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Erbach im Odenwald
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Administrative region	Darmstadt
District	Odenwald District
Population	13,696 (December 31, 2004)
Area	73.43 km²
Population density	223 /km²
Elevation	481 m
Coordinates	49°40′ N 09°00′ E
Postal code	64701–64711 (alt: 6120)
Area code	06062
Licence plate code	ERB
Mayor	Harald Buschmann (CDU)
Website	www.erbach.de

Erbach im Odenwald is a town in Hesse, Germany. It is the capital of Odenwald District and has a population of ca. 14,000. This is an alphabetical list of countries of the world, including both internationally recognized and generally unrecognized independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... Germany is a Federal Republic made up of 16 States, known in German as Länder (singular Land). ... Hesse (German: Hessen) is a state of Germany with an area of 21,110 km² and just over six million inhabitants. ... A Regierungsbezirk is an government region of Germany, a subdivision of certain federal states (Bundesländer). ... Darmstadt is one of the three Regierungsbezirke of Hesse, Germany, located in the south of the country. ... There are 439 German districts (Kreise), administrative units in Germany. ... The Odenwaldkreis is a Kreis (district) in the south of Hesse, Germany. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... The metre, or meter (U.S.), is a measure of length. ... See Cartesian coordinate system or Coordinates (elementary mathematics) for a more elementary introduction to this topic. ... German Postleitzahl map of the first two digits Postal codes in Germany, known as Postleitzahl (pl. ... see also Telephone numbering plan of Germany for further codes including service numbers, cell phones etc. ... German car number plates (Kfz-Kennzeichen) show the place where the car carrying them is registered. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU - Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands) is the largest conservative political party in Germany. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, typically common to a particular domain name or subdomain on the World Wide Web on the Internet. ... Hesse (German: Hessen) is a state of Germany with an area of 21,110 km² and just over six million inhabitants. ... The Odenwaldkreis is a Kreis (district) in the south of Hesse, Germany. ...

History

Erbach is the former seat of the Counts of Erbach-Erbach. The Counts of Erbach ruled parts of the Odenwald from their castles until the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806; family members still reside in Erbach and Michelstadt. A count is a nobleman in most European countries, equivalent in rank to a British earl, whose wife is also still a countess (for lack of an Anglo-Saxon term). ... The Odenwald is a mountain chain in southern Hessen, northern Bavaria and northern Baden-Württemberg. ... This article describes the fortified buildings. ... The double-headed eagle A portrait of Charlemagne wearing the crown of the Holy Roman Empire (15th century painting by Albrecht Dürer) The Holy Roman Empire was a mainly Germanic conglomeration of lands in Central Europe during the Middle Ages and the early modern period. ... 1806 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Michelstadt is a town in the state of Hesse, Germany, in the district Odenwaldkreis. ...

Erbach castle

Geography

Geographic position

Erbach has an elevation of 200 to 560 Meter in the Odenwald in the valley of the Mümling stream. The Odenwald is a mountain chain in southern Hessen, northern Bavaria and northern Baden-Württemberg. ...

Neighboring localities

Erbach borders Michelstadt to the north, the market community Kirchzell (Miltenberg District in Bavaria) to the east, the community Hesseneck and the town Beerfelden in the south, and the community Mossautal in the west. Michelstadt is a town in the state of Hesse, Germany, in the district Odenwaldkreis. ... Miltenberg is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... The Free State of Bavaria  (German: Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ... Beerfelden is a town in the Odenwaldkreis district, in Hesse, Germany. ...

Town divisions

Erbach is divided into 12 parts (year of incorporation in parentheses):

• Bullau (1972)
• Dorf-Erbach (1972)
• Ebersberg (1972)
• Elsbach (1972)
• Erbach (Odenwald) (to which belonged a settlement completely surrounded by the village of Erbach)
• Erbuch
• Erlenbach(1972)
• Ernsbach-Erbuch (1972)
• Günterfürst (1972)
• Haisterbach (1972)
• Lauerbach (1972)
• Rossbach
• Schönnen (1972 per Amtsverfügung)

Politics

View of Erbach from right outside the castle

Town representatives

The election of 18 March 2001 gave the following division of electoral seats: March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ... This article is about the year 2001. ...

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Coat of arms

The coat of arms of Erbach depicts a blue stream flowing on a red background from upper left to lower right. Three red stars representing the counts of Erbach (until 1806 regents of the Odenwald) are placed within the stream. A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ... A count is a nobleman in most European countries, equivalent in rank to a British earl, whose wife is also still a countess (for lack of an Anglo-Saxon term). ... 1806 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Twin cities

Erbach is twinned with: Sign denoting twin towns of Neckarsulm, Germany Town twinning is a concept whereby towns or cities in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links. ...

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Economy and infrastructure

Francis I, the last ruling Count of Erbach (1754-1823), sponsored the carving of ivory, giving the town the sobriquet Elfenbeinstadt, or "Ivory Town". Many artisans worked in Erbach; their works and activities are on display in the town's Ivory Museum opened in 1966. Especially popular as working material was elephant and mammoth ivory. Because the ivory trade was banned in 1989, horns from similar animals are used in the town instead. 1754 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Elephant and mammoth tusk ivory comes from the two modified upper incisors of extant and extinct members of the same order (Proboscidea). ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Traffic

Erbach is located on the roads Bundesstraße 45 and Bundesstraße 47 and the Odenwald Rail line (Frankfurt - Hanau - / Darmstadt - Erbach - Eberbach). Frankfurt am Main [ˈfraŋkfʊrt] is the largest city in the German state of Hessen and the fifth largest city of Germany. ... Hanau is a town in Hessen, Germany with 89,000 inhabitants. ... Darmstadt is a city in the Bundesland (federal state) of Hessen in Germany. ... The city of Eberbach (IPA: ) lies in northern Baden-Württemberg, 33 km east of Heidelberg, and belongs to the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis. ...

Local companies

• Bosch Rexroth AG, Werk Erbach, Geschäftsbereich Electric Drives and Controls
• Rowenta, Werk Erbach (production of irons)
• Koziol GmbH (plastic optical fibre producer)

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Education

• Schule am Treppenweg (Grundschule)
• Astrid-Lindgren-Schule (Grundschule)
• Schule am Sportpark (Hauptschule and Realschule with orientation grades)
• Schule am Drachenfeld (school for practical skills with a department for the physically disabled)

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Personalities

• Timo Boll, German table tennis player
• Heinrich List, a farmer from Erbach. He concealed a Jew named Strauß from Michelstadt from the Nazis, but List was denounced, imprisoned, and murdered in a concentration camp in 1942.
• Oka Nikolov, goalkeeper for Eintracht Frankfurt

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External link

• (German) Municipal website