miltenberg.
Eschau is on the German Alps-Baltic Sea holiday route.
mobility
Daily train bus lines: Line 64: Obernburg - Elsenfeld Bahnhof - Dammbach and Line 81: Eschau -Miltenberg
Tourist Attractions
- The half-timbered building of the old town hall (13th century)
- Church with a Gothic choir from the 13th century
activities
- Circular hiking trails around Eschau
- Cultural hiking trail "Burg Wildenstein
- Bike tours around Eschau
shop
- 1 REWE, Geisheckenweg 1A, 63863 Eschau. Tel.: 49 (0)9374 9798602. Open: Mon - Sat 7 a.m. - 8 p.m.
kitchen
Mostly home-style cuisine
accommodation
- Country inn "Zur Geißheckenmühle", Geisheckenweg 1, 63863 Eschau. Tel.: 49 (0)9374 320, Fax: 49 (0)9374 970752, Email: [email protected]. The country inn has a beer garden in summer.Open: The associated restaurant: Mon Thu - Sat: from 5 p.m., Sun public holidays: from 11 a.m., Tues-Wed are closed.
- Zum Löwen - Gasthaus & Hotel, Elsavastraße 80, 63863 Eschau. Tel.: 49 (0)9374 494, Fax: 49 (0)9374 425.
- Spessarter Hof, Dorfstrasse 7, 63863 Eschau OT Hobbach. Tel.: 49 (0)9374 97960, Fax: 49 (0)9374 9796100, Email: [email protected].
- Gasthaus Pension Waldfrieden, Wildensee 74, 63863 Eschau, Germany. Tel.: 49 (0)9374 328, Email: [email protected]. Feature: pension.
health
- 1 Eschau pharmacy, Elsavastraße 95, 63863 Eschau. Tel.: 49 (0)9374 1266. Open: Mon, Tue, Thu Fri 8.30 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. 1.30 p.m. - 6.00 p.m., Wed Sat 8.30 a.m. - 12.00 p.m.
trips
- Castle ruins Wildensteinwhose walls date from the 13th century
- lock Oberaulenbach from the 15th / 16th century. Is privately owned and cannot be viewed. But the location and surroundings are beautiful and well worth a visit.
- Miltenberg
- Obernburg am Main
- Spessart
