Eberstadt, Hesse

Eberstadt is a borough of the Urban district Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany with the population of 21,687 (2007-12-31). It is the southernmost suburb and borders the following further boroughs of Darmstadt, Bessungen, Darmstadt-West, the municipalities Mühltal, Seeheim-Jugenheim and the city of Pfungstadt.

Geography

Eberstadt is the northern end of the Bergstraße. Here the Bergstraße splits into the old and new Bergstraße (Bundesstraße 3).

Transportation

Roads

Eberstadt is situated at the Bundesautobahn 5 at the Exit Darmstadt-Eberstadt, just southwards the Autobahn-intersection Darmstädter Kreuz.

Bundesstraße 3 crosses Eberstadt southbound to Bensheim and northbound to Darmstadt city. The southbound part of B3 is the new Bergstraße.

Trams & Buses

The train station with Regionalbahn-connections to Frankfurt, Heidelberg and Darmstadt is outside the town-centre.

At Wartehalle, the central bus & tram-station, are given tram-connections to Darmstadt-city and the northern parts of the Bergstraße, e.g. Seeheim-Jugenheim. Further are there bus connections to Mühltal and Pfungstadt.