The SchulzengrundbachMain-Echo Aschaffenburg, 21 July 2012: ''Grenzbach, Bindeglied, wildes Wasser: Durch Westerngrund (10): Der Westerbach – Namensgeber der Gemeinde – Einst zehn Mühlen angetrieben – verheerende Flut im August 1981.'' is a small river left of the Westerbach in Landkreis Aschaffenburg in the

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Location

Its source is east of Westerngrund-Oberwestern. It flows in southwesterly direction through the ''Schulzengrund'' valley and discharges in Oberwestern into the Westerbach. Since 1 July 2013 it became famous, because the Geographic centre of the European Union is located in a

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left of the Schulzengrundbach, when

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joined the

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.Der Mittelpunkt ist eine feuchte Wiese in Oberwestern

References

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