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Erbach

A little later, the retirees met with the same guide in the district town of Erbach for a city tour. In front of the palace, a statue of the most important of the Erbach counts, Franz I, dressed in a Roman toga greets his subjects. Franz owes this item of clothing, which is somewhat unusual in the Odenwald, to his passion for antiquity. He excavated Roman remains along the nearby Limes and "collected" numerous Roman antiquities in Italy, now an important collection in the castle. But he also introduced compulsory schooling, reformed agriculture and established ivory carving, and thus jobs in the structurally weak region. The baroque palace now belongs to the state of Hesse, but Hereditary Count Eberhard von Erbach-Erbach now lives on the second floor - a baroque penthouse of almost 1000m2. While the Count is correctly addressed as "Erlaucht", the Erbacher is more appropriate to say "Egg coo like", which in the practical language of the Odenwald means "Hello, how are you". Opposite the castle is the Erbacher Brauhaus directly on the Mümling. In the past, a rider was sent up the river on brewing days in order to prevent any waste water from being discharged beforehand. The senior chemists enjoyed a cold beer anyway, as the temperature had meanwhile climbed to well over 30 °. After the break, the group split up into " Castle Tour " and " German Ivory Museum ".