Ebhausen is a town in the district of

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History

The municipality of Ebhausen was formed in 1975 by the merging of Ebhausen, Ebershardt, Rotfelden, and Wenden in 1975.

Geography

The municipality ('' Gemeinde'') of Ebhausen is located at the center of

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, in the German state of

. Ebhausen's municipal area lies in a transitional landscape between the

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and the

Heckengäu The Heckengäu is a part of the Gäu, a region in the counties of Böblingen, Calw, Ludwigsburg and Enzkreis in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. Part of the landscape in the county of Calw is called Schlehengäu. Hence it is also called ...

, though a portion of it falls in the to the east. Elevation above sea level in the municipal area ranges from a high of

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(NN) to a low of NN. A portion of the Federally protected

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is located in Ebhausen's municipal area.

Politics

Ebhausen has four boroughs – , Ebhausen, , and – and three villages: Gärtenfeld, Schwarzenbachmühle, Ziegelhütte. Also in the municipal area are the industrial district of Wöllhausen and the abandoned villages of Berghäuser, Grashart, and Höfen.

Coat of arms

Ebhausen's municipal

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is divided ''party per pale'' into a

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half, which contains a

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woodcutting axe, on the left and a black half on the right. Both are crossed by a

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line. Sans the axe, this was the coat of arms of the Houses of Wolthausen and Vogtsberg, who ruled over Ebhausen and Wenden as ''

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s'' respectively. The axe is lifted from the arms of a local noble, Wetzel von Ebhausen, and the

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from the arms of Rotfelden. This coat of arms was awarded along with a municipal flag by the Calw district office on 10 February 1984.

Transportation

Ebhausen is connected to Germany's network of roadways by the

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. The municipality was also connected by rail via the from 1981 until its shutdown in 1967. Local public transportation is provided by the .

References

External links

* (in German) {{Authority control Calw (district)