{{Infobox German location | type = Stadt | image_coa = DEU Ebern (Unterfranken) COA.svg | image_photo = Ebern Losberg.jpg | image_caption = Ebern seen from Losberg | coordinates = {{coord|50|6|0|N|10|47|37|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | image_plan = Ebern in HAS.svg | state = Bayern | region = Unterfranken | district = Haßberge | Verwaltungsgemeinschaft = Ebern | elevation = 273 | area = 95.01 | postal_code = 96106 | area_code = 09531 | licence = HAS, EBN, | Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 6 74 130 | divisions = 18 Ortsteile | website = {{URL|http://www.ebern.de}} | mayor = Jürgen Hennemann<ref>[https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden], Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.</ref> | leader_term = 2020–26 | party = SPD }}
'''Ebern''' ({{IPA|de|ˈeːbɐn|-|De-Ebern.ogg}}) is a town in the Haßberge district of Bavaria, Germany. It is situated {{convert|22|km|abbr=on}} southwest of Coburg and {{convert|23|km|abbr=on}} northwest of Bamberg. Its population is about 8,000. Its mayor is Robert Herrmann.
Ebern is about 1,000 years old and has an intact defensive wall. Its name derives from {{lang|de|Eber}}, the German word for boar.
==Villages of Ebern== The borough of Ebern covers an area of {{convert|95|sqkm|sqmi}} within which are 18 villages as well as the town of Ebern itself.
{| |- | valign="top" | * Albersdorf * Bischwind a. Raueneck * Bramberg * Brünn * Eichelberg | valign="top" | * Eyrichshof with Rotenhan, Kurzewind and Siegelfeld * Fierst * Fischbach * Frickendorf * Heubach | valign="top" | * Höchstädten * Jesserndorf * Neuses a. Raueneck * Reutersbrunn * Ruppach * Unterpreppach | valign="top" | * Vorbach * Weißenbrunn with Gemünd and Welkendorf |}
Besides the {{lang|de|Schloss}} (castle) of Eyrichshof and the more modest manor house of Fischbach, Ebern has some interesting castle ruins: Bramberg Castle, Rotenhan Castle and Raueneck Castle.
==Founding legend== According to legend, one day two hunters were chasing a wild boar. It was finally struck by two spears, one from each of the hunters. They could not decide who threw the spear that killed the boar. The boar finally fell exactly on the border between Seßlach and Ebern, with its head in Ebern, and its body in Seßlach, so they divided it. Hence the town of Ebern is named after the boar, and the municipal flag displays a boar's head.
==Twin towns – sister cities== Ebern is twinned with:<ref>{{cite web |title=Städtepartnerschaft|url=https://ebern.de/index.php/partnergemeinde-trun|publisher=Ebern|language=de|access-date=2024-06-04}}</ref> * {{flagicon|AUT}} Strass im Zillertal, Austria * {{flagicon|FRA}} Trun, France
==Notable people== * Ingrid Schubert (1944–1977), a founding member of the Red Army Faction
==Gallery== <gallery> Eyrichshof Schloss 5311410.jpg| Schloss Eyrichshof Burg Rauheneck Palas.jpg|Ruins of Rauheneck Castle Burg Rotenhan 5.jpg| Ruins of Rotenhan Burg Bramberg Haupt.jpg|Ruins of Bramberg Castle </gallery>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Cities and towns in Haßberge (district)}}
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