Ebersbach is a town in the district of Göppingen in

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, in southern

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History

Ebersbach an der Fils was first mentioned in 1170. In 1299, it became a possession of the

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, which already owned property nearby. Throughout the

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, Ebersbach was under the jurisdiction of the city of

Göppingen Göppingen (; or ) is a town in southern Germany, part of the Stuttgart Region of Baden-Württemberg. It is the capital of the Goeppingen (district), district Göppingen. Göppingen is home to the toy company Märklin, and it is the birthplace ...

. Under the

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, Göppingen's district was reorganized as , which became Landkreis Göppingen, its contemporary incarnation, in 1938. Ebersbach developed considerably after

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, first spreading to the west of the city. The city expanded eastward, northeastward, and then westward in the 1980s. Ebersbach grew politically in the 1970s with the incorporation of the municipalities of Roßwälden in 1972 and Bünzwangen and Weiler ob der Fils in 1975.

Bünzwangen

Bünzwangen became a possession of the

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in 1568 and from then on was assigned to the district of Göppingen.

Roßwälden

During the Protestant Reformation, Roßwälden became increasingly dependent upon Württemberg as it controlled more and more property nearby until it was annexed by the Duchy. Roßwälden was assigned to the district of

Kirchheim unter Teck Kirchheim unter Teck (, ; Swabian German, Swabian: ''Kircha'') is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in the Esslingen (district), district of Esslingen. It is located on the small river Lauter (Neckar), Lauter, a tributary of the Neckar. It i ...

until 1938, when it was reassigned to the district of Göppingen.

Weiler ob der Fils

Weiler was a borough of Roßwälden until 1905 and was thus assigned to until 1938, when it too was assigned to Göppingen's district.

Geography

The city ('' Stadt'') of Ebersbach an der Fils lies on the western edge of

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, along its border with

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. Ebersbach is physically located between the Schurwald and Welzheim Forest to the north, and the to the south, on the river Fils. The Fils flows through the municipality from east to west. Elevation above sea level in the municipal area ranges from a high of

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(NN) to a low of NN.

Politics

Ebersbach an der Fils has four boroughs (''Ortsteile''): Ebersbach an der Fils, Bünzwangen, Roßwälden, and Weiler ob der Fils. There are also six villages within the municipal area: Birkenhöfe, Büchenbronn, Erlenhof, Krapfenreut, Lindenhof, and Sulpach. There is one

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, Stainboß. Ebersbach has been in a with the neighboring municipality of Schlierbach since 1975.

Coat of arms

Ebersbach's

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displays a

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, standing upon

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ground and facing left, upon a field of

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. The boar has been a motif of Ebersbach since 1489, though its appearance has varied since then. The municipal coat of arms, which shows the boar standing, was derived from an image from 1535; others, such as a keystone in the parish church, show the boar walking or jumping.

Transport

Ebersbach is connected to Germany's network of roadways by

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and its railways by the

Fils Valley Railway The Fils Valley Railway (, historically ''Filsbahn'' or ''Württembergische Ostbahn''—Württemberg Eastern Railway) designates the Württemberg line from Stuttgart via Göppingen to Ulm. It runs from Plochingen to Geislingen an der Steige thr ...

. Local public transportation is provided by the .

References

External links

* (in German) {{Authority control Towns in Baden-Württemberg Göppingen (district)