Ebern

Ebern
Ebern
Town
	Ebern seen from Losberg
	Coat of arms
	Location of Ebern within Haßberge district
	Ebern Ebern
	Coordinates: 50°6′0″N 10°47′37″E / 50.10000°N 10.79361°E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Unterfranken
District	Haßberge
Municipal assoc.	Ebern
Subdivisions	18 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2020–26)	Jürgen Hennemann (SPD)
Area
• Total	95.02 km2 (36.69 sq mi)
Elevation	273 m (896 ft)
Population (2023-12-31)
• Total	7,365
• Density	78/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	96106
Dialling codes	09531
Vehicle registration	HAS, EBN,
Website	www.ebern.de

Ebern (German pronunciation: [ˈeːbɐn] ^ⓘ) is a town in the Haßberge district of Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 22 km (14 mi) southwest of Coburg and 23 km (14 mi) northwest of Bamberg. Its population is about 8,000. Its mayor is Robert Herrmann.

Ebern is about 1,000 years old and has an intact defensive wall. Its name derives from Eber, the German word for boar.

Villages of Ebern

The borough of Ebern covers an area of 95 square kilometres (37 sq mi) within which are 18 villages as well as the town of Ebern itself.

Albersdorf
Bischwind a. Raueneck
Bramberg
Brünn
Eichelberg

Eyrichshof with Rotenhan, Kurzewind and Siegelfeld
Fierst
Fischbach
Frickendorf
Heubach

Höchstädten
Jesserndorf
Neuses a. Raueneck
Reutersbrunn
Ruppach
Unterpreppach

Vorbach
Weißenbrunn with Gemünd and Welkendorf

Besides the Schloss (castle) of Eyrichshof and the more modest manor house of Fischbach, Ebern has some interesting castle ruins: Bramberg Castle, Rotenhan Castle and Raueneck Castle.

Founding legend

According to legend, one day two hunters were chasing a wild boar. It was finally struck by two spears, one from each of the hunters. They could not decide who threw the spear that killed the boar. The boar finally fell exactly on the border between Seßlach and Ebern, with its head in Ebern, and its body in Seßlach, so they divided it. Hence the town of Ebern is named after the boar, and the municipal flag displays a boar's head.