Ebersdorf bei Coburg is a

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in the

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Coburg Coburg ( , ) is a Town#Germany, town located on the Itz (river), Itz river in the Upper Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany. Long part of one of the Thuringian states of the Ernestine duchies, Wettin line, it joined Bavaria by popular vote only ...

Bavaria Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a States of Germany, state in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the list of German states by area, largest German state by land area, comprising approximately 1/5 of the total l ...

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Geography

Location

Ebersdorf lies on the upper course of the river

Füllbach Füllbach is a river of Bavaria, Germany. It flows into the Itz in Niederfüllbach. See also *List of rivers of Bavaria A list of rivers of Bavaria, Germany: A * Aalbach * Abens * Ach * Afferbach * Affinger Bach * Ailsbach * Aisch * Aiterach ...

, a tributary of the

Itz The Itz () is a river of Thuringia and Bavaria, Germany. The Itz is long and a right tributary of the Main. The Itz begins in Sachsenbrunn (Stelzen), Thuringia and flows southward through Bachfeld and Schalkau. It crosses into Bavaria and ...

, and at the northern edge of the

Lichtenfels Forest The Lichtenfels Forest () is a forest northwest of the town of Lichtenfels in Upper Franconia in northern Bavaria, Germany. The vegetation consists mostly of the coniferous trees, with small areas mixed with forests of oak and birch. During the ...

(''Lichtenfelser Forst'').

Villages

The municipality of Ebersdorf bei Coburg consists of six villages. The eponymous village of Ebersdorf and Frohnlach in the south of the municipality have grown together. Großgarnstadt is the central village (and parish village) in the north. Other villages are Oberfüllbach, Kleingarnstadt and Friesendorf. Werk Ebersdorf A 10 2016 RGB

The largest employer in Ebersdorf, with around 800 employees, is Schumacher Packaging, which manufactures

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Transport

Ebersdorf can be reached by car via motorway A 73

Suhl Suhl () is a city in Thuringia, Germany, located SW of Erfurt, NE of Würzburg and N of Nuremberg. With its 37,000 inhabitants, it is the smallest of the six urban districts within Thuringia. Together with its northern neighbour-town Zella ...

-Coburg-Nuremberg. Ebersdorf has a station at

Eisenach–Lichtenfels railway The Eisenach–Lichtenfels railway (or Werrabahn, 'Werra Railway') is a single-tracked main line with a standard gauge of in Thuringia and Bavaria in southern and central Germany, that runs mostly along the river Werra. It runs from Eisenach vi ...

. The Steinach Valley Railway from Ebersdorf to

Neustadt bei Coburg Neustadt bei Coburg (also written ''Neustadt b. Coburg'') is a town in the district of Coburg in northern Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 15 km northeast of Coburg, as its name indicates. Local subdivisions Neustadt bei Coburg is subdivid ...

has first been disrupted by the

Inner German Border The inner German border ( or ''deutsch–deutsche Grenze''; initially also , zonal boundary) was the frontier between the East Germany, German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) and the West Germany, Federal Republic of Germany (FRG, West ...

and was later lifted in 2000.

References

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