Eberbach (German pronunciation: [ˈeːbɐbax] ⓘ; South Franconian: Ewwerbach) is a town in Germany, in northern Baden-Württemberg, located 33 km east of Heidelberg.
[3] Eberbach lies at the foot of the Katzenbuckel, at 626 m the highest elevation in the Odenwald, in the Naturpark Neckartal-Odenwald, on the romantic Burgenstraße (Castle Road) along the river Neckar.
Eberbach is a former Imperial Free City, founded soon after 1227—when the castle was first mentioned—by German King Henry VII of the House of Hohenstaufen.
[5] Description: (source: Archiv der Stadt Eberbach, Dr. Rüdiger Lenz, Archive Head) Eberbach's coat of arms is heraldically described thus: Argent (white or silver) on lowered fess wavy azure a boar striding sable.
The following events are held yearly: The S 1/2 lines of the Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn run half-hourly along the Neckar Valley Railway towards Mosbach and Heidelberg/Mannheim.
Eberbach is headquarters to the world's biggest gelatin producer, Gelita, the textile machine factory Dilo, the rowboat building yard Empacher and the ticket vending and fare collecting machine manufacturer, Krauth Technology, whose products are sold worldwide.
The headquarters of the Neckardraht Group (wire makers) is likewise also found in the town on the Neckar.
A site of the contract pharmaceutical manufacturer Catalent Pharma Solutions (formerly known as R. P. Scherer) is also based in Eberbach.
Hospital of the Gesundheitszentren Rhein Neckar GmbH (GRN) Eberbach (Baden) is twinned with: