[1] In the north Eberstadt borders the boroughs of Bessungen and Darmstadt-West, in the east and south the municipalities of Mühltal and Seeheim-Jugenheim and in the west to the town of Pfungstadt.

[2] Eberstadt is spread mainly along Heidelberger Landstraße, which is also the route of the tram line to central Darmstadt.

The historical village centre (Alt-Eberstadt) is at the intersection between Heidelberger Landstraße, running north-south, the eastbound Mühltalstraße and the westbound Pfungstädter Straße.

This formerly marked the crossing point of Bundesstraße 3 and Bundestraße 426, but both these interregional roads now have bypasses aroun Eberstadt.

The built-up area of Eberstadt has spread out mainly northwards from the village centre, towards Darmstadt.

This upscale residential area is located mainly eastwards from Heidelberger Landstraße at the northern Odenwald-slopes.

The northern parts are built in a former forest, so there are many trees between the houses, which gives the area the typical quiet, shady environment.

Eberstadt was in the time of Charlemagne a small town south of the River Modau, at the intersection of two trade routes; one was a Roman road from Ladenburg.

The first documentary mention of Eberstadt is in a document about Walther and Gemahlin Williswind at the Lorsch Abbey, dated 1 September 782.

The lively tourist traffic through the town allowed trade and commerce to flourish, and many large inns sprang up along the main street.

After 1900, Eberstadt had a good 6,000 inhabitants and had expanded in the north with a colony of villas up to the municipal boundary of Darmstadt.

The upper half of the shield is yellow, the lower black, the boar dark red, his tusks are white.

To the east it connects Eberstadt to Mühltal, Ober-Ramstadt and the Odenwald; to the western to Pfungstadt and Gernsheim.

In a development area at the southeastern border (Am Frankenstein district), some streets are named according to Darmstadt's sister cities, e.g. Chesterfieldstraße or Grazstraße.